Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 39,015Here: | 93.2% |
British Columbia: | 89.8% |
Female: 20,280This city: | 92.6% |
Province: | 88.7% |
French onlyTotal: 15Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
English and FrenchTotal: 2,590Here: | 6.2% |
British Columbia: | 6.8% |
Male: 1,120Here: | 5.6% |
British Columbia: | 6.2% |
Female: 1,470Here: | 6.7% |
British Columbia: | 7.4% |
Neither English nor French
Male: 85This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 2.8% |
Knowledge of official languages in Penticton
First official language spoken
French
Male: 295This city: | 1.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Female: 325Here: | 1.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 80This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 45This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 215This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
Male: 80This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 2.7% |
First official language spoken in Penticton
Used languages details
Mother tongue
EnglishTotal: 36,200This city: | 86.5% |
Province: | 70.3% |
Male: 17,390This city: | 87.2% |
Province: | 71.4% |
Female: 18,810This city: | 85.9% |
Province: | 69.2% |
FrenchTotal: 725This city: | 1.7% |
British Columbia: | 1.3% |
Male: 335This city: | 1.7% |
Province: | 1.3% |
Female: 385This city: | 1.8% |
Province: | 1.3% |
English and FrenchTotal: 105This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 50This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 55This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 320Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
Male: 150This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 1.5% |
Female: 165Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 20Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
AlbanianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AmharicTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Arabic
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
ArmenianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
BengaliTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Cantonese
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.9% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
CroatianTotal: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 30Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
CzechTotal: 65This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 40Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
DutchTotal: 315This city: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 155Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 165This city: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
EstonianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FinnishTotal: 45This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 1,145This city: | 2.7% |
Province: | 1.7% |
Female: 620This city: | 2.8% |
Province: | 1.7% |
Greek
Male: 30This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GujaratiTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
HindiTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.6% |
HungarianTotal: 160This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 70This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 85Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Ilocano
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Italian
Male: 95Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Female: 80Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Japanese
Male: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
KoreanTotal: 45This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 1.1% |
Male: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 1.0% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.2% |
Latvian
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Malay
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
MandarinTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.2% |
NorwegianTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 665Here: | 1.6% |
British Columbia: | 4.2% |
Female: 345This city: | 1.6% |
Province: | 4.1% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Polish
Male: 40This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 60This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.4% |
PortugueseTotal: 290This city: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 135This city: | 0.7% |
Province: | 0.3% |
RomanianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
RussianTotal: 100This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 40This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Female: 60This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
SerbianTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Slovak
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovenianTotal: 20Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 140This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
SwahiliTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
SwedishTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 130This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 1.5% |
Male: 30Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Female: 95This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 1.8% |
ThaiTotal: 35Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
TurkishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
UkrainianTotal: 170This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 65This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 105This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Vietnamese
Male: 30This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 35This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Other languages
Male: 40Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
OjibwayTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FlemishTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
EnglishTotal: 39,645Here: | 94.8% |
British Columbia: | 80.5% |
Male: 18,925This city: | 94.9% |
Province: | 81.1% |
Female: 20,725Here: | 94.7% |
British Columbia: | 79.9% |
FrenchTotal: 165This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 75This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 85This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 45This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 470This city: | 1.1% |
Province: | 3.6% |
Male: 225Here: | 1.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.5% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
AfrikaansTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
BengaliTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 35This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 2.4% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 2.2% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.5% |
CroatianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
CzechTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Female: 25This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 200This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 110This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
GreekTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
HindiTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Hungarian
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
IlocanoTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
JapaneseTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
KoreanTotal: 35This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Mandarin
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.7% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 1.9% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 545Here: | 1.3% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
Male: 260This city: | 1.3% |
Province: | 3.2% |
Female: 285This city: | 1.3% |
British Columbia: | 3.1% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.6% |
PolishTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
PortugueseTotal: 115This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.3% |
SerbianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovakTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 65This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Male: 35This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
SwedishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 35This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
TurkishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
VietnameseTotal: 55Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 30Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Other languagesTotal: 35This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
UkrainianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 39,320This city: | 94.0% |
British Columbia: | 85.9% |
Male: 18,820This city: | 94.4% |
Province: | 86.3% |
Female: 20,500This city: | 93.6% |
British Columbia: | 85.4% |
EnglishTotal: 745This city: | 1.8% |
Province: | 5.7% |
Female: 390Here: | 1.8% |
British Columbia: | 5.7% |
FrenchTotal: 355Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 195This city: | 0.9% |
Province: | 0.9% |
English and FrenchTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
French and non-official language
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
InuktitutTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
OjibwayTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.7% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.7% |
CroatianTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
CzechTotal: 15Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 95This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
FinnishTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FlemishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
GermanTotal: 330This city: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 145This city: | 0.7% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Female: 185This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 0.6% |
GreekTotal: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
HindiTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Hungarian
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 65This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Japanese
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
MalayTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 95This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Female: 45This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Persian (Farsi)
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
PolishTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
PortugueseTotal: 100This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 45This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 55This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.1% |
RomanianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
SerbianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Slovak
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
SlovenianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Spanish
Female: 50This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
SwahiliTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SwedishTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 40This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 35Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
TaiwaneseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Thai
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
UkrainianTotal: 15Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Vietnamese
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Other languagesTotal: 100This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 45This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 60Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
IlocanoTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
EnglishTotal: 23,055Here: | 98.9% |
British Columbia: | 95.4% |
Male: 11,765This city: | 98.9% |
British Columbia: | 95.6% |
Female: 11,285This city: | 98.9% |
Province: | 95.2% |
FrenchTotal: 45This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 50Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Non-official languageTotal: 140This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 3.3% |
Male: 90This city: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
Female: 55This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 3.3% |
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