Nova Scotia Population 2024

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:

Place of Birth	Population
Total Americas	10,610
Brazil	175
Colombia	175
El Salvador	95
Guyana	170
Haiti	55
Jamaica	480
Mexico	325
Peru	105
Trinidad and Tobago	220
United States	7,375
Other places of birth in Americas	1,430
Europe	22,110
Bosnia and Herzegovina	210
Croatia	180
France	610
Germany	2,600
Greece	505
Hungary	110
Ireland	475
Italy	525
Netherlands	1,645
Poland	630
Portugal	220
Romania	180
Russian Federation	585
Serbia	90
Ukraine	335
United Kingdom	11,275
Other places of birth in Europe	1,930
Africa	3,525
Algeria	25
Egypt	770
Ethiopia	185
Kenya	125
Morocco	80
Nigeria	350
Somalia	65
South Africa, Republic of	460
Other places of birth in Africa	1,465
Total Asias	18,955
Afghanistan	100
Bangladesh	315
China	2,830
Hong Kong	280
India	2,225
Iran	970
Iraq	525
Japan	225
Korea, South	870
Lebanon	1,370
Pakistan	615
Philippines	2,570
Sri Lanka	310
Syria	1,150
Taiwan	225
Viet Nam	450
Other places of birth in Asia	3,930
Oceania and other places of birth	480

Total visible minority population:

Immigrants	Population
Total visible minority population	58,650
South Asian	7,910
Chinese	8,640
Black	21,915
Filipino	3,400
Latin American	1,685
Arab	8,110
Southeast Asian	1,195
West Asian	1,540
Korean	1,540
Japanese	695
Visible minority,Â n.i.e.	630
Multiple visible minorities	1,385

Ethnic origin population

Ethnic groups	Population
North American Aboriginal origins	74,040
First Nations (North American Indian)	48,640
Inuit	1,840
MÃ©tis	26,025
Other North American origins	410,825
Acadian	23,700
American	7,515
Canadian	387,360
New Brunswicker	35
Newfoundlander	1,750
Nova Scotian	1,295
Ontarian	95
QuÃ©bÃ©cois	380
Other North American origins,Â n.i.e.	20

