List of francophone communities in Nova Scotia information
This is a list of francophone communities in Nova Scotia. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia are listed.
The provincial average of Nova Scotians whose mother tongue is French is 2.9%, with a total of 27,340 people in Nova Scotia who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021.
There are several Acadians communities throughout Nova Scotia, although the majority of francophones in Nova Scotia reside in the western section of the peninsula with Clare being the only francophone majority municipality in the province.
Municipality
Type
County, district, or regional municipality
Total population[1]
Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
Antigonish
County municipality
Antigonish
15,101
3%
Argyle
District municipality
Yarmouth
7,870
38%
Clare
District municipality
Digby
7,678
55%
Digby
District municipality
Digby
7,242
3%
Inverness
County municipality
Inverness
13,239
12%
Richmond
County municipality
Richmond
8,509
17%
Yarmouth
District municipality
Yarmouth
10,067
7%
Yarmouth
Town
Yarmouth
6,829
7%
^ ab"2021 Census Profile". 29 March 2023.
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