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# Esquimalt

Esquimalt is a city in Canada, and the figures below are its published values. Esquimalt numbered 19,155 residents at the end of 2022. Esquimalt registered an unemployment rate of 7.91% at the end of 2021. The foreign population count was 2,645 at the end of 2021.

## Answers

Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects.

### How many people live in Esquimalt?

The published population was 19,155 people in 2022.

- City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below.
- Value: 19,155 people · Period: 2022
- Claims: claim-b9966c591549
### Is the air quality good in Esquimalt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

- Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- Value: 5.2 µg/m³ · Period: 2024
- Claims: claim-92d0a15b2a6a
### What is the typical salary in Esquimalt?

The median gross salary is about 3,464 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

- City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.
- Value: 3,464 EUR/month · Period: 2020
- Claims: claim-40e647b0945c
### What is the unemployment rate in Esquimalt?

The unemployment rate is about 7.9 % (2021).

- Value: 7.9 % · Period: 2021
- Claims: claim-afbf7c735672
## Mobility

Esquimalt's nearest airport was YWH, 3 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

## Population

Esquimalt spanned 7.1 km² at the end of 2021. Esquimalt counted 8,565 households at the end of 2021. The median age was 43.2 years at the end of 2021.

## Housing

Renter households in Esquimalt spending 30% or more on housing totalled 28.1% at the end of 2021.

## Facts

| Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 2,645 people | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [1] |
| Population (built-up area) | `g01_population_total` | 17,533 people | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] |
| Population | `population_total` | 19,155 people | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [3] |
| Households spending over 30% of income on rent | `g02_rent_burden_30pct_share_pct` | 28.1 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [4] |
| Dwellings | `g05_dwellings_total` | 8,995 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 8,565 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| Employment rate | `g03_employment_rate_pct` | 60.7 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| Median gross salary | `salary_median_gross_city_eur_month` | 3,464 EUR/month | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-09-13 | stale | verified | [6] |
| Median gross salary (regional) | `salary_median_gross_regional_eur_month` | 2,277 EUR/month | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-08-27 | stale | verified | [7] |
| Unemployment rate (regional proxy) | `unemployment_rate_percent` | 7.9 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 7.91 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [8] |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 5.19 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | supplemental | [9] |
| Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 8.2 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 11 · Apr 14 · May 17.8 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 10.3 · Dec 8 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [10] |
| Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 3.4 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 5.5 · May 7.9 · Jun 10.2 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11.8 · Sep 10.1 · Oct 7.1 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 3.1 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [11] |
| Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 5.8 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 9.8 · May 12.9 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.7 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 15 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 5.5 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [12] |
| Area | `area_km2` | 7.08 km² | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| City area | `city_area_km2` | 7.08 km² | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [13] |
| Foreign-resident share | `foreign_population_share_percent` | 15.3 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [1] |
| Residents born abroad | `g05_foreign_born_share_pct` | 15.3 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [4] |
| Households | `households` | 8,565 households | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| Labour force participation rate | `labour_force_participation_rate_percent` | 65.9 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [5] |
| Median age | `median_age_years` | 43.2 years | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [14] |
| Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 2,477 people/km² | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [13] |
| Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 2 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [15] |
| Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 3 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [16] |
| Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | YWH | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [16] |

Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed.

## Language courses and integration

- [IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder](https://ircc.canada.ca/english/newcomers/services/index.asp) — State Language Course · Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · English, French · checked 2026-08-10

These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city.

## Public employment service

- [Job Bank and public employment services](https://jobbank-guichetemplois.service.canada.ca/Resource_Sheet/Resource_Sheet-What_is_Job_Bank-English.pdf) — Job Search, Migrant Support

This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city.

## Healthcare access

Migrants can receive medical care in Esquimalt when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility.

- Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/health-system-services/canada-health-act-annual-report-2024-2025/canada-health-act-annual-report-2024-2025.pdf)

## Country-wide rules

Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Canada country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/canada/).

## International community

Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions.

