West Hants, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	West Hants	Nova Scotia	National
Population	15,678	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	12	18	4
Median age	47.9	44.8	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	69%	67%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	37%	36%	43%
Speak English only	95.2%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in West Hants is 31% lower than Nova Scotia
The median age in West Hants is 7% higher than Nova Scotia
In West Hants 3.18% of the population is Black
In West Hants 0.20% of the population is Korean
In West Hants 0.10% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	3.2%
Korean	0.2%
Filipino	0.1%
All Other Visible Minorities	0.1%
Chinese	0.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	1.0%
United States	0.5%
Germany	0.2%
Other Caribbean And Bahamas	0.1%
Other Central America	0.1%

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West Hants age breakdown

Source: The West Hants, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.