Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	National
Population	94,573	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	37	18	4
Median age	49.8	44.8	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	64%	67%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	33%	36%	43%
Speak English only	95.9%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Cape Breton is 110% higher than Nova Scotia
The median age in Cape Breton is 11% higher than Nova Scotia
In Cape Breton 1.34% of the population is Black
In Cape Breton 0.72% of the population is Chinese
In Cape Breton 0.33% of the population is South Asian

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	1.3%
Chinese	0.7%
South Asian	0.3%
Arab	0.2%
Filipino	0.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	0.4%
United States	0.4%
Germany	0.1%
China	0.1%
Philippines	0.1%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Cape Breton age breakdown

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