Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 3,912,950This province: | 89.8% |
Canada: | 68.1% |
Male: 1,943,760This province: | 90.9% |
Country: | 69.0% |
Female: 1,969,190This province: | 88.7% |
Canada: | 67.3% |
French only
Male: 950This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 11.8% |
Female: 1,095This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 13.3% |
English and French
Male: 132,940This province: | 6.2% |
Canada: | 17.7% |
Female: 163,705This province: | 7.4% |
Canada: | 17.3% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 144,555This province: | 3.3% |
Country: | 1.8% |
Male: 59,590This province: | 2.8% |
Canada: | 1.5% |
Female: 84,965This province: | 3.8% |
Canada: | 2.1% |
Knowledge of official languages in British Columbia
First official language spoken
EnglishTotal: 4,143,245This province: | 95.1% |
Canada: | 74.5% |
Male: 2,044,365This province: | 95.7% |
Country: | 74.8% |
Female: 2,098,885This province: | 94.6% |
Country: | 74.1% |
French
Male: 26,660This province: | 1.2% |
Canada: | 22.6% |
Female: 27,065This province: | 1.2% |
Country: | 22.8% |
English and FrenchTotal: 16,935This province: | 0.4% |
Country: | 1.1% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 142,300This province: | 3.3% |
Canada: | 1.8% |
Female: 83,790This province: | 3.8% |
Canada: | 2.1% |
First official language spoken in British Columbia
Used languages details
Mother tongue
English
Male: 1,526,350This province: | 71.4% |
Canada: | 57.5% |
Female: 1,536,085This province: | 69.2% |
Country: | 56.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 8,600This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 68,800This province: | 1.6% |
Canada: | 1.2% |
Female: 35,925This province: | 1.6% |
Country: | 1.2% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 3,345This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
English; French and non-official language
Female: 805This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Innu/MontagnaisTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Inuktitut
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Mi'kmaq
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 2,735This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 1,330This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,405This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 1,335This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 635This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Arabic
Male: 7,505This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 1.1% |
Female: 5,550This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.9% |
Armenian
Male: 560This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Bengali
Male: 1,265This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 1,145This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 3,870This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Bosnian
Male: 635This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Bulgarian
Male: 960This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 985This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Burmese
Male: 485This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 465This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 133,245This province: | 3.1% |
Country: | 1.1% |
CreolesTotal: 640This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
CroatianTotal: 7,820This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 3,860This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 3,955This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Danish
Male: 2,575This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 23,080This province: | 0.5% |
Country: | 0.3% |
GermanTotal: 73,625This province: | 1.7% |
Canada: | 1.2% |
Greek
Female: 2,885This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
GujaratiTotal: 6,595This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Male: 3,060This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 3,540This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
HebrewTotal: 1,755This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 970This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
HindiTotal: 24,640This province: | 0.6% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Hungarian
Male: 4,915This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 4,940This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
IlocanoTotal: 3,755This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
JapaneseTotal: 19,665This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 6,840This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 12,825This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Korean
Male: 22,350This province: | 1.0% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
KurdishTotal: 1,415This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 645This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LatvianTotal: 615This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Lingala
Male: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
LithuanianTotal: 435This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 190This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 245This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
MacedonianTotal: 275This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
MalayTotal: 3,535This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 1,590This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Malayalam
Female: 725This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
MalteseTotal: 220This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 115This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Mandarin
Female: 50,425This province: | 2.3% |
Canada: | 0.8% |
Marathi
Male: 220This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 210This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
NorwegianTotal: 2,370This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,215This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Oromo
Female: 140This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
PashtoTotal: 900This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 415This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Polish
Female: 9,270This province: | 0.4% |
Country: | 0.6% |
Portuguese
Male: 6,990This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.6% |
Female: 7,615This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.6% |
Romanian
Male: 4,110This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Russian
Male: 10,300This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)Total: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 40This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
SerbianTotal: 6,655This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 3,425This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 3,225This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 1,425This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 755This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Sindhi
Male: 790This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Female: 685This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 3,220This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 1,780This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
SlovenianTotal: 1,225This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 640This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Somali
Male: 495This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Swahili
Male: 390This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 365This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
SwedishTotal: 2,740This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 1,195This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,545This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 66,120This province: | 1.5% |
Country: | 1.0% |
Female: 40,285This province: | 1.8% |
Country: | 1.2% |
Telugu
Female: 270This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Thai
Male: 730This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,680This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Tigrigna
Male: 285This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 300This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Male: 4,215This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
UrduTotal: 8,450This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Male: 4,315This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Vietnamese
Male: 11,745This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Female: 13,360This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Yiddish
Male: 185This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Other languages
Male: 7,455This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 8,130This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
OjibwayTotal: 140This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 50This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Rundi (Kirundi)
Female: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
FukienTotal: 1,920This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 835This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,085This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
HakkaTotal: 1,110This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
FlemishTotal: 445This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 215This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 235This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Lao
Male: 550This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 600This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tibetan languages
