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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 5,035
Here:

94.1%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 2,470
Here:

94.8%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 2,570
This town:

93.6%
British Columbia:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 300
Here:

5.6%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 135
This town:

5.2%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 165
This town:

6.0%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Smithers

First official language spoken

English
Total: 5,285
This town:

98.8%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 2,575
Here:

98.8%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 2,710
Here:

98.7%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 50
Here:

0.9%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 25
This town:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.9%
Province:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.7%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Smithers

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 4,755
Here:

89.0%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 2,345
Here:

90.0%
British Columbia:

71.4%
Female: 2,415
This town:

88.1%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 65
This town:

1.2%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 30
This town:

1.2%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 35
This town:

1.3%
Province:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 45
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 15
This town:

0.6%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 25
This town:

0.9%
Province:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Arabic
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 110
This town:

2.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 50
Here:

1.9%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 60
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 80
This town:

1.5%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 35
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 50
Here:

1.8%
Province:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Ilocano
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 35
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 20
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

4.2%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 25
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 15
This town:

0.5%
Province:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 30
This town:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 15
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 20
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 30
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 15
This town:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 20
This town:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 5,140
Here:

96.1%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 2,510
This town:

96.4%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 2,625
Here:

95.6%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 20
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 15
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 70
This town:

1.3%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 30
This town:

1.2%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 40
Here:

1.5%
Province:

3.6%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This town:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Dutch
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Vietnamese
Total: 30
This town:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 15
This town:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 5,085
Here:

95.0%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 2,485
Here:

95.4%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 2,605
Here:

94.9%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 50
Here:

0.9%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 25
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 25
This town:

0.9%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 50
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 20
This town:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 25
This town:

0.9%
Province:

0.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 25
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Italian
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This town:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
This town:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
This town:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 15
This town:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 20
This town:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This town:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 2,995
Here:

99.3%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 1,570
Here:

99.1%
Province:

95.6%
Female: 1,425
This town:

100.0%
Province:

95.2%
Non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.6%
Province:

3.2%

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