Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 8,890Here: | 88.6% |
British Columbia: | 89.8% |
Male: 4,275This city: | 89.8% |
British Columbia: | 90.9% |
French only
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
English and FrenchTotal: 1,110This city: | 11.1% |
British Columbia: | 6.8% |
Male: 475This city: | 10.0% |
Province: | 6.2% |
Female: 635This city: | 12.0% |
British Columbia: | 7.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 25This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 2.8% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 3.8% |
Knowledge of official languages in this city
First official language spoken
EnglishTotal: 9,775This city: | 97.5% |
British Columbia: | 95.1% |
Female: 5,130This city: | 97.3% |
Province: | 94.6% |
FrenchTotal: 210This city: | 2.1% |
Province: | 1.2% |
Female: 115Here: | 2.2% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 20This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Neither English nor French
Male: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 2.7% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 3.8% |
First official language spoken in Nelson
Used languages details
Mother tongue
English
Male: 4,255This city: | 89.4% |
British Columbia: | 71.4% |
French
Female: 120This city: | 2.3% |
Province: | 1.3% |
English and FrenchTotal: 45This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
English and non-official language
Female: 30Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
AfrikaansTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Arabic
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
CantoneseTotal: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.9% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 3.2% |
CroatianTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Czech
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DutchTotal: 70This city: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 25Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 45This city: | 0.9% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Finnish
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
German
Male: 60Here: | 1.3% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
GreekTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Hungarian
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Italian
Male: 50This city: | 1.1% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Female: 70Here: | 1.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
JapaneseTotal: 30This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
KoreanTotal: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
LatvianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
LithuanianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 30This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 2.2% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 2.3% |
NorwegianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 20This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 4.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 4.1% |
PolishTotal: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.4% |
PortugueseTotal: 20This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
RomanianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Russian
Female: 75Here: | 1.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
SerbianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovakTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovenianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 35Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 1.0% |
SwedishTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 1.5% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.8% |
TamilTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
UkrainianTotal: 20This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
VietnameseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Other languagesTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
EnglishTotal: 9,650Here: | 96.2% |
British Columbia: | 80.5% |
Male: 4,605This city: | 96.7% |
British Columbia: | 81.1% |
Female: 5,045This city: | 95.7% |
Province: | 79.9% |
French
Female: 40This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 0.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 30This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 15Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English and non-official language
Male: 30This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 3.5% |
Female: 60This city: | 1.1% |
Province: | 3.6% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Afrikaans
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 2.4% |
CzechTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
HungarianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
JapaneseTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
KoreanTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
MandarinTotal: 20This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 1.8% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 1.7% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 1.9% |
RussianTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
SpanishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Other languagesTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 40This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
UkrainianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 9,355This city: | 93.3% |
British Columbia: | 85.9% |
Male: 4,460This city: | 93.7% |
Province: | 86.3% |
Female: 4,895Here: | 92.9% |
British Columbia: | 85.4% |
EnglishTotal: 120Here: | 1.2% |
British Columbia: | 5.7% |
Female: 70Here: | 1.3% |
British Columbia: | 5.7% |
French
Male: 80This city: | 1.7% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 100This city: | 1.9% |
Province: | 0.9% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 20Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
CantoneseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.7% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
CroatianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
CzechTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Female: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
FinnishTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
GermanTotal: 60This city: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 30This city: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 0.6% |
GreekTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
HungarianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 45This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
JapaneseTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
KoreanTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
PolishTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
PortugueseTotal: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 50Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 20Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
SpanishTotal: 45Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.5% |
SwedishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.7% |
Other languages
Male: 5This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
EnglishTotal: 5,490Here: | 99.5% |
British Columbia: | 95.4% |
Male: 2,715This city: | 99.8% |
British Columbia: | 95.6% |
Female: 2,775This city: | 99.5% |
British Columbia: | 95.2% |
FrenchTotal: 10This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Non-official languageTotal: 10Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Discuss Nelson - City, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work on our hugely popular Canada forum.