Male: 115This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 85This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Dene
Male: 35This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 1,465This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 700This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 770This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Shanghainese
Female: 715This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Berber languages (Kabyle)
StoneyTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
English
Male: 1,733,775This province: | 81.1% |
Canada: | 65.1% |
Female: 1,772,820This province: | 79.9% |
Country: | 64.5% |
French
Male: 8,015This province: | 0.4% |
Country: | 20.6% |
English and French
Male: 2,240This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.4% |
English and non-official language
Female: 80,905This province: | 3.6% |
Canada: | 2.7% |
French and non-official language
Male: 435This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Female: 495This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
English; French and non-official language
Female: 1,185This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Inuktitut
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
AfrikaansTotal: 1,385This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 690This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 700This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 345This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AmharicTotal: 555This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 245This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 310This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 7,640This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Male: 4,065This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.6% |
Bengali
Female: 750This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
BosnianTotal: 705This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 1,085This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 530This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 555This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Cantonese
Female: 55,970This province: | 2.5% |
Canada: | 0.9% |
CroatianTotal: 2,540This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 1,340This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 325This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 160This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 170This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Male: 1,055This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,175This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Estonian
Male: 40This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 70This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
GermanTotal: 11,555This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Male: 5,430This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Female: 6,120This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.4% |
GreekTotal: 2,105This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
GujaratiTotal: 3,045This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Male: 1,335This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 1,710This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
HebrewTotal: 780This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Hindi
Male: 5,900This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Hungarian
Male: 1,235This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
IlocanoTotal: 1,190This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
JapaneseTotal: 9,540This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Korean
Female: 20,830This province: | 0.9% |
Country: | 0.3% |
LatvianTotal: 105This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 50This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 50This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LingalaTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Malay
Male: 655This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Malayalam
Female: 340This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Marathi
Male: 120This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
NepaliTotal: 525This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Norwegian
Male: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Oromo
Female: 95This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 137,390This province: | 3.2% |
Country: | 1.0% |
PashtoTotal: 565This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 24,750This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Male: 12,095This province: | 0.6% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Romanian
Male: 2,050This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 2,105This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
RussianTotal: 12,205This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.3% |
SindhiTotal: 675This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 295This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Male: 295This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 300This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Slovak
Male: 515This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 570This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Spanish
Male: 10,025This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.8% |
Female: 10,555This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.8% |
Swahili
Male: 130This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
SwedishTotal: 430This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 29,380This province: | 0.7% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Female: 16,600This province: | 0.7% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Taiwanese
Male: 1,390This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
TamilTotal: 1,965This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Male: 1,010This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Telugu
Male: 145This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Thai
Male: 375This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tigrigna
Male: 135This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 1,365This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 725This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
UrduTotal: 5,430This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Female: 2,730This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Vietnamese
Male: 8,085This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Other languagesTotal: 4,180This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
FinnishTotal: 795This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 445This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Flemish
Male: 25This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
ItalianTotal: 6,250This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Male: 2,730This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Macedonian
Male: 70This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 70This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
KurdishTotal: 945This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 460This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LithuanianTotal: 65This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 30This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SomaliTotal: 625This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 315This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Maltese
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Fukien
Female: 380This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
OjibwayTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)
Male: 60This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 60This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
ArmenianTotal: 490This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 250This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 240This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
BurmeseTotal: 585This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 750This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Rundi (Kirundi)
Female: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Slovenian
Female: 100This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
YiddishTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Hakka
Male: 145This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LaoTotal: 545This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 270This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
ShanghaineseTotal: 555This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 295This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
DeneTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 3,740,260This province: | 85.9% |
Canada: | 85.8% |
Female: 1,895,615This province: | 85.4% |
Canada: | 85.6% |
EnglishTotal: 249,765This province: | 5.7% |
Country: | 5.8% |
Male: 122,305This province: | 5.7% |
Canada: | 5.8% |
Female: 127,455This province: | 5.7% |
Canada: | 5.7% |
French
Male: 17,315This province: | 0.8% |
Country: | 2.0% |
Female: 20,865This province: | 0.9% |
Country: | 2.1% |
English and French
Male: 495This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 595This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 4,540This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Male: 2,185This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
French and non-official language
Female: 3,145This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