### Country of birth

- Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data: 2,645 (100.0%)
- Americas: 405 (15.3%)
- Brazil: 35 (1.3%)
- Colombia: 35 (1.3%)
- El Salvador: 10 (0.4%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Jamaica: 10 (0.4%)
- Mexico: 35 (1.3%)
- Peru: 0 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 10 (0.4%)
- United States of America: 215 (8.1%)
- Other places of birth in Americas: 40 (1.5%)
- Europe: 995 (37.6%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0 (0.0%)
- Croatia: 25 (0.9%)
- France: 50 (1.9%)
- Germany: 85 (3.2%)
- Greece: 25 (0.9%)
- Hungary: 15 (0.6%)
- Italy: 35 (1.3%)
- Netherlands: 15 (0.6%)
- Poland: 40 (1.5%)
- Portugal: 0 (0.0%)
- Romania: 15 (0.6%)
- Russian Federation: 10 (0.4%)
- Serbia: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 10 (0.4%)
- United Kingdom: 525 (19.8%)
- Other places of birth in Europe: 125 (4.7%)
- Africa: 220 (8.3%)
- Algeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 20 (0.8%)
- Egypt: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 30 (1.1%)
- Ethiopia: 30 (1.1%)
- Morocco: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 15 (0.6%)
- Somalia: 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa, Republic of: 50 (1.9%)
- Other places of birth in Africa: 75 (2.8%)
- Asia: 950 (35.9%)
- Afghanistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Iran: 0 (0.0%)
- Iraq: 0 (0.0%)
- Lebanon: 0 (0.0%)
- Syria: 50 (1.9%)
- Turkey: 15 (0.6%)
- China: 115 (4.3%)
- Hong Kong: 15 (0.6%)
- Korea, South: 30 (1.1%)
- Taiwan: 15 (0.6%)
- Philippines: 270 (10.2%)
- Viet Nam: 60 (2.3%)
- Bangladesh: 10 (0.4%)
- India: 145 (5.5%)
- Pakistan: 25 (0.9%)
- Sri Lanka: 0 (0.0%)
- Other places of birth in Asia: 195 (7.4%)
- Oceania and other places of birth: 60 (2.3%)
- Population universe: Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data
- Period: 2021 Census
- Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger/comp/GetFile.cfm?Lang=E&FILETYPE=CSV&GEONO=003

### Citizenship

- Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data: 17,290 (100.0%)
- Canadian citizens: 16,190 (93.6%)
- Canadian citizens aged under 18: 2,390 (13.8%)
- Canadian citizens aged 18 and over: 13,800 (79.8%)
- Not Canadian citizens: 1,100 (6.4%)
- Population universe: Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data
- Period: 2021 Census
- Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger/comp/GetFile.cfm?Lang=E&FILETYPE=CSV&GEONO=003

