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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 4,430
Here:

93.3%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 2,145
This centre:

94.1%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 2,290
Here:

92.7%
Province:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 260
Here:

5.5%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 115
Here:

5.0%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 145
This centre:

5.9%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 55
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 20
This centre:

0.9%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 30
This centre:

1.2%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Osoyoos

First official language spoken

English
Total: 4,585
Here:

96.5%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 2,210
Here:

96.9%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 2,380
Here:

96.4%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 100
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 45
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 50
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 55
This centre:

1.2%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 20
This centre:

0.9%
British Columbia:

2.7%
Female: 30
This centre:

1.2%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Osoyoos

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 3,770
This centre:

79.4%
Province:

70.3%
Male: 1,795
Here:

78.7%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 1,975
Here:

80.0%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 115
Here:

2.4%
Province:

1.3%
Male: 60
Here:

2.6%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 55
Here:

2.2%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 35
This centre:

0.7%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 15
This centre:

0.7%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.6%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Bulgarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

2.9%
Croatian
Total: 15
This centre:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 15
This centre:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 35
This centre:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 20
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 15
This centre:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
German
Total: 170
This centre:

3.6%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 80
Here:

3.5%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 90
Here:

3.6%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 35
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 30
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 20
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 120
This centre:

2.5%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 65
This centre:

2.9%
Province:

4.3%
Female: 55
This centre:

2.2%
Province:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 165
This centre:

3.5%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 80
This centre:

3.5%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 85
This centre:

3.4%
Province:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.6%
Slovak
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 20
This centre:

0.4%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 30
This centre:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This centre:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 20
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

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

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 40
This centre:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 20
This centre:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 4,365
This centre:

91.9%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 2,090
This centre:

91.7%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 2,275
This centre:

92.1%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 40
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 20
This centre:

0.9%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 20
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 60
This centre:

1.3%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 30
This centre:

1.3%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 35
This centre:

1.4%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

2.5%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 115
This centre:

2.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 65
This centre:

2.9%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 50
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Portuguese
Total: 80
Here:

1.7%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
This centre:

1.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
This centre:

2.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 15
This centre:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Slovenian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 4,385
This centre:

92.3%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 2,105
Here:

92.3%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 2,285
This centre:

92.5%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 105
Here:

2.2%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 50
This centre:

2.2%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 55
This centre:

2.2%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 30
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 15
This centre:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 15
Here:

0.6%
Province:

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

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Croatian
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
German
Total: 45
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 25
This centre:

1.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 20
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 50
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This centre:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
This centre:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This centre:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
This centre:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
This centre:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This centre:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%

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