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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 11,980
Here:

87.9%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 5,610
This town:

87.9%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 6,370
Here:

88.0%
British Columbia:

88.7%
French only
Total: 20
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 1,615
This town:

11.9%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 760
This town:

11.9%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 855
This town:

11.8%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this town

First official language spoken

English
Total: 13,185
This town:

96.8%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 6,160
Here:

96.5%
British Columbia:

95.7%
Female: 7,020
Here:

97.0%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 405
This town:

3.0%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 205
Here:

3.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 195
This town:

2.7%
Province:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 20
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Comox

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 12,360
This town:

90.7%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 5,825
This town:

91.2%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 6,535
Here:

90.3%
British Columbia:

69.2%
French
Total: 415
Here:

3.0%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 210
This town:

3.3%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 200
This town:

2.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 65
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 45
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 30
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Bengali
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 80
This town:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 35
This town:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 45
This town:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 235
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 95
Here:

1.5%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 140
Here:

1.9%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 35
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 20
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 20
This town:

0.1%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 15
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Polish
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 20
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 45
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 15
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 30
This town:

0.4%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 25
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

1.8%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 13,225
This town:

97.1%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 6,195
Here:

97.0%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 7,030
Here:

97.1%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 160
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 75
This town:

1.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 85
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 25
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 60
This town:

0.4%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 25
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 35
Here:

0.5%
Province:

3.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.5%
Czech
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 35
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 15
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 20
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.7%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 12,880
This town:

94.5%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 6,060
This town:

94.9%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 6,820
Here:

94.2%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 165
This town:

1.2%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 80
Here:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 85
Here:

1.2%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 270
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 120
Here:

1.9%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 155
Here:

2.1%
Province:

0.9%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 85
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 40
This town:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 50
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Polish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 50
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 30
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Burmese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 6,215
This town:

99.4%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 3,170
This town:

99.8%
Province:

95.6%
Female: 3,045
Here:

99.0%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 25
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This town:

0.8%
Province:

0.3%
Non-official language
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%

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