### Language spoken at home

- Igbo: 0 (0.0%)
- Kinyarwanda (Rwanda): 0 (0.0%)
- Lingala: 0 (0.0%)
- Luba-Kasai: 0 (0.0%)
- Mòoré: 0 (0.0%)
- Mwani: 0 (0.0%)
- Ndebele: 0 (0.0%)
- Rundi (Kirundi): 0 (0.0%)
- Shona: 0 (0.0%)
- Soninke: 0 (0.0%)
- Sotho-Tswana languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Swahili: 0 (0.0%)
- Wojenaka: 0 (0.0%)
- Wolof: 0 (0.0%)
- Yoruba: 0 (0.0%)
- Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Nilo-Saharan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Dinka: 0 (0.0%)
- Nuer: 0 (0.0%)
- Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- African, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Sign languages: 5 (0.0%)
- American Sign Language: 10 (0.1%)
- Quebec Sign Language: 0 (0.0%)
- Sign languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Sino-Tibetan languages: 105 (0.6%)
- Chinese languages: 95 (0.5%)
- Hakka: 0 (0.0%)
- Mandarin: 50 (0.3%)
- Min Dong: 0 (0.0%)
- Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese): 0 (0.0%)
- Wu (Shanghainese): 0 (0.0%)
- Yue (Cantonese): 50 (0.3%)
- Chinese, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Chinese languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tibeto-Burman languages: 10 (0.1%)
- Burmese: 0 (0.0%)
- Kuki-Chin languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Karenic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- S'gaw Karen: 0 (0.0%)
- Karenic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tibetan: 10 (0.1%)
- Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tai-Kadai languages: 10 (0.1%)
- Lao: 0 (0.0%)
- Thai: 10 (0.1%)
- Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijani: 0 (0.0%)
- Kazakh: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkish: 0 (0.0%)
- Uyghur: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbek: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Uralic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Estonian: 0 (0.0%)
- Finnish: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungarian: 0 (0.0%)
- Other languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Multiple responses: 380 (2.2%)
- English and French: 95 (0.5%)
- English and non-official language(s): 265 (1.5%)
- French and non-official language(s): 5 (0.0%)
- English, French and non-official language(s): 5 (0.0%)
- Multiple non-official languages: 5 (0.0%)
- Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data: 17,365 (100.0%)
- Single responses: 16,990 (97.8%)
- Official languages: 16,190 (93.2%)
- English: 15,945 (91.8%)
- French: 250 (1.4%)
- Non-official languages: 795 (4.6%)
- Indigenous languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Algonquian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Blackfoot: 0 (0.0%)
- Cree-Innu languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Atikamekw: 0 (0.0%)
- Cree languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Ililimowin (Moose Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree): 0 (0.0%)
- Cree, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Innu (Montagnais): 0 (0.0%)
- Naskapi: 0 (0.0%)
- Eastern Algonquian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Mi'kmaq: 0 (0.0%)
- Wolastoqewi (Malecite): 0 (0.0%)
- Ojibway-Potawatomi languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Anicinabemowin (Algonquin): 0 (0.0%)
- Oji-Cree: 0 (0.0%)
- Ojibway languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa): 0 (0.0%)
- Daawaamwin (Odawa): 0 (0.0%)
- Saulteau (Western Ojibway): 0 (0.0%)
- Ojibway, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Athabaskan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Northern Athabaskan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Dakelh (Carrier): 0 (0.0%)
- Dane-zaa (Beaver): 0 (0.0%)
- Dene, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Gwich'in: 0 (0.0%)
- Slavey-Hare languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey): 0 (0.0%)
