Powell River - City, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 12,190
This city:

94.0%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 5,905
This city:

94.2%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 6,285
Here:

93.8%
Province:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 760
This city:

5.9%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 350
This city:

5.6%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 405
Here:

6.0%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Powell River

First official language spoken

English
Total: 12,660
This city:

97.6%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 6,120
This city:

97.6%
British Columbia:

95.7%
Female: 6,540
This city:

97.6%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 275
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Male: 135
This city:

2.2%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 140
This city:

2.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 11,475
This city:

88.5%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 5,620
Here:

89.6%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 5,860
Here:

87.5%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 325
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.3%
Male: 150
This city:

2.4%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 175
This city:

2.6%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 70
This city:

0.5%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 30
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Female: 45
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 25
This city:

0.2%
Province:

3.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 135
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 55
This city:

0.9%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 80
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 200
This city:

1.5%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 100
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 95
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 270
This city:

2.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 120
Here:

1.9%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 155
This city:

2.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 40
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.3%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

4.3%
Polish
Total: 35
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 20
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 15
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 35
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 25
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 35
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 25
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.8%
Thai
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 30
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 25
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Flemish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 12,515
Here:

96.5%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 6,075
Here:

96.9%
British Columbia:

81.1%
Female: 6,445
Here:

96.2%
British Columbia:

79.9%
French
Total: 80
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 35
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 45
This city:

0.7%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 25
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 115
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 50
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

3.5%
Female: 65
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.6%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Dutch
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 25
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Malay
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Spanish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Other languages
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Flemish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 75
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 35
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 12,220
This city:

94.2%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 5,950
Here:

94.9%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 6,270
This city:

93.6%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 155
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Male: 70
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 85
This city:

1.3%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 190
Here:

1.5%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 85
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 110
This city:

1.6%
Province:

0.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 40
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
German
Total: 55
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 20
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 30
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 95
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 50
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 50
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Spanish
Total: 40
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 25
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Maltese
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 6,485
Here:

98.6%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 3,340
Here:

99.3%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 3,145
Here:

97.8%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 40
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 20
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 20
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 30
This city:

0.5%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 10
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

3.3%

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