user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What was the South Asian population in Nova Scotia in 2001?
Columns: ['Province', 'South Asians 2001', '% 2001', 'South Asians 2011', '% 2011']
Types: ['text', 'real', 'text', 'real', 'text']
Sample row: ['Ontario', 554870.0, '4.9%', 1003180.0, '7.9%']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "South Asians 2001" FROM "Table" WHERE "Province" = 'Nova Scotia';