InuktitutTotal: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Mi'kmaq
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
OjibwayTotal: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 1,340This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 690This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)Total: 260This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 125This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
AmharicTotal: 460This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 3,845This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Armenian
Male: 160This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Bengali
Female: 285This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Bisayan languages
Male: 345This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 575This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Bulgarian
Male: 215This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 275This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Cantonese
Male: 13,945This province: | 0.7% |
Country: | 0.2% |
CreolesTotal: 490This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
CroatianTotal: 3,195This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 1,615This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Czech
Male: 900This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 1,045This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 1,705This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 6,930This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 3,130This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 3,805This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
FinnishTotal: 1,290This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 740This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Flemish
Male: 50This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
GermanTotal: 23,905This province: | 0.5% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Male: 10,935This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
GreekTotal: 3,310This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 1,730This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
GujaratiTotal: 3,185This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 1,485This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
HebrewTotal: 1,090This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 575This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 515This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Hindi
Female: 6,505This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Hungarian
Male: 1,405This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 1,545This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Italian
Male: 4,715This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Korean
Male: 3,125This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Kurdish
Female: 110This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
LingalaTotal: 65This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 25This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 40This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
MalayTotal: 1,450This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 805This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Malayalam
Female: 260This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 17,925This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Male: 8,150This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
NorwegianTotal: 715This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 330This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
OromoTotal: 65This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Male: 17,040This province: | 0.8% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Persian (Farsi)
Female: 3,300This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
PolishTotal: 5,450This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
PortugueseTotal: 5,640This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 2,625This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 3,010This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Russian
Male: 2,715This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 435This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 190This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 245This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Sindhi
Male: 400This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Male: 285This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 1,035This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 400This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 635This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SlovenianTotal: 345This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 190This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 20,930This province: | 0.5% |
Country: | 0.5% |
SwahiliTotal: 580This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 280This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Swedish
Male: 535This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 680This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 24,810This province: | 0.6% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Male: 9,040This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 15,775This province: | 0.7% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
TaiwaneseTotal: 2,675This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
TamilTotal: 910This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 430This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
TigrignaTotal: 175This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 85This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Turkish
Male: 575This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
UkrainianTotal: 1,930This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 830This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Urdu
Female: 1,170This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
VietnameseTotal: 5,945This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Other languagesTotal: 10,345This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 5,435This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Latvian
Male: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 75This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
MalteseTotal: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 50This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
PashtoTotal: 235This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 120This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 120This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Somali
Male: 190This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 175This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
BosnianTotal: 395This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 205This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Estonian
Male: 100This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Rundi (Kirundi)
Male: 25This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tibetan languagesTotal: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
English; French and non-official language
Female: 40This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
DeneTotal: 30This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
FukienTotal: 670This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 295This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 380This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
IlocanoTotal: 945This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 360This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 365This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 195This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
MacedonianTotal: 60This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 35This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Nepali
Male: 80This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Male: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
YiddishTotal: 90This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Lao
Male: 200This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
HakkaTotal: 315This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 135This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
ShanghaineseTotal: 485This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 215This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 265This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
EnglishTotal: 2,308,370This province: | 95.4% |
Canada: | 76.4% |
Female: 1,110,535This province: | 95.2% |
Country: | 76.2% |
FrenchTotal: 5,525This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 20.2% |
Male: 1,670This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 20.1% |
English and French
Male: 1,275This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 1.3% |
Female: 1,695This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 1.4% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 22,435This province: | 0.9% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Female: 11,060This province: | 0.9% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
English; French and non-official language
Non-official languageTotal: 79,415This province: | 3.3% |
Country: | 1.5% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 125This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 75This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 45This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
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