- Satuotine Yati (North Slavey): 0 (0.0%)
- Slavey, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tahltan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Kaska (Nahani): 0 (0.0%)
- Tahltan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tlicho (Dogrib): 0 (0.0%)
- Tse'khene (Sekani): 0 (0.0%)
- Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin): 0 (0.0%)
- Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi): 0 (0.0%)
- Tutchone languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Northern Tutchone: 0 (0.0%)
- Southern Tutchone: 0 (0.0%)
- Tutchone, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Wetsuwet'en-Babine: 0 (0.0%)
- Tlingit: 0 (0.0%)
- Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Haida: 0 (0.0%)
- Inuktut (Inuit) languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun): 0 (0.0%)
- Inuinnaqtun: 0 (0.0%)
- Inuvialuktun: 0 (0.0%)
- Inuktitut: 0 (0.0%)
- Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Iroquoian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Cayuga: 0 (0.0%)
- Mohawk: 0 (0.0%)
- Oneida: 0 (0.0%)
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Ktunaxa (Kutenai): 0 (0.0%)
- Michif: 0 (0.0%)
- Salish languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Halkomelem: 0 (0.0%)
- Lillooet: 0 (0.0%)
- Ntlakapamux (Thompson): 0 (0.0%)
- Secwepemctsin (Shuswap): 0 (0.0%)
- Squamish: 0 (0.0%)
- Straits: 0 (0.0%)
- Syilx (Okanagan): 0 (0.0%)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Siouan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Assiniboine: 0 (0.0%)
- Dakota: 0 (0.0%)
- Stoney: 0 (0.0%)
- Siouan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tsimshian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Gitxsan (Gitksan): 0 (0.0%)
- Nisga'a: 0 (0.0%)
- Tsimshian: 0 (0.0%)
- Wakashan languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Haisla: 0 (0.0%)
- Heiltsuk: 0 (0.0%)
- Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl): 0 (0.0%)
- Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka): 0 (0.0%)
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Indigenous languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Indigenous languages, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Non-Indigenous languages: 795 (4.6%)
- Afro-Asiatic languages: 65 (0.4%)
- Berber languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Kabyle: 0 (0.0%)
- Tamazight: 0 (0.0%)
- Berber languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Chadic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Hausa: 0 (0.0%)
- Mina: 0 (0.0%)
- Coptic: 0 (0.0%)
- Cushitic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Bilen: 0 (0.0%)
- Oromo: 0 (0.0%)
- Somali: 0 (0.0%)
- Cushitic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Semitic languages: 60 (0.3%)
- Amharic: 0 (0.0%)
- Arabic: 50 (0.3%)
- Aramaic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: 0 (0.0%)
- Chaldean Neo-Aramaic: 0 (0.0%)
- Aramaic, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Harari: 0 (0.0%)
- Hebrew: 0 (0.0%)
- Maltese: 0 (0.0%)
- Tigrigna: 10 (0.1%)
- Semitic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Austro-Asiatic languages: 75 (0.4%)
- Khmer (Cambodian): 20 (0.1%)
- Vietnamese: 55 (0.3%)
- Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e: 0 (0.0%)
- Austronesian languages: 145 (0.8%)
- Bikol: 0 (0.0%)
- Bisaya, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Cebuano: 0 (0.0%)
- Fijian: 0 (0.0%)
- Hiligaynon: 0 (0.0%)
- Ilocano: 5 (0.0%)
- Indonesian: 0 (0.0%)
- Kankanaey: 0 (0.0%)
- Kinaray-a: 0 (0.0%)
- Malagasy languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Merina: 0 (0.0%)
- Malagasy, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Malay: 0 (0.0%)
- Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango): 0 (0.0%)
- Pangasinan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino): 135 (0.8%)
