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Country: Canada
Province: Nova Scotia
District Health Authority: Cumberland District Health Authority
County: Cumberland County
Community Health Board: Springhill, Oxford, Amherst and Regions
Community: Tidnish

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As the 2011 census data becomes available, this section of the profile will be updated. To populate the profiles with information from previous census years, select a year from the drop down box located above.



Figure 1: Population by Age Groups
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Population

Based on the 2011 Census of Population, Tidnish has a population of 1,192 which is 8.0% higher than in 2001. In 2011, 17.2% of the population was under the age of 20 and 22.7% was 65 years or older.

In comparison, Nova Scotia has a population of 921,725 which is 1.5% higher than in 2001. 21.2% of the population was under the age of 20 and 16.6% was 65 years or older.

Figure 2: Family Types for 2011
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Family Structure

In Nova Scotia, family structure has shifted from the traditional larger married families to smaller married families and an increase in both common-law and lone-parent families.

In 2011, for Tidnish, total census families increased 8.0% to 411. Married families increased by 18.8% while common law families decreased 7.8% and lone-parent families decreased 3.8%. Lone female parent families were 9.7% of all families while lone male parents were 2.9% of all families.

In Nova Scotia, total census families increased 2.7% to 270,065. Married families increased by -2.1% while common law families increased 28.3% and lone-parent families increased 5.9%. Lone female parent families were 13.9% of all families while lone male parents were 3.4% of all families.

Language

In Tidnish, 99% speak only English in the home. This compares to 95.4% respectively for Nova Scotia. 0.7% of people in Tidnish speak only French at home and 0% speak French and English at home. For Nova Scotia, 1.7% speak only French at home, while 0.2% speak English and French at home.

Figure 7: Languages Spoken in Home for 2011
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1.9% of people in Tidnish report that French is their mother tongue. This compares to 3.4% for Nova Scotia. 6.2% of people in Tidnish report that they have knowledge of both French and English, compared to 10.3% for Nova Scotia.

Figure 9: Mother Tongue for 2011
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Figure 10: Knowledge of for 2011
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As the 2011 census data becomes available, this section of the profile will be updated. To populate the profiles with information from previous census years, select a year from the drop down box located above.

As the 2011 census data becomes available, this section of the profile will be updated. To populate the profiles with information from previous census years, select a year from the drop down box located above.

As the 2011 census data becomes available, this section of the profile will be updated. To populate the profiles with information from previous census years, select a year from the drop down box located above.

There were 1,026 persons living in families in 2011, which is an increase of 5.7% from 2001. 1.8% of persons were living with relatives, 2.4% were living with non-relatives, and 9.3% were living alone. In Nova Scotia there were 742,285 persons living in families in 2011, which is a decrease of 2.5% from 2001. 1.9% of persons were living with relatives, 4.1% were living with non-relatives, and 12% were living alone.

As the 2011 census data becomes available, this section of the profile will be updated. To populate the profiles with information from previous census years, select a year from the drop down box located above.
Source: Nova Scotia Community Counts web page - data modeled from Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001, 2006, 2011.