Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 30,100This city: | 93.0% |
Province: | 89.8% |
Female: 15,820Here: | 92.4% |
British Columbia: | 88.7% |
French onlyTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
English and French
Female: 1,175This city: | 6.9% |
British Columbia: | 7.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 205This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 3.3% |
Female: 125Here: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 3.8% |
Knowledge of official languages in Penticton
First official language spoken
English
Male: 14,900This city: | 97.8% |
British Columbia: | 95.7% |
Female: 16,685This city: | 97.5% |
British Columbia: | 94.6% |
FrenchTotal: 510This city: | 1.6% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Male: 225Here: | 1.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Female: 285Here: | 1.7% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
English and French
Male: 35This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 200This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 3.3% |
Male: 75Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 2.7% |
Female: 120Here: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 3.8% |
First official language spoken in Penticton
Used languages details
Mother tongue
EnglishTotal: 27,805This city: | 85.9% |
Province: | 70.3% |
Male: 13,225This city: | 86.8% |
British Columbia: | 71.4% |
Female: 14,585This city: | 85.2% |
Province: | 69.2% |
FrenchTotal: 570Here: | 1.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.3% |
Male: 255This city: | 1.7% |
British Columbia: | 1.3% |
Female: 320This city: | 1.9% |
British Columbia: | 1.3% |
English and FrenchTotal: 85This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 40Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 45This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 260Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
Male: 125This city: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.5% |
Female: 130This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 1.6% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
AlbanianTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AmharicTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
CantoneseTotal: 40This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 3.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 2.9% |
CroatianTotal: 40This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
CzechTotal: 50This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 30Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
DanishTotal: 40This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Dutch
Male: 95Here: | 0.6% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
EstonianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FinnishTotal: 30Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 870This city: | 2.7% |
British Columbia: | 1.7% |
Male: 385This city: | 2.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.6% |
Female: 480Here: | 2.8% |
British Columbia: | 1.7% |
GreekTotal: 50Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
HebrewTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
HindiTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
HungarianTotal: 125Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
ItalianTotal: 135Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 75Here: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Japanese
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
KoreanTotal: 35This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 1.2% |
Latvian
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Malay
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
MandarinTotal: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.2% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 2.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.3% |
NorwegianTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 640This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 4.2% |
Male: 310Here: | 2.0% |
British Columbia: | 4.3% |
Female: 330Here: | 1.9% |
British Columbia: | 4.1% |
Persian (Farsi)
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.9% |
PolishTotal: 75This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 55This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.4% |
PortugueseTotal: 250This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Male: 115This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 135Here: | 0.8% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
RomanianTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Russian
Male: 25This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 50This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Serbian
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Slovenian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 130This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Male: 65Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Female: 65Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 1.0% |
SwedishTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 115This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 1.5% |
Female: 85This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 1.8% |
ThaiTotal: 25Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Ukrainian
Male: 55Here: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 85This city: | 0.5% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
UrduTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
VietnameseTotal: 70Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
Male: 30This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Other languagesTotal: 30Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
OjibwayTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FlemishTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
EnglishTotal: 30,485Here: | 94.2% |
British Columbia: | 80.5% |
Male: 14,370This city: | 94.3% |
British Columbia: | 81.1% |
FrenchTotal: 145This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Male: 65This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 80This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 385This city: | 1.2% |
Province: | 3.6% |
Male: 180This city: | 1.2% |
British Columbia: | 3.5% |
Female: 205This city: | 1.2% |
Province: | 3.6% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
AfrikaansTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Albanian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Bengali
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 35Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.4% |
Male: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.2% |
Female: 15Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.5% |
Croatian
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Czech
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 135This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 60This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 75This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Greek
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
HebrewTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
HindiTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.3% |
HungarianTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
JapaneseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.3% |
KoreanTotal: 25This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 525This city: | 1.6% |
Province: | 3.2% |
Male: 250This city: | 1.6% |
British Columbia: | 3.2% |
Persian (Farsi)
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
PortugueseTotal: 105This city: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 65This city: | 0.4% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Serbian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
SlovakTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 60This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 30Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.6% |
ThaiTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
VietnameseTotal: 55This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Male: 25Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Other languagesTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
FinnishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
ItalianTotal: 30Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
SlovenianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 30,370This city: | 93.9% |
British Columbia: | 85.9% |
Female: 16,010This city: | 93.5% |
Province: | 85.4% |
EnglishTotal: 655This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 5.7% |
Male: 310This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 5.7% |
FrenchTotal: 275This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Female: 155This city: | 0.9% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
English and French
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 30This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 20Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
InuktitutTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.7% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.7% |
CroatianTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
CzechTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Male: 25This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 45This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Finnish
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
FlemishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
German
Male: 105Here: | 0.7% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Greek
Male: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
HindiTotal: 10Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.3% |
Hungarian
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 50This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
JapaneseTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
MalayTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.4% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 90Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.8% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Polish
Male: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
PortugueseTotal: 85This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 35This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 45Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
RomanianTotal: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
RussianTotal: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
SerbianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Slovenian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 75Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Male: 40Here: | 0.3% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.5% |
SwedishTotal: 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% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
ThaiTotal: 15Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
TigrignaTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Female: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
VietnameseTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Male: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Other languagesTotal: 20This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.2% |
Khmer (Cambodian)
Female: 5Here: | 0.0% |
British Columbia: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
English
Female: 8,310This city: | 98.8% |
Province: | 95.2% |
FrenchTotal: 45This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 10Here: | 0.1% |
British Columbia: | 0.1% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 0.3% |
English and FrenchTotal: 10This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 40This city: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Male: 20Here: | 0.2% |
British Columbia: | 0.9% |
Non-official languageTotal: 115This city: | 0.7% |
Province: | 3.3% |
Male: 70This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 3.2% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 3.3% |
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