Nova Scotia is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada, borders the Bay of Fundy to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits. According to statcan, Nova Scotia population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.1 million, Seventh populous province, Its area is 55,284 sq.km (21,345 sq mi), twelfth in area rank. Halifax is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia with population of 448,544.
According to 2016 census, population of Nova Scotia is 923,598, increase of 1871 people from the 2011 census of 921,727, with a percentage change of 0.2. Percentage wise By age group of 0 to 14 years is 14.5%, 15 to 64 years is 65.6%, 65 years and over is 19.9%, and 85 years and over is 2.3%.
Age Group
Total
Male
Female
Age group
Total
Male
Female
0 to 4 years
42,005
21,365
20,640
5 to 9 years
45,980
23,650
22,330
10 to 14 years
45,845
23,350
22,490
15 to 19 years
51,255
26,240
25,015
20 to 24 years
56,160
28,150
28,010
25 to 29 years
53,725
26,790
26,940
30 to 34 years
51,730
25,130
26,600
35 to 39 years
52,010
24,560
27,450
40 to 44 years
57,050
27,245
29,805
45 to 49 years
61,890
29,720
32,170
50 to 54 years
75,675
36,615
39,065
55 to 59 years
76,505
36,925
39,580
65 to 69 years
63,710
30,810
32,905
70 to 74 years
45,005
21,520
23,485
75 to 79 years
31,545
14,520
17,030
80 to 84 years
21,915
9,425
12,495
85 to 89 years
13,205
4,845
8,360
90 to 94 years
6,320
1,830
4,485
95 to 99 years
1,855
415
1,430
100 years and over
270
45
225
Ethnic groups in Nova Scotia
Citizenship
Residents
Population
Male
Female
Canadian citizens
878,415
425,340
453,070
Canadian citizens aged under 18
159,440
81,575
77,870
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over
718,970
343,770
375,200
Not Canadian citizens
29,930
15,395
14,535
Immigrant status and period of immigration:
People up to third generation are officially termed as non-immigrants and thereon the people inflow is termed as immigrants. Below table indicates Ontario immigration numbers per year:
Immigrants
Population
Male
Female
Non-immigrants Census data
842,760
407,740
435,015
Immigrants Census
55,675
27,270
28,405
Before 1981
19,200
9,335
9,865
1981 to 1990
4,800
2,330
2,470
1991 to 2000
6,705
3,140
3,560
2001 to 2010
13,185
6,540
6,645
2001 to 2005
5,105
2,500
2,600
2006 to 2010
8,080
4,035
4,045
2011 to 2016
11,790
5,925
5,865
Non-permanent residents
9,900
5,720
4,185
Immigrants by selected place of birth
The state officially categorizes its population into six groups, they are Native American/Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, African American, European Whites, Asian, and Native Hawaiian. Below table is the Immigrants by selected place of birth:
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.
780
South Asian origins
8,495
Bangladeshi
240
Bengali
65
Bhutanese
225
East Indian
6,255
Goan
10
Gujarati
10
Kashmiri
0
Nepali
430
Pakistani
665
Punjabi
230
Sinhalese
40
Sri Lankan
340
Tamil
60
South Asian origins, n.i.e.
470
East and Southeast Asian origins
16,715
Burmese
15
Cambodian (Khmer)
55
Chinese
9,695
Filipino
3,580
Hmong
0
Indonesian
140
Japanese
905
Karen
0
Korean
1,590
Laotian
15
Malaysian
80
Mongolian
55
Singaporean
10
Taiwanese
240
Thai
245
Tibetan
10
Vietnamese
760
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.
75
Other Asian origins
410
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.
410
Oceania origins
895
Australian
490
New Zealander
290
Pacific Islands origins
125
Fijian
15
Hawaiian
25
Maori
40
Polynesian, n.o.s.
20
Samoan
10
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.
30
Languages in Nova Scotia
English is the Official language of Nova Scotia, 813,480 English only, 705 speak French, 95,380 speak both English and French, and 2,735 speak Neither English nor French.
Nova Scotia's Language spoken at Home:
Language Spoken at Home
Population
English
830,220
French
29,465
Non-official languages
44,550
Aboriginal languages
4,290
Algonquian languages
4,210
Cree-Montagnais languages
15
Plains Cree
5
Swampy Cree
5
Cree, n.o.s.
