Nanaimo E - Regional district electoral area, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 5,270
Here:

92.9%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 2,640
Here:

93.3%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 2,630
Here:

92.3%
Province:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 400
Here:

7.0%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 185
Here:

6.5%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 215
This region:

7.5%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

3.3%

Knowledge of official languages in this region

First official language spoken

English
Total: 5,585
This region:

98.4%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 2,785
Here:

98.6%
British Columbia:

95.7%
Female: 2,800
This region:

98.4%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 80
This region:

1.4%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 40
This region:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 45
This region:

1.6%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.3%

First official language spoken in this region

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 5,065
Here:

89.3%
Province:

70.3%
Male: 2,525
Here:

89.4%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 2,540
Here:

89.3%
British Columbia:

69.2%
French
Total: 95
Here:

1.7%
Province:

1.3%
Male: 45
This region:

1.6%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 50
Here:

1.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 25
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 15
This region:

0.5%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 20
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 60
Here:

1.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 25
Here:

0.9%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 30
This region:

1.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 145
This region:

2.6%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 85
Here:

3.0%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 65
Here:

2.3%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 20
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Slovak
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
This region:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Fukien
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dene
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 5,550
This region:

97.8%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 2,765
Here:

97.9%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 2,780
Here:

97.5%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 35
This region:

0.6%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.5%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 20
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Czech
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Japanese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Polish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Macedonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 5,425
Here:

95.6%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 2,715
Here:

96.1%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 2,715
Here:

95.3%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 55
This region:

1.0%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 25
This region:

0.9%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 25
Here:

0.9%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 35
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 25
This region:

0.9%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Flemish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 35
This region:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 25
This region:

0.9%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.6%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 2,810
This region:

98.4%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 1,460
Here:

98.3%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 1,350
This region:

98.2%
Province:

95.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 40
This region:

1.4%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 15
This region:

1.0%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 20
This region:

1.5%
British Columbia:

3.3%

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