Sechelt - District municipality, British Columbia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 8,565
This region:

93.0%
British Columbia:

89.8%
Male: 4,090
Here:

93.8%
British Columbia:

90.9%
Female: 4,480
This region:

92.4%
Province:

88.7%
English and French
Total: 615
Here:

6.7%
British Columbia:

6.8%
Male: 260
This region:

6.0%
British Columbia:

6.2%
Female: 360
This region:

7.4%
Province:

7.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.3%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

3.8%

Knowledge of official languages in this region

First official language spoken

English
Total: 9,035
Here:

98.1%
British Columbia:

95.1%
Male: 4,280
This region:

98.2%
Province:

95.7%
Female: 4,755
Here:

98.1%
Province:

94.6%
French
Total: 135
Here:

1.5%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 60
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 75
Here:

1.5%
British Columbia:

1.2%
English and French
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

3.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

2.7%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

3.8%

First official language spoken in this region

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 8,145
This region:

88.4%
British Columbia:

70.3%
Male: 3,905
Here:

89.6%
Province:

71.4%
Female: 4,245
Here:

87.5%
Province:

69.2%
French
Total: 150
Here:

1.6%
British Columbia:

1.3%
Male: 65
Here:

1.5%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 90
This region:

1.9%
British Columbia:

1.3%
English and French
Total: 25
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 40
This region:

0.4%
Province:

1.6%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 30
This region:

0.6%
British Columbia:

1.6%
Arabic
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Burmese
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 25
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

2.9%
Female: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Croatian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 35
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 65
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 35
This region:

0.8%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 35
This region:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 230
This region:

2.5%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Male: 110
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 125
This region:

2.6%
British Columbia:

1.7%
Greek
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Hungarian
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 30
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 15
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Japanese
Total: 20
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.2%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

2.0%
Norwegian
Total: 25
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

4.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

4.3%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

4.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Portuguese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 30
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Female: 20
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

1.0%
Swedish
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 70
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 25
This region:

0.6%
British Columbia:

1.2%
Female: 50
This region:

1.0%
Province:

1.8%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 8,855
This region:

96.1%
Province:

80.5%
Male: 4,205
Here:

96.4%
Province:

81.1%
Female: 4,655
Here:

96.0%
Province:

79.9%
French
Total: 40
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Male: 20
This region:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 20
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 75
This region:

0.8%
Province:

3.6%
Male: 30
This region:

0.7%
British Columbia:

3.5%
Female: 45
This region:

0.9%
Province:

3.6%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Czech
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
German
Total: 30
This region:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Female: 20
This region:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Ilocano
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.9%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

1.8%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.9%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

3.2%
Polish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Female: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 35
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 15
This region:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Female: 20
This region:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Telugu
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.4%
Finnish
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 8,685
Here:

94.3%
Province:

85.9%
Male: 4,140
This region:

95.0%
British Columbia:

86.3%
Female: 4,545
This region:

93.7%
Province:

85.4%
English
Total: 125
Here:

1.4%
Province:

5.7%
Male: 55
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

5.7%
Female: 70
This region:

1.4%
Province:

5.7%
French
Total: 105
This region:

1.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 40
Here:

0.9%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Female: 65
This region:

1.3%
British Columbia:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
German
Total: 65
Here:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 35
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 30
This region:

0.6%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Greek
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 15
This region:

0.2%
British Columbia:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.8%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.3%
British Columbia:

0.5%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 5
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 45
Here:

0.5%
British Columbia:

0.6%
Male: 10
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 35
This region:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.7%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 10
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 5
Here:

0.1%
British Columbia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 4,475
Here:

99.4%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 2,265
Here:

99.3%
British Columbia:

95.6%
Female: 2,205
This region:

99.1%
British Columbia:

95.2%
French
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
This region:

0.7%
British Columbia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 20
Here:

0.4%
British Columbia:

0.9%
Male: 15
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%

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