Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 15,130This region: | 85.1% |
Province: | 89.8% |
Male: 6,980This region: | 86.0% |
British Columbia: | 90.9% |
Female: 8,150This region: | 84.4% |
British Columbia: | 88.7% |
French onlyTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
English and FrenchTotal: 2,570Here: | 14.5% |
British Columbia: | 6.8% |
Male: 1,105This region: | 13.6% |
British Columbia: | 6.2% |
Female: 1,465This region: | 15.2% |
Province: | 7.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 65This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Male: 30Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 2.8% |
Female: 35This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 3.8% |
Knowledge of official languages in this region
First official language spoken
EnglishTotal: 17,415This region: | 98.0% |
British Columbia: | 95.1% |
Male: 7,965This region: | 98.2% |
Province: | 95.7% |
Female: 9,450This region: | 97.9% |
British Columbia: | 94.6% |
FrenchTotal: 250This region: | 1.4% |
Province: | 1.2% |
Male: 110Here: | 1.4% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Female: 140Here: | 1.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 50Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 35Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 60This region: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Male: 30This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 2.7% |
Female: 30This region: | 0.3% |
Province: | 3.8% |
First official language spoken in this region
Used languages details
Mother tongue
EnglishTotal: 15,630This region: | 88.0% |
Province: | 70.3% |
Male: 7,220This region: | 89.0% |
British Columbia: | 71.4% |
English and French
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 100This region: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
Male: 35This region: | 0.4% |
Province: | 1.5% |
French and non-official language
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 20This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Arabic
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
ArmenianTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
BulgarianTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Burmese
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Cantonese
Male: 45This region: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 2.9% |
Female: 35Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
CreolesTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
CroatianTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
CzechTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 45This region: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 25Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DutchTotal: 95This region: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Estonian
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Finnish
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 290This region: | 1.6% |
Province: | 1.7% |
Male: 110This region: | 1.4% |
Province: | 1.6% |
Female: 175Here: | 1.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.7% |
GreekTotal: 25This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Gujarati
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Hebrew
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
HindiTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
HungarianTotal: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Italian
Male: 30This region: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Female: 45Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
JapaneseTotal: 85This region: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Male: 30This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 60Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Korean
Male: 20This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.0% |
Female: 30Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
LithuanianTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
MacedonianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
MalayTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Mandarin
Male: 45Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 2.0% |
Female: 65This region: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 2.3% |
NorwegianTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Female: 25Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 4.1% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 50Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Male: 25This region: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.9% |
PolishTotal: 45This region: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 20This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 25This region: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.4% |
PortugueseTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
RomanianTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Russian
Male: 20This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 25This region: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Slovak
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovenianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Spanish
Male: 35This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 60Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 1.0% |
Swedish
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 80This region: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.5% |
Female: 65This region: | 0.7% |
Province: | 1.8% |
TaiwaneseTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ThaiTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
TurkishTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
UkrainianTotal: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
UrduTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
VietnameseTotal: 20This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Other languagesTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
FukienTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
EnglishTotal: 16,980This region: | 95.6% |
British Columbia: | 80.5% |
Male: 7,785Here: | 95.9% |
British Columbia: | 81.1% |
Female: 9,190This region: | 95.2% |
Province: | 79.9% |
FrenchTotal: 80This region: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Male: 35This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English and non-official language
Male: 55This region: | 0.7% |
Province: | 3.5% |
English; French and non-official language
AfrikaansTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 35This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 2.4% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 2.2% |
Female: 15This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 2.5% |
CroatianTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 55Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 25Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 30This region: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
GujaratiTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
KoreanTotal: 30This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 15This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
MandarinTotal: 90This region: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.8% |
Male: 40This region: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.7% |
Female: 60This region: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 1.9% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
Male: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 3.1% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 25This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 15This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Female: 15This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
PolishTotal: 20This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
PortugueseTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Russian
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 30This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
TurkishTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
UrduTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Vietnamese
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Other languagesTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
SlovenianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
UkrainianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 16,455This region: | 92.6% |
Province: | 85.9% |
Male: 7,555Here: | 93.2% |
British Columbia: | 86.3% |
Female: 8,895This region: | 92.1% |
British Columbia: | 85.4% |
EnglishTotal: 280This region: | 1.6% |
British Columbia: | 5.7% |
FrenchTotal: 305This region: | 1.7% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 125This region: | 1.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 180Here: | 1.9% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
English and FrenchTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
French and non-official language
AfrikaansTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Arabic
Male: 15Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
BulgarianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Cantonese
Male: 20This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
CzechTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Danish
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 25This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
GermanTotal: 105Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 45Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 60This region: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
GreekTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GujaratiTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Hindi
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
HungarianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 30Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Japanese
Female: 25This region: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
KoreanTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
MalayTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
OromoTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Male: 20This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 15This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 25This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
PolishTotal: 15This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
PortugueseTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SerbianTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
SindhiTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 75This region: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Male: 30This region: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 45This region: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.5% |
SwedishTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.4% |
UkrainianTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
VietnameseTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Other languagesTotal: 10This region: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This region: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
LatvianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
EstonianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
NepaliTotal: 5This region: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
English
Male: 4,785This region: | 99.3% |
Province: | 95.6% |
Female: 5,025Here: | 99.1% |
British Columbia: | 95.2% |
FrenchTotal: 25This region: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 10This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.3% |
English and FrenchTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 15This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 10This region: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Non-official language
Male: 10This region: | 0.2% |
Province: | 3.2% |
Female: 20This region: | 0.4% |
Province: | 3.3% |
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