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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 10,125
Here:

95.1%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 5,010
This city:

95.8%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 5,115
Here:

94.5%
British Columbia:

88.7%
French only
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 445
Here:

4.2%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 195
Here:

3.7%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 245
This city:

4.5%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 75
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 25
This city:

0.5%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 50
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 10,435
Here:

98.0%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 5,135
This city:

98.1%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 5,290
This city:

97.7%
British Columbia:

94.6%
French
Total: 130
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 60
Here:

1.1%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 65
This city:

1.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 75
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 25
Here:

0.5%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 50
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Williams Lake

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 9,345
This city:

87.7%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 4,620
This city:

88.3%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 4,725
Here:

87.3%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 155
This city:

1.5%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 80
This city:

1.5%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 75
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 75
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 35
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 40
Here:

0.7%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 35
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Amharic
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 30
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 15
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 15
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 175
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 75
This city:

1.4%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 95
Here:

1.8%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Gujarati
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Korean
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Mandarin
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 360
Here:

3.4%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 190
Here:

3.6%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 170
Here:

3.1%
Province:

4.1%
Polish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Other languages
Total: 140
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 50
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 90
This city:

1.7%
Province:

0.4%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 10,010
Here:

94.0%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 4,920
This city:

94.0%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 5,085
This city:

93.9%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 30
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 15
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 15
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 130
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Male: 65
This city:

1.2%
British Columbia:

3.5%
Female: 65
This city:

1.2%
British Columbia:

3.6%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 30
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.5%
German
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 270
This city:

2.5%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 135
This city:

2.6%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 130
This city:

2.4%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 45
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 10,080
Here:

94.7%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 4,970
Here:

95.0%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 5,110
Here:

94.4%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 175
This city:

1.6%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Male: 85
Here:

1.6%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 90
Here:

1.7%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 55
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 30
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 30
Here:

0.6%
Province:

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

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
German
Total: 50
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 25
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 30
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 55
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 30
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 25
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 105
This city:

1.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 55
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.2%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 6,265
Here:

99.1%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 3,305
Here:

99.5%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 2,965
This city:

99.0%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%

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