- Waray-Waray: 0 (0.0%)
- Austronesian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Creole languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Haitian Creole: 0 (0.0%)
- Jamaican English Creole: 0 (0.0%)
- Krio: 0 (0.0%)
- Morisyen: 0 (0.0%)
- Sango: 0 (0.0%)
- Creole, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Creole languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Dravidian languages: 5 (0.0%)
- Kannada: 0 (0.0%)
- Malayalam: 5 (0.0%)
- Tamil: 0 (0.0%)
- Telugu: 0 (0.0%)
- Tulu: 0 (0.0%)
- Dravidian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgian: 0 (0.0%)
- Hmong-Mien languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-European languages: 325 (1.9%)
- Albanian: 10 (0.1%)
- Armenian: 0 (0.0%)
- Balto-Slavic languages: 70 (0.4%)
- Baltic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvian: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuanian: 0 (0.0%)
- Slavic languages: 70 (0.4%)
- Belarusian: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgarian: 0 (0.0%)
- Czech: 0 (0.0%)
- Macedonian: 0 (0.0%)
- Polish: 20 (0.1%)
- Russian: 40 (0.2%)
- Rusyn: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbo-Croatian: 5 (0.0%)
- Bosnian: 0 (0.0%)
- Croatian: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovak: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovene (Slovenian): 0 (0.0%)
- Ukrainian: 5 (0.0%)
- Slavic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Celtic languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Irish: 0 (0.0%)
- Scottish Gaelic: 0 (0.0%)
- Welsh: 0 (0.0%)
- Celtic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Germanic languages: 20 (0.1%)
- Frisian: 0 (0.0%)
- High German languages: 15 (0.1%)
- German: 15 (0.1%)
- Pennsylvania German: 0 (0.0%)
- Swiss German: 0 (0.0%)
- Yiddish: 0 (0.0%)
- Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Afrikaans: 0 (0.0%)
- Dutch: 0 (0.0%)
- Low German, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Low Saxon: 0 (0.0%)
- Plautdietsch: 0 (0.0%)
- Vlaams (Flemish): 0 (0.0%)
- Scandinavian languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Danish: 0 (0.0%)
- Icelandic: 0 (0.0%)
- Norwegian: 0 (0.0%)
- Swedish: 0 (0.0%)
- Germanic languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Greek: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-Iranian languages: 65 (0.4%)
- Indo-Aryan languages: 60 (0.3%)
- Assamese: 0 (0.0%)
- Bengali: 5 (0.0%)
- Gujarati: 0 (0.0%)
- Hindi: 10 (0.1%)
- Kacchi: 0 (0.0%)
- Kashmiri: 0 (0.0%)
- Konkani: 0 (0.0%)
- Marathi: 0 (0.0%)
- Nepali: 0 (0.0%)
- Oriya languages: 0 (0.0%)
- Odia: 0 (0.0%)
- Oriya, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Punjabi (Panjabi): 30 (0.2%)
- Rohingya: 0 (0.0%)
- Sindhi: 0 (0.0%)
- Sinhala (Sinhalese): 0 (0.0%)
- Urdu: 15 (0.1%)
- Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Iranian languages: 10 (0.1%)
- Baluchi: 0 (0.0%)
- Kurdish: 0 (0.0%)
- Parsi: 0 (0.0%)
- Pashto: 0 (0.0%)
- Persian languages: 10 (0.1%)
- Dari: 0 (0.0%)
- Iranian Persian: 10 (0.1%)
- Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Iranian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Italic (Romance) languages: 155 (0.9%)
- Catalan: 0 (0.0%)
- Italian: 0 (0.0%)
- Portuguese: 40 (0.2%)
- Romanian: 5 (0.0%)
- Spanish: 110 (0.6%)
- Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-European languages, n.i.e.: 0 (0.0%)
- Japanese: 15 (0.1%)
- Korean: 15 (0.1%)
- Mongolian: 0 (0.0%)
- Niger-Congo languages: 10 (0.1%)
- Akan (Twi): 0 (0.0%)
- Bamanankan: 0 (0.0%)
- Edo: 0 (0.0%)
- Éwé: 0 (0.0%)
- Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde): 0 (0.0%)
- Ga: 0 (0.0%)
- Ganda: 0 (0.0%)
- Gikuyu: 0 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data
- Period: 2021 Census
- Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger/comp/GetFile.cfm?Lang=E&FILETYPE=CSV&GEONO=003

