Key facts on the French language in Nova Scotia in 2021
WEBMar 16, 2023 · While 3,025 people with French as their first official language spoken settled in Nova Scotia from another province or territory from 2016 to 2021, 2,370 people left the province during the same period.
WEBIn 2021, 28,635 people (3.0% of the population) spoke French at least regularly at home. Among those with French as one of their mother tongues, more than half (56.6%) spoke French regularly at home. In 2021, 13,880 workers living in the province used French at least regularly at work (3.3%).
Key facts on the French language in Nova Scotia in 2021
WEBMar 16, 2023 · It provides information on the changes in the number and proportion of people in the population who can conduct a conversation in French, whose first official language spoken is French, whose mother tongue is French, and who speak French at home or use French at work.
Statistics on official languages in Canada
WEBFrench and/or English are spoken by 98.1% of Canadians. Source : Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Official languages and bilingualism are at the heart of Canadian identity
Languages statistics - Statistique Canada
WEB897,000 children are eligible for instruction in the minority official language in Canada. While English and French are still the main languages spoken in Canada, the country's linguistic diversity continues to grow. Profile of French in the provinces and territories of Canada outside Quebec and of English in Quebec in 2021.
WEB• In 2016, 95,055 people in Nova Scotia reported being able to conduct a conversation in both English and French, up 5.8% since 2001. For the 2016 year, the English -French bilingualism rate stood at 10.5%, up 0.5
New Francophone Immigration Action Plan Launched
WEBNov 7, 2022 · Nova Scotia continues to make progress in attracting French-speaking people. Since the launch of the first francophone immigration action plan in 2019, the percentage of French-speaking candidates approved through the Provincial Nominee Program grew to 6.4 per cent in 2021 from less than one per cent in 2018.
Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021
WEBMar 30, 2022 · Information is provided on English- and French-speaking communities, as well as other language groups, including those who speak Indigenous languages. For each language published, total single and multiple response counts are available.
French language in Canada - Wikipedia
WEBIn addition to New Brunswick, Acadian French has speakers in portions of mainland Quebec and in the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. In these provinces, the percentage of francophones is much smaller than in New Brunswick.
WEBpeople can speak French, including 98,940 (10.3%) who can speak both English and French. 10.4% of population. EDUCATION. For 2020–2021 in public schools from junior kindergarten to Grade 12:4. Sources and notes:
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