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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 135,215
Here:

93.3%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 65,995
This division:

93.8%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 69,225
Here:

92.8%
British Columbia:

88.7%
French only
Total: 50
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 9,235
This division:

6.4%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 4,165
Here:

5.9%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 5,065
This division:

6.8%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 420
This division:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 170
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 250
This division:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this division

First official language spoken

English
Total: 142,485
Here:

98.3%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 69,225
This division:

98.4%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 73,260
Here:

98.2%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 1,875
This division:

1.3%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 890
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 980
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 165
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 85
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 400
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 155
This division:

0.2%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 245
This division:

0.3%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Nanaimo

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 129,225
This division:

89.2%
Province:

70.3%
Male: 62,975
Here:

89.5%
British Columbia:

71.4%
Female: 66,255
This division:

88.8%
British Columbia:

69.2%
French
Total: 2,100
This division:

1.4%
Province:

1.3%
Male: 1,015
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 1,090
This division:

1.5%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 340
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 165
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 175
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 805
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 365
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 440
This division:

0.6%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 55
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 105
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 60
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 115
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Armenian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Burmese
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 225
This division:

0.2%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 105
This division:

0.1%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 120
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Creoles
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 205
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 105
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 100
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 170
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 90
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 405
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 200
This division:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 205
This division:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 1,135
This division:

0.8%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 555
This division:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 580
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 160
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 105
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 2,400
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 1,170
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 1,230
This division:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 60
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Hebrew
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 290
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 145
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 150
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 375
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 200
This division:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 175
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 295
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 105
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 185
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 355
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 160
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 195
This division:

0.3%
Province:

1.2%
Latvian
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Malayalam
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 340
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 145
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 190
This division:

0.3%
Province:

2.3%
Nepali
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 150
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 85
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Oromo
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 970
This division:

0.7%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 475
This division:

0.7%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 485
This division:

0.7%
Province:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 55
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 60
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 320
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 145
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 170
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 235
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 95
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 135
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 55
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 70
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 35
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 40
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 520
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 210
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 310
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.0%
Swahili
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 160
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 75
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 85
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 455
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 140
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 315
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.8%
Taiwanese
Total: 35
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 80
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Turkish
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 340
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 160
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 175
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 350
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 160
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 190
This division:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Yiddish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 235
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 105
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 130
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Hakka
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dene
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 45
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 45
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 139,465
This division:

96.2%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 67,805
This division:

96.4%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 71,660
This division:

96.1%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 435
This division:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 180
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 255
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 135
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 1,365
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 620
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 740
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.6%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 40
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 45
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 50
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Creoles
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 55
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 70
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 110
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Estonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 240
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 110
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 125
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 35
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Gujarati
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 40
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ilocano
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 85
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 230
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 110
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 115
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Malayalam
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 230
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Male: 115
This division:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 120
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Nepali
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 595
This division:

0.4%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 285
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 305
This division:

0.4%
Province:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Polish
Total: 85
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 45
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Serbian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 165
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 75
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 95
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 110
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Taiwanese
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 235
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 115
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 125
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Macedonian
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 65
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 137,115
Here:

94.6%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 66,785
This division:

94.9%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 70,330
This division:

94.3%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 1,720
Here:

1.2%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 805
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 920
This division:

1.2%
British Columbia:

5.7%
French
Total: 1,255
This division:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 540
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 715
This division:

1.0%
Province:

0.9%
English and French
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 130
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 65
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 65
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 60
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 50
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Bengali
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 65
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Creoles
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 80
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 60
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 125
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 60
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 65
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 325
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 145
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 175
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 740
This division:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 345
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 395
This division:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 25
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 85
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 35
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 50
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 90
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 55
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 70
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 180
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 75
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 100
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Malay
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 50
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 65
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Norwegian
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Oromo
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 285
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 145
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 145
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 105
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Serbian
Total: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 470
This division:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 215
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 255
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 65
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 30
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 240
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 70
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 170
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Taiwanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 40
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 60
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 90
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 300
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 155
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 145
This division:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ilocano
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hakka
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 73,945
This division:

99.0%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 37,635
This division:

99.0%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 36,310
This division:

99.0%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 200
This division:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 45
This division:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 150
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 55
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 115
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 40
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 75
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Non-official language
Total: 355
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 235
This division:

0.6%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 120
This division:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%

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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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