Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (8), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (187), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (6), Age (8B) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details mother tongue , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age and sex for the population in private households in Vancouver
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Language spoken most often at home (187) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 2 2,426,235 1,308,450 24,845 1,017,540 4,825 67,720 1,305 1,555
Single responses 2,242,520 1,289,980 23,220 890,595 4,025 32,950 855 895
Official languages 1,622,525 1,274,475 22,995 295,340 3,970 24,440 620 685
English 1,614,175 1,274,030 16,045 294,655 3,825 24,425 520 675
French 8,345 450 6,950 685 145 15 100 10
Non-official languages 620,000 15,505 230 595,255 55 8,510 240 205
Aboriginal languages 95 45 0 55 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 619,900 15,460 230 595,200 60 8,515 240 205
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,395 520 30 11,600 0 195 50 0
Berber languages 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0
Kabyle 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 890 95 0 790 0 10 0 0
Bilen 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Oromo 50 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Somali 825 95 0 725 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 11,465 430 25 10,785 0 185 35 0
Amharic 610 50 0 560 0 0 0 0
Arabic 8,890 310 20 8,360 0 165 35 10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 350 10 0 340 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 325 0 0 320 0 0 0 0
Harari 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 785 15 10 745 0 15 0 0
Maltese 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 375 30 0 340 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 0 0 95 0 10 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 14,785 730 45 13,730 0 235 30 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 630 25 0 600 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 14,110 705 40 13,080 10 235 30 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 45 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 35,970 1,555 0 33,075 0 1,320 15 0
Bikol 140 0 0 135 0 10 0 0
Cebuano 1,135 105 0 965 0 65 0 0
Fijian 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 395 20 0 370 0 10 0 0
Ilocano 1,365 45 0 1,280 0 45 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,130 15 0 1,105 0 10 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 155 0 0 125 0 30 0 0
Pangasinan 70 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30,905 1,355 0 28,365 0 1,165 15 0
Waray-Waray 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 460 10 0 450 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 365 20 10 270 15 0 10 45
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 250 20 10 180 15 0 10 25
Creole languages, n.i.e. 115 0 0 90 0 0 0 20
Dravidian languages 3,390 205 0 3,070 0 115 0 0
Kannada 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 920 45 0 850 0 25 0 0
Tamil 1,890 115 0 1,720 0 55 0 0
Telugu 490 35 0 415 0 35 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 60 0 0 65 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 219,520 5,315 115 210,530 15 3,405 80 60
Albanian 495 30 0 445 0 15 0 0
Armenian 595 0 0 590 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 25,760 500 0 25,035 0 180 15 20
Baltic languages 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0
Latvian 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 25,665 500 0 24,945 10 180 15 20
Belarusan 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 555 10 0 540 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 815 10 0 790 0 15 0 0
Croatian 1,850 25 0 1,805 0 25 0 0
Czech 965 25 0 930 0 10 0 0
Macedonian 110 0 0 105 0 0 0 0
Polish 4,380 85 0 4,245 0 40 0 0
Russian 10,985 200 0 10,715 0 55 10 15
Serbian 3,755 80 0 3,650 0 20 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 455 0 0 445 0 0 0 0
Slovak 810 15 0 795 0 10 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 70 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 870 40 0 815 10 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 4,650 120 10 4,390 0 95 20 10
Afrikaans 555 10 0 530 0 15 0 0
Danish 175 0 0 180 0 0 0 0
Dutch 695 15 0 680 0 10 0 0
Frisian 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
German 2,805 70 10 2,630 0 65 15 10
Icelandic 55 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 0 0 45 0 10 0 0
Swedish 275 20 0 250 0 10 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,755 25 0 1,700 0 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 156,135 3,870 25 149,520 15 2,675 30 10
Indo-Aryan languages 127,750 3,400 15 121,920 0 2,390 10 0
Bengali 1,255 60 0 1,180 0 20 0 0
Gujarati 2,725 185 10 2,490 0 50 0 0
Hindi 10,990 485 0 10,135 10 365 10 0
Kashmiri 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Konkani 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Marathi 265 0 0 255 0 10 0 0
Nepali 535 25 0 495 0 15 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 40 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 105,735 2,435 10 101,500 10 1,780 0 0
Sindhi 660 40 0 595 0 25 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 560 50 0 485 0 25 0 0
Urdu 4,945 115 0 4,715 0 110 0 0
Iranian languages 28,135 450 0 27,385 10 270 15 10
Kurdish 1,035 15 0 1,015 0 10 0 0
Pashto 585 30 0 540 0 10 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 26,510 400 10 25,825 0 245 20 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 250 20 0 215 0 10 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 30,135 770 70 28,845 0 415 20 15
Catalan 55 10 0 50 0 0 0 0
Italian 3,910 85 10 3,770 0 55 0 0
Portuguese 4,995 55 0 4,880 0 45 10 0
Romanian 3,040 30 0 2,980 0 10 0 15
Spanish 18,135 590 55 17,165 0 305 15 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 8,240 325 10 7,800 0 115 0 0
Kartvelian languages 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Georgian 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Korean 33,965 745 0 32,830 0 365 10 20
Mongolic languages 125 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 745 55 0 665 0 20 0 10
Akan (Twi) 140 15 0 125 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 30 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Lingala 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0
Shona 55 0 0 45 0 10 0 0
Swahili 135 10 0 125 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 55 0 0 40 0 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 105 0 0 100 0 10 0 0
Dinka 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 0 0 85 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 855 305 10 510 0 30 0 0
American Sign Language 260 85 0 155 0 15 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 595 220 0 355 0 15 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 284,800 5,575 30 276,400 20 2,680 40 50
Chinese languages 283,010 5,555 35 274,670 20 2,650 45 45
Cantonese 132,180 2,605 10 128,165 0 1,375 15 10
Hakka 690 15 0 680 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 138,015 2,675 15 134,080 20 1,175 15 30
Min Dong 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 4,750 100 10 4,620 0 30 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 2,555 50 0 2,485 0 20 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,700 110 0 4,520 0 55 10 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,785 20 0 1,730 0 30 0 10
Burmese 745 0 0 730 0 0 0 10
Karenic languages 770 10 0 740 0 25 0 0
Tibetan 190 10 0 185 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 80 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 920 30 0 875 0 15 0 0
Lao 320 10 0 305 0 10 10 0
Thai 590 15 0 570 0 10 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,490 40 0 1,435 0 15 0 0
Azerbaijani 230 0 0 235 0 0 0 0
Turkish 1,145 35 0 1,100 0 15 0 0
Uyghur 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,125 55 0 2,055 0 10 0 0
Estonian 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Finnish 440 15 0 415 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,605 35 0 1,560 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 183,715 18,470 1,620 126,945 795 34,770 450 665
English and French 3,445 960 1,345 265 670 55 65 85
English and non-official language 177,585 17,265 120 125,450 55 34,325 115 255
French and non-official language 470 20 65 290 0 0 80 10
English, French and non-official language 2,215 230 90 935 70 385 190 310

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information on generation status variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Vancouver

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.7%.
  • Long-form income data quality flag
    Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016196.

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