Sylvan Lake - Town, Alberta, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 11,420
This town:

93.5%
Alberta:

92.0%
Male: 5,865
Here:

94.4%
Province:

92.7%
Female: 5,555
This town:

92.7%
Alberta:

91.3%
French only
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 780
Here:

6.4%
Alberta:

6.5%
Male: 345
Here:

5.6%
Province:

6.1%
Female: 435
This town:

7.3%
Alberta:

7.0%
Neither English nor French
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

1.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

1.1%

Knowledge of official languages in Sylvan Lake

First official language spoken

English
Total: 12,025
Here:

98.5%
Province:

96.5%
Male: 6,120
Here:

98.4%
Province:

96.7%
Female: 5,905
This town:

98.5%
Province:

96.3%
French
Total: 165
This town:

1.4%
Alberta:

1.8%
Male: 90
This town:

1.4%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 80
This town:

1.3%
Province:

1.7%
English and French
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Neither English nor French
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

1.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

1.1%

First official language spoken in this town

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 11,500
This town:

94.2%
Province:

77.0%
Male: 5,895
Here:

94.8%
Province:

77.6%
Female: 5,610
Here:

93.7%
Province:

76.4%
French
Total: 185
Here:

1.5%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 95
Here:

1.5%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 90
This town:

1.5%
Province:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 30
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.2%
Male: 15
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 35
This town:

0.3%
Alberta:

1.4%
Male: 20
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.3%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

1.4%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.1%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.8%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 45
This town:

0.4%
Alberta:

0.5%
Male: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Finnish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 100
Here:

0.8%
Alberta:

2.2%
Male: 50
Here:

0.8%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 55
This town:

0.9%
Province:

2.3%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.3%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.4%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

1.4%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

1.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.4%
Polish
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.6%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.5%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.2%
Romanian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Slovak
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 30
Here:

0.2%
Alberta:

1.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.2%
Swedish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 70
Here:

0.6%
Alberta:

1.7%
Male: 25
This town:

0.4%
Province:

1.4%
Female: 55
This town:

0.9%
Alberta:

1.9%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 15
Here:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.6%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.7%
Urdu
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.6%
Other languages
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.3%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 11,965
This town:

98.0%
Alberta:

85.7%
Male: 6,095
Here:

98.0%
Province:

86.0%
Female: 5,870
Here:

98.0%
Alberta:

85.5%
French
Total: 50
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 25
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
Female: 25
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.7%
English and French
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 55
This town:

0.5%
Province:

2.9%
Male: 25
This town:

0.4%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
Province:

2.9%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.1%
German
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

1.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.0%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.3%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.8%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.8%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 50
This town:

0.4%
Alberta:

0.9%
Male: 25
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
Alberta:

1.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 11,760
Here:

96.3%
Alberta:

88.0%
Male: 6,025
This town:

96.9%
Province:

88.2%
Female: 5,730
Here:

95.7%
Alberta:

87.7%
English
Total: 100
This town:

0.8%
Province:

4.9%
Male: 60
This town:

1.0%
Province:

4.9%
Female: 40
Here:

0.7%
Province:

4.8%
French
Total: 140
Here:

1.1%
Alberta:

1.0%
Male: 50
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 85
Here:

1.4%
Alberta:

1.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Dutch
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 30
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 15
This town:

0.2%
Alberta:

0.5%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Greek
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Polish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
This town:

0.3%
Alberta:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 30
This town:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Swedish
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Alberta:

0.2%
Urdu
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Alberta:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 6,425
Here:

99.6%
Province:

98.1%
Male: 3,625
Here:

99.6%
Province:

98.3%
Female: 2,795
Here:

99.5%
Alberta:

97.8%
French
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
English and French
Total: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.2%
Alberta:

1.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.3%
Alberta:

1.1%

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