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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 8,370
Here:

94.4%
Province:

89.8%
Male: 4,130
Here:

95.3%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 4,240
Here:

93.7%
British Columbia:

88.7%
French only
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 460
This centre:

5.2%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 190
This centre:

4.4%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 270
This centre:

6.0%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Castlegar

First official language spoken

English
Total: 8,765
This centre:

98.9%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 4,285
This centre:

98.8%
British Columbia:

95.7%
Female: 4,480
Here:

98.9%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 70
This centre:

0.8%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.9%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

2.7%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Castlegar

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 7,555
This centre:

85.3%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 3,730
This centre:

86.0%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 3,825
Here:

84.5%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 80
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

1.3%
Male: 40
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 40
This centre:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 100
This centre:

1.1%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 50
This centre:

1.2%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 50
Here:

1.1%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

3.2%
Czech
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 25
This centre:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 85
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 45
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 45
This centre:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 65
This centre:

0.7%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 40
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 25
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Latvian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 25
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

4.1%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 170
Here:

1.9%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 90
Here:

2.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 80
Here:

1.8%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 500
Here:

5.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 200
This centre:

4.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 300
Here:

6.6%
Province:

0.6%
Slovak
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 20
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swahili
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Thai
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 20
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Lao
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 8,510
Here:

96.0%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 4,165
Here:

96.2%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 4,340
This centre:

95.8%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 25
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 20
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 135
Here:

1.5%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 60
This centre:

1.4%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 75
This centre:

1.7%
Province:

3.6%
German
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Portuguese
Total: 75
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 25
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Spanish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Italian
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 8,255
This centre:

93.2%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 4,075
This centre:

94.0%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 4,185
This centre:

92.5%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 115
This centre:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 55
This centre:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 60
Here:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 55
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 30
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 30
This centre:

0.7%
Province:

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

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Czech
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
German
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 10
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 45
This centre:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This centre:

0.6%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 245
This centre:

2.8%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 90
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 150
This centre:

3.3%
Province:

0.2%
Spanish
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

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