5
Eastern Algonquian languages
4,190
Malecite
10
Mi'kmaq
4,185
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages
10
Ojibway
10
Athabaskan languages
5
Northern Athabaskan languages
5
Dene
5
South Slavey
5
Inuit languages
60
Inuktitut
55
Inuit languages, n.i.e.
10
Michif
5
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.
5
Non-Aboriginal languages
40,260
Afro-Asiatic languages
7,760
Berber languages
10
Kabyle
5
Berber languages, n.i.e.
5
Cushitic languages
130
Bilen
5
Oromo
60
Somali
50
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.
15
Semitic languages
7,615
Amharic
115
Arabic
7,110
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
5
Hebrew
210
Maltese
15
Tigrigna
140
Semitic languages, n.i.e.
10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
5
Austro-Asiatic languages
505
Khmer (Cambodian)
5
Vietnamese
490
Austronesian languages
2,235
Bikol
5
Cebuano
150
Hiligaynon
25
Ilocano
55
Malay
55
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)
15
Pangasinan
5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
1,905
Waray-Waray
5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.
20
Creole languages
95
Haitian Creole
5
Creole, n.o.s.
35
Creole languages, n.i.e.
55
Dravidian languages
1,010
Kannada
40
Malayalam
365
Tamil
315
Telugu
285
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.
10
Indo-European languages
18,590
Albanian
275
Armenian
35
Balto-Slavic languages
3,470
Baltic languages
100
Latvian
50
Lithuanian
45
Slavic languages
3,375
Belarusan
5
Bosnian
120
Bulgarian
55
Croatian
225
Czech
205
Macedonian
20
Polish
795
Russian
1,285
Serbian
115
Serbo-Croatian
80
Slovak
100
Slovene (Slovenian)
35
Ukrainian
320
Slavic languages, n.i.e.
5
Celtic languages
185
Scottish Gaelic
145
Welsh
30
Celtic languages, n.i.e.
10
Germanic languages
5,700
Afrikaans
120
Danish
160
Dutch
1,620
Frisian
35
German
3,435
Icelandic
45
Norwegian
110
Swedish
110
Vlaams (Flemish)
25
Yiddish
20
Germanic languages, n.i.e.
20
Greek
760
Indo-Iranian languages
4,835
Indo-Aryan languages
3,385
Bengali
475
Gujarati
195
Hindi
745
Kashmiri
10
Konkani
5
Marathi
70
Nepali
530
Oriya (Odia)
10
Punjabi (Panjabi)
585
Sindhi
20
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
165
Urdu
575
Iranian languages
1,425
Kurdish
115
Pashto
80
Persian (Farsi)
1,230
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
25
Italic (Romance) languages
3,335
Catalan
10
Italian
745
Portuguese
520
Romanian
225
Spanish
1,830
Japanese
360
Georgian
5
Korean
1,095
Mongolic languages
5
Niger-Congo languages
630
Akan (Twi)
40
Bamanankan
15
Edo
5
Ewe
40
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)
5
Ga
10
Ganda
20
Igbo
45
Lingala
5
Rundi (Kirundi)
20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
50
Shona
30
Swahili
135
Wolof
10
Yoruba
65
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
140
Nilo-Saharan languages
75
Dinka
20
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.
55
Sign languages
190
American Sign Language
85
Sign languages, n.i.e
105
Sino-Tibetan languages
6,665
Chinese languages
6,635
Cantonese
1,145
Hakka
20
Mandarin
4,640
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)
120
Wu (Shanghainese)
50
Chinese, n.o.s.
645
Chinese languages, n.i.e.
15
Tibeto-Burman languages
30
Burmese
15
Tibetan
5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.
5
Tai-Kadai languages
155
Lao
10
Thai
150
Turkic languages
445
Azerbaijani
10
Turkish
305
Uyghur
5
Uzbek
110
Turkic languages, n.i.e.
10
Uralic languages
415
Estonian
40
Finnish
95
Hungarian
275
Population projection
Nova Scotia population in 2023 is estimated to be 987,697, population in 2022 is estimated to be 978,540, Population of Nova Scotia in 2021 is estimated to be 969,383.
Income Distribution
11.27 percent of the Nova Scotia population having an annual income of under $10,000, 37.63 percent having annual income between $10,000 to $39,000 representing the largest group, Moreover, some 8.11 percent had an annual income between 60,000 and 79,999 Canadian dollars, 8.67 percent of the NS population had an annual income of 100,000 Canadian dollars or more.
