List of francophone communities in British Columbia

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This is a list of francophone communities in British Columbia. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of British Columbia are listed.

The provincial average of British Columbians whose mother tongue is French is 1.2%, with a total of 57,420 people in British Columbia who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. While several communities in these have sizeable French minorities, no municipalities have francophone majorities.

The majority of Franco-Columbians reside in communities within the southwest coast of British Columbia (including the Lower Mainland). The rest of Franco-Columbians resided in Vancouver Island and the central coast of British Columbia or in the Okanagan-Thompson region.

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MunicipalityTypeCounty, district, or regional municipalityTotal population{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E|title=2021 Census Profile|date=29 March 2023}}Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French
ColwoodCityCapital18,9612%
ComoxTownComox Valley14,0283%
CourtenayCityComox Valley28,4202%
CumberlandVillageComox Valley4,4472%
EsquimaltDistrict municipalityCapital17,5333%
FernieCityEast Kootenay6,3203%
GoldenTownColumbia Shuswap3,9864%
InvermereDistrict municipalityEast Kootenay3,9173%
KasloVillageCentral Kootenay1,0493%
KeremeosVillageOkanagan-Similkameen1,6082%
KitimatDistrict municipalityKitimat-Stikine8,2362%
Lions BayVillageGreater Vancouver1,3902%
MackenzieDistrict municipalityFraser-Fort George3,2812%
NelsonCityCentral Kootenay11,1063%
OsoyoosTownOkanagan-Similkameen5,5563%
PembertonVillageSquamish-Lillooet3,4075%
Powell RiverCityqathet13,9432%
Radium Hot SpringsVillageEast Kootenay1,3393%
RevelstokeCityColumbia Shuswap8,2755%
RosslandCityKootenay Boundary4,1404%
SquamishDistrict municipalitySquamish-Lillooet23,8193%
TofinoDistrict municipalityAlberni-Clayoquot2,5164%
UclueletDistrict municipalityAlberni-Clayoquot2,0663%
WhistlerResort municipalitySquamish-Lillooet13,9824%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. Small francophone-minority municipalities include: Becher Bay (2%), Canal Flats (8%), Cayoosh Creek (8%), Chopaka (6%), Daajing Giids (2%), Esowista (6%), Greenwood (2%), Hazelton (2%), Lytton (2%), Matsqui (2%), Port Alice (2%), Priest's Valley (4%), Slocan (5%), Stewart (3%), Switsemalph (2%), T'Sou-ke (2%) and Tahsis (6%).

See also

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