### Ancestry or ethnicity

- Total - Ethnic or cultural origin for the population in private households - 25% sample data: 17,290 (100.0%)
- Canadian: 1,815 (10.5%)
- English: 5,890 (34.1%)
- Irish: 3,510 (20.3%)
- Scottish: 4,445 (25.7%)
- French, n.o.s.: 1,700 (9.8%)
- German: 2,305 (13.3%)
- Chinese: 395 (2.3%)
- Italian: 540 (3.1%)
- Indian (India): 235 (1.4%)
- Ukrainian: 885 (5.1%)
- Dutch: 655 (3.8%)
- Polish: 535 (3.1%)
- Québécois: 55 (0.3%)
- British Isles, n.o.s.: 1,070 (6.2%)
- Filipino: 405 (2.3%)
- French Canadian: 280 (1.6%)
- Caucasian (White), n.o.s.: 310 (1.8%)
- First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s.: 390 (2.3%)
- Métis: 250 (1.4%)
- European, n.o.s.: 450 (2.6%)
- Russian: 345 (2.0%)
- Norwegian: 590 (3.4%)
- Welsh: 780 (4.5%)
- Portuguese: 130 (0.8%)
- American: 290 (1.7%)
- Spanish: 200 (1.2%)
- Swedish: 390 (2.3%)
- Hungarian: 240 (1.4%)
- Acadian: 75 (0.4%)
- Pakistani: 15 (0.1%)
- African, n.o.s.: 60 (0.3%)
- Jewish: 175 (1.0%)
- Punjabi: 0 (0.0%)
- Vietnamese: 160 (0.9%)
- Arab, n.o.s.: 60 (0.3%)
- Greek: 85 (0.5%)
- Jamaican: 25 (0.1%)
- Asian, n.o.s.: 35 (0.2%)
- Cree, n.o.s.: 115 (0.7%)
- Korean: 55 (0.3%)
- Romanian: 125 (0.7%)
- Lebanese: 45 (0.3%)
- Iranian: 0 (0.0%)
- Christian, n.i.e.: 50 (0.3%)
- Danish: 270 (1.6%)
- North American Indigenous, n.o.s.: 115 (0.7%)
- Sikh: 0 (0.0%)
- Austrian: 215 (1.2%)
- Belgian: 90 (0.5%)
- Haitian: 0 (0.0%)
- Hindu: 20 (0.1%)
- Mexican: 60 (0.3%)
- Mennonite: 45 (0.3%)
- Swiss: 110 (0.6%)
- Finnish: 130 (0.8%)
- Sri Lankan: 10 (0.1%)
- Croatian: 140 (0.8%)
- Japanese: 165 (1.0%)
- South Asian, n.o.s.: 30 (0.2%)
- Mi'kmaq, n.o.s.: 35 (0.2%)
- Northern European, n.o.s.: 140 (0.8%)
- Muslim: 10 (0.1%)
- Egyptian: 0 (0.0%)
- Latin, Central or South American, n.o.s.: 30 (0.2%)
- Tamil: 0 (0.0%)
- Icelandic: 215 (1.2%)
- Colombian: 45 (0.3%)
- Moroccan: 0 (0.0%)
- Czech: 65 (0.4%)
- Syrian: 60 (0.3%)
- Guyanese: 15 (0.1%)
- Afghan: 0 (0.0%)
- Black, n.o.s.: 60 (0.3%)
- Serbian: 35 (0.2%)
- Ojibway: 45 (0.3%)
- Newfoundlander: 30 (0.2%)
- Hong Konger: 0 (0.0%)
- Ontarian: 40 (0.2%)
- Persian: 10 (0.1%)
- Trinidadian/Tobagonian: 10 (0.1%)
- Turkish: 15 (0.1%)
- Inuit, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladeshi: 0 (0.0%)
- Algerian: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazilian: 85 (0.5%)
- Nigerian: 25 (0.1%)
- Armenian: 10 (0.1%)
- Slovak: 15 (0.1%)
- Eastern European, n.o.s.: 60 (0.3%)
- Somali: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwanese: 15 (0.1%)
- Iraqi: 0 (0.0%)
- Salvadorean: 10 (0.1%)
- African Caribbean: 15 (0.1%)
- East or Southeast Asian, n.o.s.: 20 (0.1%)
- West or Central Asian or Middle Eastern, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Caribbean, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Algonquin: 30 (0.2%)
- West Indian, n.o.s.: 15 (0.1%)
- Lithuanian: 25 (0.1%)
- South African: 30 (0.2%)
- Australian: 100 (0.6%)
- Palestinian: 10 (0.1%)
- Chilean: 10 (0.1%)
- Congolese: 45 (0.3%)
- Nova Scotian: 25 (0.1%)
- Ethiopian: 40 (0.2%)
- Hispanic, n.o.s.: 25 (0.1%)
- Peruvian: 15 (0.1%)
- Yoruba: 30 (0.2%)
- Cambodian (Khmer): 50 (0.3%)
- Berber: 0 (0.0%)
- Albanian: 40 (0.2%)
- Maltese: 15 (0.1%)
- Macedonian: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenian: 10 (0.1%)
- Western European, n.o.s.: 25 (0.1%)
- New Brunswicker: 20 (0.1%)
- Gujarati: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrean: 0 (0.0%)
- African Canadian: 20 (0.1%)
- Israeli: 30 (0.2%)
- Mohawk: 20 (0.1%)
- Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.: 40 (0.2%)
- Bulgarian: 20 (0.1%)
- Albertan: 10 (0.1%)
- Ghanaian: 0 (0.0%)
- Barbadian: 0 (0.0%)
- African American: 15 (0.1%)
- Yugoslavian, n.o.s.: 10 (0.1%)
- Tunisian: 10 (0.1%)
- Slavic, n.o.s.: 20 (0.1%)
- Cuban: 0 (0.0%)
- Bosnian: 10 (0.1%)
- Venezuelan: 0 (0.0%)
- Innu/Montagnais, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvian: 55 (0.3%)
- Bengali: 15 (0.1%)
- Cameroonian: 20 (0.1%)
- Guatemalan: 15 (0.1%)
- Indonesian: 0 (0.0%)
- Laotian: 0 (0.0%)
- Ilocano: 0 (0.0%)
- Northern Irish: 30 (0.2%)
- Celtic, n.o.s.: 65 (0.4%)
- British Columbian: 50 (0.3%)
- Ecuadorian: 10 (0.1%)
