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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 4,700
This region:

96.0%
Province:

89.8%
Male: 2,330
This region:

95.9%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 2,375
Here:

96.5%
British Columbia:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 180
Here:

3.7%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 100
Here:

4.1%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 80
Here:

3.3%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this region

First official language spoken

English
Total: 4,820
Here:

98.4%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 2,390
Here:

98.4%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 2,430
This region:

98.6%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 60
Here:

1.2%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 35
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 25
This region:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Kent

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 4,180
Here:

85.4%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 2,075
This region:

85.2%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 2,100
Here:

85.4%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 65
This region:

1.3%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 35
This region:

1.4%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 30
This region:

1.2%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 40
This region:

0.8%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 20
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 210
Here:

4.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 100
This region:

4.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 110
Here:

4.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 155
This region:

3.2%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 85
This region:

3.5%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 75
This region:

3.0%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

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

0.5%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 20
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 4,705
This region:

96.0%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 2,345
Here:

96.5%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 2,365
This region:

95.9%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 50
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 20
This region:

0.8%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 20
This region:

0.8%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 35
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 25
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 20
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 4,590
This region:

93.8%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 2,275
This region:

93.4%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 2,310
This region:

93.7%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 65
Here:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 30
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 35
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

5.7%
French
Total: 25
This region:

0.5%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 15
This region:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 100
This region:

2.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 50
This region:

2.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 50
This region:

2.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
German
Total: 50
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 25
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 20
This region:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Japanese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Polish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Other languages
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Lao
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 2,590
Here:

99.2%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 1,365
Here:

99.3%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 1,225
Here:

99.2%
British Columbia:

95.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.2%

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