Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 5,275
Here:

85.1%
Nunavut:

87.1%
Male: 2,625
This centre:

84.3%
Nunavut:

87.0%
Female: 2,650
Here:

85.9%
Territory:

87.2%
French only
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 780
Here:

12.6%
Territory:

3.8%
Male: 425
Here:

13.6%
Nunavut:

4.1%
Female: 355
Here:

11.5%
Nunavut:

3.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 135
Here:

2.2%
Nunavut:

9.0%
Male: 60
This centre:

1.9%
Territory:

8.7%
Female: 75
Here:

2.4%
Nunavut:

9.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this centre

First official language spoken

English
Total: 5,755
This centre:

92.8%
Territory:

89.5%
Male: 2,870
Here:

92.1%
Nunavut:

89.4%
Female: 2,885
Here:

93.5%
Nunavut:

89.6%
French
Total: 290
This centre:

4.7%
Nunavut:

1.4%
Male: 180
Here:

5.8%
Nunavut:

1.7%
Female: 115
Here:

3.7%
Nunavut:

1.1%
English and French
Total: 25
Here:

0.4%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.6%
Territory:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 130
Here:

2.1%
Nunavut:

8.9%
Male: 60
Here:

1.9%
Territory:

8.7%
Female: 70
This centre:

2.3%
Nunavut:

9.2%

First official language spoken in Iqaluit

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 2,680
This centre:

43.2%
Nunavut:

28.1%
Male: 1,410
This centre:

45.3%
Nunavut:

28.7%
Female: 1,270
This centre:

41.1%
Nunavut:

27.4%
French
Total: 285
This centre:

4.6%
Nunavut:

1.4%
Male: 175
Here:

5.6%
Territory:

1.7%
Female: 110
This centre:

3.6%
Nunavut:

1.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 80
This centre:

1.3%
Nunavut:

1.0%
Male: 45
This centre:

1.4%
Nunavut:

1.0%
Female: 40
This centre:

1.3%
Territory:

1.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 2,880
This centre:

46.5%
Territory:

66.8%
Male: 1,350
Here:

43.3%
Nunavut:

66.0%
Female: 1,525
Here:

49.4%
Nunavut:

67.7%
Arabic
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.5%
Territory:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Croatian
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
This centre:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 45
Here:

0.7%
Territory:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

1.0%
Nunavut:

0.4%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

1.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

1.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

1.2%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 4,125
This centre:

66.5%
Nunavut:

45.5%
Male: 2,095
Here:

67.3%
Nunavut:

45.6%
Female: 2,030
Here:

65.8%
Territory:

45.3%
French
Total: 180
This centre:

2.9%
Territory:

0.8%
Male: 105
Here:

3.4%
Nunavut:

0.9%
Female: 70
Here:

2.3%
Nunavut:

0.7%
English and non-official language
Total: 45
Here:

0.7%
Territory:

0.8%
Male: 15
This centre:

0.5%
Territory:

0.9%
Female: 30
Here:

1.0%
Nunavut:

0.7%
Inuktitut
Total: 1,760
Here:

28.4%
Territory:

51.9%
Male: 855
Here:

27.4%
Territory:

51.6%
Female: 910
This centre:

29.5%
Territory:

52.2%
Arabic
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Territory:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
Territory:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 3,040
Here:

49.0%
Nunavut:

53.7%
Male: 1,570
This centre:

50.4%
Territory:

54.4%
Female: 1,470
This centre:

47.6%
Territory:

53.0%
English
Total: 1,520
This centre:

24.5%
Territory:

24.6%
Male: 750
Here:

24.1%
Territory:

24.5%
Female: 770
This centre:

24.9%
Territory:

24.7%
French
Total: 180
This centre:

2.9%
Territory:

0.8%
Male: 95
Here:

3.0%
Nunavut:

0.8%
Female: 85
Here:

2.8%
Nunavut:

0.8%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 1,325
Here:

21.4%
Territory:

18.7%
Male: 630
This centre:

20.2%
Territory:

18.2%
Female: 690
Here:

22.3%
Territory:

19.3%
Arabic
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

1.3%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Nunavut:

1.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

1.3%

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