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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 66,745
Here:

86.4%
Province:

89.8%
Male: 31,975
This city:

87.4%
Province:

90.9%
Female: 34,770
Here:

85.5%
Province:

88.7%
French only
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
English and French
Total: 9,760
Here:

12.6%
Province:

6.8%
Male: 4,300
Here:

11.8%
Province:

6.2%
Female: 5,460
This city:

13.4%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 675
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 280
Here:

0.8%
British Columbia:

2.8%
Female: 395
This city:

1.0%
British Columbia:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 74,890
Here:

97.0%
Province:

95.1%
Male: 35,515
This city:

97.1%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 39,375
This city:

96.9%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 1,475
Here:

1.9%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 715
This city:

2.0%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 755
This city:

1.9%
Province:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 215
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 80
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 135
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 650
This city:

0.8%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 270
This city:

0.7%
British Columbia:

2.7%
Female: 380
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in Victoria

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 64,550
This city:

83.6%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 30,915
This city:

84.5%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 33,635
Here:

82.8%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 1,515
This city:

2.0%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 735
This city:

2.0%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Female: 780
Here:

1.9%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 275
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 120
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 160
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 710
This city:

0.9%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Male: 315
This city:

0.9%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 400
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

1.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 45
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 365
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 205
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 155
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Armenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Burmese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 680
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 325
Here:

0.9%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 360
This city:

0.9%
Province:

3.2%
Creoles
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 105
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 55
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 95
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 55
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 380
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 185
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 195
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 70
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 1,030
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 410
Here:

1.1%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Female: 620
Here:

1.5%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 70
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Hebrew
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 85
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 205
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 105
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 100
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 220
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 115
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 110
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 400
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 105
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 300
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 360
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 155
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 205
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.2%
Latvian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Malayalam
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 435
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Male: 190
Here:

0.5%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 240
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

2.3%
Marathi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 45
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Oromo
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 270
This city:

0.3%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 120
Here:

0.3%
Province:

4.3%
Female: 145
This city:

0.4%
Province:

4.1%
Pashto
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 210
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 105
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 105
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 350
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 145
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 205
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 210
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 95
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 110
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 70
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 280
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 120
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 160
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 770
This city:

1.0%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 365
This city:

1.0%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 405
Here:

1.0%
Province:

1.0%
Swahili
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 70
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 35
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 590
This city:

0.8%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 210
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 380
Here:

0.9%
Province:

1.8%
Taiwanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tigrigna
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 160
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 55
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 105
This city:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 165
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 65
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 100
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Yiddish
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 135
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 60
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hakka
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 71,370
Here:

92.4%
British Columbia:

80.5%
Male: 33,895
Here:

92.7%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 37,475
This city:

92.2%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 440
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 220
Here:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 220
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 125
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 60
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 65
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 1,310
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

3.6%
Male: 585
This city:

1.6%
Province:

3.5%
Female: 725
Here:

1.8%
Province:

3.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Albanian
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 230
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 115
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 115
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 420
This city:

0.5%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 190
Here:

0.5%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 230
This city:

0.6%
Province:

2.5%
Creoles
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 115
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 70
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ilocano
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 135
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 90
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 235
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 105
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 135
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.9%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 290
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 145
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Female: 140
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

1.9%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Oromo
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 90
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Female: 45
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 95
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Polish
Total: 120
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 55
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Portuguese
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 140
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 65
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 75
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Serbian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 315
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 145
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 170
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 250
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 100
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 150
This city:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Tamil
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 100
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 60
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Somali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tibetan languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 70,260
Here:

91.0%
British Columbia:

85.9%
Male: 33,480
Here:

91.5%
Province:

86.3%
Female: 36,785
Here:

90.5%
British Columbia:

85.4%
English
Total: 1,765
This city:

2.3%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 800
Here:

2.2%
Province:

5.7%
Female: 965
Here:

2.4%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 1,065
Here:

1.4%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 470
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 590
Here:

1.5%
British Columbia:

0.9%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 135
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 70
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 65
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 35
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Armenian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 170
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 80
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Female: 90
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Creoles
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 125
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 55
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 70
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 445
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 190
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 255
This city:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 50
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 55
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 115
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 55
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 65
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Japanese
Total: 300
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 130
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 175
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 85
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Malay
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 140
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 60
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 85
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Marathi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 125
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 75
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 70
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 35
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 35
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 95
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 60
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 85
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 95
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 55
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Serbian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 540
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 245
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 290
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 260
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 80
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 175
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Taiwanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 30
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 100
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 55
This city:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bosnian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ilocano
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Yiddish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Shanghainese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 47,870
Here:

98.3%
British Columbia:

95.4%
Male: 23,535
This city:

98.7%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 24,335
This city:

97.9%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 180
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
This city:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 140
This city:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 85
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Non-official language
Total: 490
Here:

1.0%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 195
Here:

0.8%
Province:

3.2%
Female: 295
This city:

1.2%
Province:

3.3%

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