- Franco Ontarian: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentinian: 25 (0.1%)
- Estonian: 25 (0.1%)
- Kurdish: 0 (0.0%)
- Fijian: 0 (0.0%)
- Jatt: 0 (0.0%)
- North American, n.o.s.: 30 (0.2%)
- Coptic: 0 (0.0%)
- Thai: 35 (0.2%)
- Dominican: 35 (0.2%)
- Nepali: 15 (0.1%)
- Kabyle: 0 (0.0%)
- Assyrian: 0 (0.0%)
- Igbo: 15 (0.1%)
- Byelorussian: 10 (0.1%)
- Dene, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Blackfoot, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Abenaki: 0 (0.0%)
- Moldovan: 0 (0.0%)
- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealander: 20 (0.1%)
- Sudanese: 0 (0.0%)
- Breton: 0 (0.0%)
- Pennsylvania Dutch: 20 (0.1%)
- Malaysian: 25 (0.1%)
- Plains Cree: 0 (0.0%)
- North African, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Huron (Wendat): 0 (0.0%)
- Saskatchewanian: 0 (0.0%)
- Buddhist: 0 (0.0%)
- Gaspesian: 0 (0.0%)
- Norman: 10 (0.1%)
- Southern or East African, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Ivorian: 0 (0.0%)
- Saulteaux: 0 (0.0%)
- Anishinaabe, n.o.s.: 10 (0.1%)
- Burundian: 0 (0.0%)
- Tigrinya: 15 (0.1%)
- Nicaraguan: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritian: 0 (0.0%)
- Kenyan: 0 (0.0%)
- Oji-Cree: 0 (0.0%)
- Vincentian: 0 (0.0%)
- Jordanian: 0 (0.0%)
- Manitoban: 10 (0.1%)
- Cape Bretoner: 10 (0.1%)
- Rwandan: 25 (0.1%)
- Grenadian: 0 (0.0%)
- Malayali: 0 (0.0%)
- Chaldean: 0 (0.0%)
- Sinhalese: 0 (0.0%)
- Mayan: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduran: 0 (0.0%)
- Cherokee: 25 (0.1%)
- Qalipu Mi'kmaq: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-Caribbean: 0 (0.0%)
- Flemish: 20 (0.1%)
- United Empire Loyalist: 0 (0.0%)
- Senegalese: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijani: 0 (0.0%)
- Sicilian: 0 (0.0%)
- Pashtun: 0 (0.0%)
- Malay: 0 (0.0%)
- Goan: 0 (0.0%)
- Bantu, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Tibetan: 50 (0.3%)
- Zimbabwean: 0 (0.0%)
- Burmese: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolian: 0 (0.0%)
- Azorean: 0 (0.0%)
- Atikamekw: 0 (0.0%)
- Bamileke: 0 (0.0%)
- Indo-Guyanese: 0 (0.0%)
- Ugandan: 0 (0.0%)
- Oromo: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzanian: 0 (0.0%)
- Yemeni: 0 (0.0%)
- Central African: 0 (0.0%)
- Libyan: 0 (0.0%)
- Basque: 10 (0.1%)
- Uruguayan: 0 (0.0%)
- Akan, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Central or West African, n.o.s.: 0 (0.0%)
- Igorot: 0 (0.0%)
- Fulani: 0 (0.0%)
- Woodland Cree: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinean: 0 (0.0%)
- St. Lucian: 0 (0.0%)
- Prince Edward Islander: 0 (0.0%)
- Maliseet: 0 (0.0%)
- Beninese: 0 (0.0%)
- Telugu: 0 (0.0%)
- Roma: 25 (0.1%)
- Costa Rican: 0 (0.0%)
- African Nova Scotian: 10 (0.1%)
- Malagasy: 0 (0.0%)
- Kashmiri: 0 (0.0%)
- Singaporean: 0 (0.0%)
- Karen: 0 (0.0%)
- Edo: 0 (0.0%)
- Tajik: 0 (0.0%)
- Amhara: 0 (0.0%)
- Paraguayan: 0 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Total - Ethnic or cultural origin for the population in private households - 25% sample data
- Period: 2021 Census
- Source: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger/comp/GetFile.cfm?Lang=E&FILETYPE=CSV&GEONO=003

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Esquimalt, Canada: rent, salary, jobs, air quality, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/esquimalt/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_esquimalt-canada-rent-salary-jobs-air-quality-climate_ff9cc5f5e84f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Esquimalt, Canada: rent, salary, jobs, air quality, climate},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-14},
  version = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab},
  snapshot = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/esquimalt/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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- Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/ca/esquimalt.md
- MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/ca/esquimalt
- Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json
- City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json
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