European Origin / Asian Origin/ African Origin

Ethnic groups	Population
European origins	621,525
British Isles origins	513,725
Channel Islander	90
Cornish	105
English	262,375
Irish	195,865
Manx	145
Scottish	272,880
Welsh	17,135
British Isles origins,Â n.i.e.	18,975
French origins	149,665
Alsatian	25
Breton	15
Corsican	20
French	149,625
Western European origins (except French origins)	125,110
Austrian	1,775
Bavarian	10
Belgian	2,615
Dutch	32,045
Flemish	160
Frisian	50
German	97,555
Luxembourger	30
Swiss	2,705
Western European origins,Â n.i.e.	140
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)	14,985
Danish	3,700
Finnish	1,140
Icelandic	660
Norwegian	5,170
Swedish	3,565
Northern European origins,Â n.i.e.	1,365
Eastern European origins	29,685
Bulgarian	280
Byelorussian	195
Czech	1,165
Czechoslovakian,Â n.o.s.	420
Estonian	345
Hungarian	2,700
Latvian	380
Lithuanian	1,150
Moldovan	10
Polish	11,575
Romanian	1,190
Russian	4,775
Slovak	610
Ukrainian	9,115
Eastern European origins,Â n.i.e.	310
Southern European origins	28,680
Albanian	285
Bosnian	155
Catalan	0
Croatian	680
Cypriot	40
Greek	3,360
Italian	15,620
Kosovar	255
Macedonian	165
Maltese	440
Montenegrin	20
Portuguese	3,580
Serbian	255
Sicilian	40
Slovenian	150
Spanish	4,300
Yugoslavian,Â n.o.s.	400
Southern European origins,Â n.i.e.	85
Other European origins	5,465
Basque	160
Jewish	2,040
Roma (Gypsy)	135
Slavic,Â n.o.s.
Census data footnote
112"	25
Other European origins,Â n.i.e.	3,145
Caribbean origins	5,220
Antiguan	100
Bahamian	230
Barbadian	575
Bermudan	185
Carib	45
Cuban	340
Dominican	150
Grenadian	35
Guadeloupean	0
Haitian	115
Jamaican	2,075
Kittitian/Nevisian	45
Martinican	10
Montserratan	10
Puerto Rican	115
St. Lucian	65
Trinidadian/Tobagonian	325
Vincentian/Grenadinian	35
West Indian,Â n.o.s.	785
Caribbean origins,Â n.i.e.	330
Latin, Central and South American origins	3,055
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)	185
Arawak	0
Argentinian	65
Belizean	25
Bolivian	40
Brazilian	280
Chilean	130
Colombian	430
Costa Rican	35
Ecuadorian	50
Guatemalan	90
Guyanese	350
Hispanic	60
Honduran	50
Maya	70
Mexican	810
Nicaraguan	45
Panamanian	25
Paraguayan	0
Peruvian	180
Salvadorean	110
Uruguayan	15
Venezuelan	80
Latin, Central and South American origins,Â n.i.e.	185
African origins	17,655
Central and West African origins	1,335
Akan	10
Angolan	10
Ashanti	0
Beninese	20
Burkinabe	0
Cameroonian	70
Chadian	0
Congolese	180
Edo	0
Ewe	0
Gabonese	10
Gambian	10
Ghanaian	185
Guinean	30
Ibo	90
Ivorian	10
Liberian	15
Malian	10
MalinkÃ©	15
Nigerian	445
Peulh	0
Senegalese	10
Sierra Leonean	80
Togolese	70
Wolof	0
Yoruba	65
Central and West African origins,Â n.i.e.	120
North African origins	2,030
Algerian	85
Berber	70
Coptic	30
Dinka	0
Egyptian	1,295
Libyan	215
Maure	10
Moroccan	130
Sudanese	130
Tunisian	65
North African origins,Â n.i.e.	90
Southern and East African origins	1,865
Afrikaner	25
Amhara	10
Bantu,Â n.o.s.	10
Burundian	10
Djiboutian	0
Eritrean	160
Ethiopian	280
Harari	0
Kenyan	160
Malagasy	20
Mauritian	0
Oromo	25
Rwandan	105
Seychellois	0
Somali	180
South African	520
Tanzanian	60
Tigrian	15
Ugandan	60
Zambian	80
Zimbabwean	100
Zulu	0
Southern and East African origins,Â n.i.e.	170
Other African origins	12,620
Black,Â n.o.s.	2,255
Other African origins,Â n.i.e.	10,460
Asian origins	42,500
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins	17,205
Afghan	230
Arab,Â n.o.s.	1,600
Armenian	265
Assyrian	10
Azerbaijani	20
Georgian	20
Hazara	0
Iranian	1,405
Iraqi	595
Israeli	245
Jordanian	260
Kazakh	45
Kurd	230
Kuwaiti	245
Kyrgyz	0
Lebanese	7,445
Palestinian	990
Pashtun	30
Saudi Arabian	725
Syrian	2,190
Tajik	20
Tatar	40
Turk	690
Turkmen	10
Uighur	10
Uzbek	90
Yemeni	205
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins,Â 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,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	75
Other Asian origins	410
Other Asian origins,Â n.i.e.	410
Oceania origins	895
Australian	490
New Zealander	290
Pacific Islands origins	125
Fijian	15
Hawaiian	25
Maori	40
Polynesian,Â n.o.s.	20
Samoan	10
Pacific Islands origins,Â 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,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	10
Michif	5
Aboriginal languages,Â n.o.s.	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	40,260
Afro-Asiatic languages	7,760
Berber languages	10
Kabyle	5
Berber languages,Â n.i.e.	5
Cushitic languages	130
Bilen	5
Oromo	60
Somali	50
Cushitic languages,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	10
Afro-Asiatic languages,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	20
Creole languages	95
Haitian Creole	5
Creole,Â n.o.s.	35
Creole languages,Â n.i.e.	55
Dravidian languages	1,010
Kannada	40
Malayalam	365
Tamil	315
Telugu	285
Dravidian languages,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	5
Celtic languages	185
Scottish Gaelic	145
Welsh	30
Celtic languages,Â 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,Â 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,Â 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,Â n.i.e.	140
Nilo-Saharan languages	75
Dinka	20
Nilo-Saharan languages,Â n.i.e.	55
Sign languages	190
American Sign Language	85
Sign languages,Â 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,Â n.o.s.	645
Chinese languages,Â n.i.e.	15
Tibeto-Burman languages	30
Burmese	15
Tibetan	5
Tibeto-Burman languages,Â 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,Â 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.

Income Range	Population
Under $10,000 (including loss)	104,125
$10,000 to $19,999	134,355
$20,000 to $29,999	114,855
$30,000 to $39,999	98,325
$40,000 to $49,999	79,435
$50,000 to $59,999	57,255
$60,000 to $69,999	41,715
$70,000 to $79,999	33,195
$80,000 to $89,999	25,500
$90,000 to $99,999	15,530
$100,000 and over	39,965
$100,000 to $149,999	28,130
$150,000 and over	11,835