Editing Nova Scotia (section)

=== Language ===
{{Main|Demographics of Nova Scotia#Languages}}
{{See also|Maritimer English|Cape Breton English|Acadian French|Canadian Gaelic}}
As of the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Canadian Census]], the ten most spoken languages in the province included English (951,945 or 99.59%), French (99,300 or 10.39%), Arabic (11,745 or 1.23%), Hindi (10,115 or 1.06%), Spanish (8,675 or 0.91%), Mandarin (8,525	or 0.89%), [[punjabi language|Punjabi]] (6,730 or 0.7%), German (6,665 or 0.7%), Miꞌkmaq (5,650 or 0.59%), and [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (5,595 or 0.59%).<ref name="language2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=17 August 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Nova Scotia [Province] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000212&HEADERlist=,15,13,18,12,16,14,17&SearchText=Nova%20Scotia |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818000838/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000212&HEADERlist=,15,13,18,12,16,14,17&SearchText=Nova%20Scotia |url-status=live}}</ref> The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

The [[2021 Canadian census]] showed a population of 969,383. Of the 958,990 singular responses to the census question concerning [[mother tongue]], the most commonly reported languages were:
[[File:Nouvelle-Ecosse langues.png|thumb|Languages in Nova Scotia:<br>red – majority anglophone, orange – mixed, blue – majority francophone]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Rank
! Language
! Population
! Percentage
|- 
|1.
|English
|868,365
|89.57%
|-
|2.
|French
|34,675
|3.57%
|-
|3.
|Arabic
|9,560
|0.98%
|-
|4.
|Mandarin
|7,185
|0.74%
|-
|5.
|Punjabi
|5,335
|0.55%
|-
|6.
|Tagalog
|4,255
|0.43%
|-
|7.
|Mi'kmaw
|3,990
|0.41%
|-
|8.
|German
|3,480
|0.35%
|-
|9.
|Spanish
|3,075
|0.31%
|-
|10.
|Hindi
|3,020
|0.31%
|}

Figures shown are for the number of single-language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/tbt-tt/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=103251&PRID=0&PTYPE=101955&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2011&THEME=90&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |title=Detailed Mother Tongue (192), Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Age Groups (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830155022/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/tbt-tt/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=103251&PRID=0&PTYPE=101955&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2011&THEME=90&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Gaidhealtachd-chanadach.svg|thumb|Distribution of [[Scottish Gaelic]] in [[the Maritimes]]]]
Nova Scotia is home to the largest [[Scottish Gaelic]]-speaking community outside of Scotland, with a small number of native speakers in [[Pictou County]] and [[Antigonish County]], and on [[Cape Breton Island]], and the language is taught in a number of secondary schools throughout the province. In 2018 the government launched a new Gaelic vehicle licence plate to raise awareness of the language and help fund Gaelic language and culture initiatives. They estimated that there were 2,000 Gaelic speakers in the province.<ref name="plate">{{cite news |title=Nova Scotia unveils Gaelic licence plate, as it seeks to expand language |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-unveils-gaelic-licence-plate-as-it-seeks-to-expand-language-1.3910559#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=sEr8tNZ |access-date=2 May 2018 |work=Atlantic CTV News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=1 May 2018 |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816082804/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-unveils-gaelic-licence-plate-as-it-seeks-to-expand-language-1.3910559#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=sEr8tNZ |url-status=live}}</ref>