Languages we serve

British Columbia speaks the world.

From Indigenous languages of the Coast to the newest diaspora arrivals, ShieldBC delivers in the language people actually use at home.

Provincial view

Regions, territories, and mother tongues.

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Indigenous language territory Diaspora language cluster

Province outline from open provincial boundary data. Indigenous languages sourced from the First Peoples' Cultural Council BC Language Map; diaspora estimates from Statistics Canada 2021.

Vancouver, in detail

Where languages live across the city.

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Cantonese

Strathcona · Killarney

78,000+ speakers

Real neighbourhood boundaries from the City of Vancouver Open Data Portal. Traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Cantonese
Strathcona · Killarney
78,000+
Mandarin
Oakridge · Marpole
72,000+
Punjabi
Sunset · Victoria-Fraserview
36,000+
Tagalog
Renfrew-Collingwood
32,000+
Spanish
Grandview-Woodland
28,000+
Vietnamese
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
24,000+
Korean
Downtown
22,000+
Farsi
West End
20,000+
French
Kitsilano · Fairview
18,000+
Japanese
Fairview · Downtown
15,000+
Arabic
Hastings-Sunrise
12,000+
Russian
West End · Kerrisdale
9,000+
Hindi
Sunset
8,000+
Tamil
Victoria-Fraserview
6,000+
Ukrainian
Mount Pleasant
5,000+

Mother-tongue estimates for the Metro Vancouver area, drawn from Statistics Canada census data. ShieldBC prioritises the languages with the largest daily-life reach.

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