Iqaluit - City, Nunavut, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 5,625
Here:

85.0%
Territory:

87.1%
Male: 2,805
Here:

84.1%
Nunavut:

87.0%
Female: 2,815
Here:

85.8%
Territory:

87.2%
French only
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 845
Here:

12.8%
Nunavut:

3.8%
Male: 460
This city:

13.8%
Nunavut:

4.1%
Female: 380
Here:

11.6%
Territory:

3.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 135
Here:

2.0%
Nunavut:

9.0%
Male: 60
This city:

1.8%
Nunavut:

8.7%
Female: 75
Here:

2.3%
Territory:

9.2%

Knowledge of official languages in Iqaluit

First official language spoken

English
Total: 6,140
Here:

92.7%
Territory:

89.5%
Male: 3,075
Here:

92.2%
Nunavut:

89.4%
Female: 3,065
This city:

93.3%
Nunavut:

89.6%
French
Total: 320
Here:

4.8%
Territory:

1.4%
Male: 195
This city:

5.8%
Territory:

1.7%
Female: 125
This city:

3.8%
Nunavut:

1.1%
English and French
Total: 25
Here:

0.4%
Territory:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
Territory:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 135
This city:

2.0%
Territory:

8.9%
Male: 60
This city:

1.8%
Nunavut:

8.7%
Female: 75
This city:

2.3%
Nunavut:

9.2%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 2,915
Here:

44.1%
Nunavut:

28.1%
Male: 1,535
Here:

46.0%
Territory:

28.7%
Female: 1,380
Here:

42.1%
Territory:

27.4%
French
Total: 315
This city:

4.8%
Territory:

1.4%
Male: 195
This city:

5.8%
Territory:

1.7%
Female: 120
This city:

3.7%
Territory:

1.0%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 85
This city:

1.3%
Nunavut:

1.0%
Male: 45
Here:

1.3%
Territory:

1.0%
Female: 40
This city:

1.2%
Nunavut:

1.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 3,005
This city:

45.4%
Nunavut:

66.8%
Male: 1,415
This city:

42.4%
Nunavut:

66.0%
Female: 1,595
Here:

48.6%
Territory:

67.7%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Amharic
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.4%
Territory:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
German
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

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

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 10
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 50
This city:

0.8%
Nunavut:

0.3%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Female: 35
This city:

1.1%
Territory:

0.4%
Tamil
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

1.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

1.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Nunavut:

1.2%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 4,435
Here:

67.0%
Nunavut:

45.5%
Male: 2,255
Here:

67.6%
Nunavut:

45.6%
Female: 2,180
Here:

66.4%
Nunavut:

45.3%
French
Total: 195
This city:

2.9%
Territory:

0.8%
Male: 115
This city:

3.4%
Nunavut:

0.9%
Female: 80
Here:

2.4%
Nunavut:

0.7%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 50
Here:

0.8%
Nunavut:

0.8%
Male: 15
This city:

0.4%
Nunavut:

0.9%
Female: 30
Here:

0.9%
Nunavut:

0.7%
Inuktitut
Total: 1,845
Here:

27.9%
Nunavut:

51.9%
Male: 895
This city:

26.8%
Nunavut:

51.6%
Female: 945
This city:

28.8%
Nunavut:

52.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
German
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
Here:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
Territory:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 3,300
This city:

49.8%
Nunavut:

53.7%
Male: 1,720
This city:

51.6%
Nunavut:

54.4%
Female: 1,580
Here:

48.2%
Territory:

53.0%
English
Total: 1,595
This city:

24.1%
Nunavut:

24.6%
Male: 790
Here:

23.7%
Territory:

24.5%
Female: 805
This city:

24.5%
Nunavut:

24.7%
French
Total: 195
This city:

2.9%
Nunavut:

0.8%
Male: 105
Here:

3.1%
Territory:

0.8%
Female: 95
This city:

2.9%
Territory:

0.8%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 1,375
This city:

20.8%
Territory:

18.7%
Male: 655
Here:

19.6%
Territory:

18.2%
Female: 725
Here:

22.1%
Nunavut:

19.3%
Arabic
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

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

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Polish
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.3%
Nunavut:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Territory:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.3%
Territory:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
This city:

0.1%
Nunavut:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Territory:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.2%
Territory:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Territory:

1.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Nunavut:

1.3%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 3,300
Here:

87.2%
Nunavut:

69.0%
Male: 1,775
Here:

89.9%
Territory:

71.2%
Female: 1,525
This city:

84.5%
Territory:

66.5%
French
Total: 60
This city:

1.6%
Territory:

0.4%
Male: 30
This city:

1.5%
Nunavut:

0.5%
Female: 25
This city:

1.4%
Territory:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 10
This city:

0.3%
Territory:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 60
Here:

1.6%
Territory:

1.6%
Male: 25
Here:

1.3%
Nunavut:

1.5%
Female: 35
Here:

1.9%
Territory:

1.7%
Non-official language
Total: 365
This city:

9.6%
Nunavut:

28.9%
Male: 150
This city:

7.6%
Territory:

26.7%
Female: 215
Here:

11.9%
Territory:

31.3%

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