Squamish - 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: 14,935
Here:

87.5%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 7,705
Here:

88.7%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 7,230
Here:

86.2%
Province:

88.7%
French only
Total: 20
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 1,875
Here:

11.0%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 880
This region:

10.1%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 995
This region:

11.9%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 245
This region:

1.4%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 95
This region:

1.1%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 150
Here:

1.8%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this region

First official language spoken

English
Total: 16,375
Here:

95.9%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 8,360
This region:

96.2%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 8,010
This region:

95.6%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 435
This region:

2.5%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 220
This region:

2.5%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 220
Here:

2.6%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 25
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 15
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 235
This region:

1.4%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 95
Here:

1.1%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 140
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Squamish

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 13,760
This region:

80.6%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 7,090
Here:

81.6%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 6,675
Here:

79.6%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 475
Here:

2.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 235
Here:

2.7%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 235
This region:

2.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 50
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 25
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 200
This region:

1.2%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 110
This region:

1.3%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 90
Here:

1.1%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 30
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 50
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 30
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 55
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 25
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 35
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 280
This region:

1.6%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 140
This region:

1.6%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 140
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 45
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 80
This region:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 40
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 35
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 110
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 55
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 60
This region:

0.7%
Province:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 25
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.2%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.3%
Nepali
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 20
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 1,115
Here:

6.5%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 555
This region:

6.4%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 565
This region:

6.7%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 50
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 20
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 25
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 25
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Slovak
Total: 20
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 115
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 50
This region:

0.6%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 65
This region:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 25
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 170
This region:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Male: 70
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 95
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Thai
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 15
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 30
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Ojibway
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 15,125
This region:

88.6%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 7,725
Here:

88.9%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 7,400
This region:

88.3%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 165
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 80
This region:

0.9%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 85
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 25
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 355
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Male: 180
This region:

2.1%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 175
This region:

2.1%
Province:

3.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

2.5%
Czech
Total: 20
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 75
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Nepali
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 915
Here:

5.4%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 445
Here:

5.1%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 470
This region:

5.6%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Slovak
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 50
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 20
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 100
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 50
This region:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 45
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 15,275
This region:

89.5%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 7,845
Here:

90.3%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 7,425
Here:

88.6%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 625
This region:

3.7%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 315
Here:

3.6%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 310
This region:

3.7%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 375
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 170
This region:

2.0%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 210
This region:

2.5%
Province:

0.9%
English and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

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

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Armenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Czech
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
German
Total: 115
This region:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 55
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 65
This region:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 40
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 50
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 140
This region:

0.8%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 75
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 65
This region:

0.8%
Province:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 20
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 15
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Slovak
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 65
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 35
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 30
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 50
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 35
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Thai
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 30
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 9,500
This region:

98.1%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 5,085
Here:

98.7%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 4,415
Here:

97.4%
Province:

95.2%
French
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 20
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 35
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This region:

0.6%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 40
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 20
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 25
This region:

0.6%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 85
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 30
This region:

0.6%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 55
Here:

1.2%
Province:

3.3%

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