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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 21,760
This city:

91.7%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 10,415
Here:

91.9%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 11,350
Here:

91.5%
British Columbia:

88.7%
French only
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 1,865
Here:

7.9%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 870
Here:

7.7%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 995
Here:

8.0%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 100
This city:

0.4%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 50
This city:

0.4%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 55
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 23,115
Here:

97.4%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 11,020
Here:

97.2%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 12,095
Here:

97.5%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 515
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 265
Here:

2.3%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 250
This city:

2.0%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 100
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 50
This city:

0.4%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 50
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 21,350
Here:

89.9%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 10,230
This city:

90.3%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 11,115
Here:

89.6%
British Columbia:

69.2%
French
Total: 550
Here:

2.3%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 280
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 275
Here:

2.2%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 60
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 85
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 45
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Albanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 115
Here:

0.5%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 55
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Female: 60
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 125
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 60
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 65
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 325
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 135
This city:

1.2%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 190
Here:

1.5%
Province:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Gujarati
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 45
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 30
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 80
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 30
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 50
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Latvian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 40
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 25
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 20
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Slovak
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 100
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 40
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 60
This city:

0.5%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 95
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 55
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Taiwanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Turkish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 50
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 140
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 75
This city:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 60
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 22,790
Here:

96.0%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 10,880
This city:

95.9%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 11,915
Here:

96.0%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 185
This city:

0.8%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 90
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 90
This city:

0.7%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 30
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 185
Here:

0.8%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 80
Here:

0.7%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 105
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

3.6%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 85
Here:

0.4%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 45
This city:

0.4%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 35
This city:

0.3%
Province:

2.5%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 35
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 60
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 25
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 35
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

1.9%
Oromo
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

3.1%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Spanish
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 105
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 55
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 50
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 22,485
This city:

94.7%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 10,765
This city:

94.9%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 11,720
This city:

94.5%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 310
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Male: 150
Here:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 160
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

5.7%
French
Total: 300
Here:

1.3%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 140
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 160
This city:

1.3%
Province:

0.9%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Croatian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 105
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 70
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 100
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 50
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 55
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 55
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 40
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Thai
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 30
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Hakka
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 11,300
Here:

98.6%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 5,625
Here:

98.8%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 5,680
This city:

98.5%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 40
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 35
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 75
Here:

0.7%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 45
This city:

0.8%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
Province:

3.3%

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