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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 7,255
This city:

94.5%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 3,555
This city:

95.2%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 3,700
Here:

93.7%
British Columbia:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 405
Here:

5.3%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 170
Here:

4.6%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 235
This city:

5.9%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 30
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 15
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Castlegar

First official language spoken

English
Total: 7,600
This city:

98.9%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 3,695
This city:

98.9%
British Columbia:

95.7%
Female: 3,905
Here:

99.0%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 60
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 30
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 15
This city:

0.4%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 6,505
This city:

84.6%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 3,190
Here:

85.3%
British Columbia:

71.4%
Female: 3,310
This city:

83.9%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 65
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 30
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 35
This city:

0.9%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 90
This city:

1.2%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 45
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 45
This city:

1.1%
British Columbia:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Czech
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 20
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 80
This city:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 40
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 40
This city:

1.0%
Province:

1.7%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 60
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 40
This city:

1.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 25
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 30
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

4.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

4.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

4.1%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 165
This city:

2.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 85
This city:

2.3%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 80
Here:

2.0%
Province:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 445
This city:

5.8%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 175
This city:

4.7%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 265
This city:

6.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 20
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Lao
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 7,355
Here:

95.7%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 3,580
This city:

95.7%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 3,770
Here:

95.6%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 20
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 125
Here:

1.6%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Male: 55
This city:

1.5%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 65
This city:

1.6%
Province:

3.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Portuguese
Total: 75
This city:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
This city:

1.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 30
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Spanish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Italian
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Lao
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 7,135
Here:

92.9%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 3,505
This city:

93.8%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 3,630
This city:

91.9%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 110
This city:

1.4%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 50
This city:

1.3%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 55
This city:

1.4%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 50
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 25
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 25
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
German
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Portuguese
Total: 45
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 220
Here:

2.9%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 80
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 135
Here:

3.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Thai
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 4,035
Here:

99.9%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 2,130
This city:

99.5%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 1,900
This city:

99.7%
British Columbia:

95.2%
Non-official language
Total: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

3.3%

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