East Hants, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	East Hants	Nova Scotia	National
Population	23,212	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	13	18	4
Median age	44.5	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	41%	36%	43%
Speak English only	93.4%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in East Hants is 30% lower than Nova Scotia
The median age in East Hants is 1% lower than Nova Scotia
In East Hants 0.64% of the population is Black
In East Hants 0.33% of the population is Arab
In East Hants 0.18% of the population is Latin American

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	0.6%
Arab	0.3%
Latin American	0.2%
Filipino	0.2%
Multiple Visible Minorities	0.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	1.3%
United States	0.7%
Other Central America	0.4%
Netherlands	0.3%
France	0.1%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

East Hants age breakdown

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