Burnaby - Douglas, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 108,480
Here:

88.5%
Province:

89.8%
Male: 54,220
Here:

89.9%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 54,255
Here:

87.1%
Province:

88.7%
French only
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 7,205
Here:

5.9%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 3,280
This district:

5.4%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 3,925
Here:

6.3%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 6,845
This district:

5.6%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 2,765
This district:

4.6%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 4,080
This district:

6.6%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Burnaby

First official language spoken

English
Total: 114,030
Here:

93.0%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 56,660
Here:

94.0%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 57,365
This district:

92.1%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 1,015
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 540
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 475
This district:

0.8%
Province:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 800
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 370
This district:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 430
This district:

0.7%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 6,740
This district:

5.5%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 2,715
Here:

4.5%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 4,025
This district:

6.5%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Burnaby

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 56,830
Here:

46.4%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 29,395
Here:

48.8%
British Columbia:

71.4%
Female: 27,440
This district:

44.0%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 975
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 515
This district:

0.9%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 460
This district:

0.7%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 205
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 105
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 100
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 3,135
This district:

2.6%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 1,495
This district:

2.5%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 1,645
This district:

2.6%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 175
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 90
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 35
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 60
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 525
This district:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 330
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 195
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Armenian
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 85
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 125
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 50
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 70
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 95
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 145
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 80
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 70
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Burmese
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 11,100
This district:

9.1%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 5,215
This district:

8.6%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 5,885
Here:

9.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Creoles
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 1,160
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 555
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 605
This district:

1.0%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 160
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 80
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 110
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 230
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 115
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 115
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 175
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 65
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 110
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 1,075
This district:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 495
This district:

0.8%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 575
This district:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 305
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 155
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 140
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 1,135
This district:

0.9%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 500
This district:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 635
This district:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Hebrew
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 830
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 395
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 435
This district:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 320
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 160
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 160
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 120
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 40
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 3,670
This district:

3.0%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 1,840
Here:

3.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 1,830
Here:

2.9%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 1,195
This district:

1.0%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 425
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 770
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 3,890
This district:

3.2%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 1,820
Here:

3.0%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 2,070
This district:

3.3%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Kurdish
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 55
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Latvian
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lingala
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 330
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 150
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 185
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Malayalam
Total: 70
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 8,355
This district:

6.8%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Male: 3,885
Here:

6.4%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 4,475
Here:

7.2%
British Columbia:

2.3%
Marathi
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Oromo
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 1,640
Here:

1.3%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 815
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 825
Here:

1.3%
Province:

4.1%
Pashto
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 1,865
This district:

1.5%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 965
Here:

1.6%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 900
This district:

1.4%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 635
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 320
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 320
This district:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 820
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 385
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 435
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 405
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 210
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 195
This district:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 1,120
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 510
This district:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 605
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.6%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 570
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 305
This district:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 270
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 80
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 40
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 355
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 140
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 210
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 70
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 35
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 90
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 45
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 1,995
This district:

1.6%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 925
This district:

1.5%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 1,070
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swahili
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 70
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 2,305
Here:

1.9%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 880
Here:

1.5%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 1,425
This district:

2.3%
Province:

1.8%
Taiwanese
Total: 480
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 230
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 250
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 65
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 125
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 85
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tigrigna
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 60
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 280
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 110
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 170
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 260
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 125
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 140
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 1,290
This district:

1.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 600
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 685
This district:

1.1%
Province:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 320
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 155
This district:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 170
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Fukien
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 55
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hakka
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 55
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 110
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 65
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 77,370
Here:

63.1%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 39,050
Here:

64.8%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 38,320
This district:

61.5%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 335
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 175
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 160
This district:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 145
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 70
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 80
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 7,585
Here:

6.2%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 3,605
This district:

6.0%
British Columbia:

3.5%
Female: 3,975
Here:

6.4%
British Columbia:

3.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 60
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 310
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 180
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 130
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 50
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bosnian
Total: 50
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 95
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 7,895
Here:

6.4%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 3,665
This district:

6.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 4,230
Here:

6.8%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Creoles
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 470
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 210
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 260
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 45
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 135
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 60
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 85
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Gujarati
Total: 595
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 240
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 355
This district:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 350
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 170
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 185
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 85
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ilocano
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 585
This district:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 240
This district:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 340
This district:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 3,160
This district:

2.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 1,510
Here:

2.5%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 1,655
This district:

2.7%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Malay
Total: 145
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 6,955
Here:

5.7%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 3,285
Here:

5.4%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Female: 3,670
This district:

5.9%
Province:

1.9%
Marathi
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 895
Here:

0.7%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 425
This district:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 465
This district:

0.7%
Province:

3.1%
Pashto
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 1,310
This district:

1.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 640
Here:

1.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 665
Here:

1.1%
Province:

0.6%
Polish
Total: 280
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 140
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 140
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 295
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 135
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 155
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 210
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 110
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 105
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 800
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 390
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 405
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Serbian
Total: 370
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 190
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 180
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 175
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 65
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 105
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 1,085
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 510
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 580
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 975
This district:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 415
This district:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 555
Here:

0.9%
Province:

0.7%
Taiwanese
Total: 240
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 115
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 125
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 35
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 160
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 80
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 735
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 345
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 390
This district:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 55
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 75
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 1,085
This district:

0.9%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 475
This district:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 605
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Macedonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Kurdish
Total: 80
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Armenian
Total: 45
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Burmese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hakka
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 65
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 89,700
Here:

73.2%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 44,570
Here:

73.9%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 45,130
Here:

72.5%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 14,290
Here:

11.7%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 6,975
This district:

11.6%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 7,310
This district:

11.7%
British Columbia:

5.7%
French
Total: 740
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 345
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 390
This district:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
English and French
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 260
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 125
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 135
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 265
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 125
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 140
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 145
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Armenian
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 2,855
This district:

2.3%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 1,355
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 1,505
Here:

2.4%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Creoles
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 545
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 280
This district:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 265
This district:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 45
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 45
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 420
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 200
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 225
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 170
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 80
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 535
This district:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 235
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 300
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 550
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 260
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 295
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 55
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 1,630
Here:

1.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 795
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 830
This district:

1.3%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 545
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 230
This district:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 320
This district:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 485
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 220
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 270
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Kurdish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lingala
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 65
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 1,480
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 675
Here:

1.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 800
Here:

1.3%
Province:

0.4%
Marathi
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Oromo
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 600
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 300
This district:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 300
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 340
This district:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 195
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 140
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 200
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 95
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 105
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 325
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 150
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 175
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 85
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 50
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 240
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 100
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 140
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Serbian
Total: 140
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 65
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 200
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 85
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 115
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 780
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 380
This district:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 405
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 870
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 315
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 555
This district:

0.9%
Province:

0.7%
Taiwanese
Total: 205
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 105
This district:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 105
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 130
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 70
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 60
This district:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 400
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 185
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 215
This district:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 55
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bosnian
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Burmese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ilocano
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hakka
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

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