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Census Profile

Greater Vancouver A, British Columbia (Regional district electoral area)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 13,035
Population in 20061 11,050
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 18.0
Total private dwellings2 6,063
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 5,041
Population density per square kilometre 16.0
Land area (square km) 815.59
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 13,035
0 to 4 years 770
5 to 9 years 655
10 to 14 years 760
15 to 19 years 1,120
15 years 190
16 years 175
17 years 165
18 years 270
19 years 320
20 to 24 years 1,700
25 to 29 years 1,040
30 to 34 years 890
35 to 39 years 890
40 to 44 years 1,180
45 to 49 years 1,140
50 to 54 years 685
55 to 59 years 550
60 to 64 years 490
65 to 69 years 305
70 to 74 years 260
75 to 79 years 210
80 to 84 years 170
85 years and over 225
Median age of the population5 32.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 10,850
Married or living with a common-law partner 6,070
Married (and not separated) 5,595
Living common law 475
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 4,780
Single (never legally married) 3,890
Separated 175
Divorced 415
Widowed 305
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,360
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,320
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,105
Size of census family: 4 persons 760
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 175
Total number of census families in private households8 3,365
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,765
Married couples 2,535
Without children at home 800
With children at home 1,735
1 child 855
2 children 720
3 or more children 160
Common-law couples 230
Without children at home 170
With children at home 65
1 child 45
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 595
Female parent 525
1 child 310
2 children 190
3 or more children 30
Male parent 70
1 child 40
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 3,785
Under six years of age 905
6 to 14 years 1,260
15 to 17 years 505
18 to 24 years 900
25 years and over 215
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 12,395
Number of persons not in census families 2,485
Living with relatives9 275
Living with non-relatives only 890
Living alone 1,315
Number of census family persons 9,915
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 940
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 260
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 200
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 675
Total number of private households by household type10 5,045
Census-family households 3,310
One-family-only households11 3,130
Couple-family households12 2,580
Without children 890
With children 1,695
Lone-parent-family households 545
Other family households13 180
One-family households with persons not in a census family 135
Couple-family households14 100
Without children 35
With children 65
Lone-parent-family households 30
Two-or-more-family households 45
Non-census-family households 1,730
One-person households 1,315
Two-or-more-person households 415
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 5,040
Single-detached house 470
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 1,145
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 3,415
Semi-detached house 90
Row house 675
Apartment, duplex 55
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 2,600
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 5,045
1 person 1,320
2 persons 1,505
3 persons 1,160
4 persons 815
5 persons 180
6 or more persons 75
Number of persons in private households 12,395
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,820
  Single responses  12,480
    English  4,685
    French  155
    Non-official languages  7,645
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 7,585
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  215
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5
        Bengali  40
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  15
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  410
        Chinese, n.o.s.  1,735
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  10
        Czech  10
        Danish  15
        Dutch  50
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  10
        German  165
        Greek  20
        Gujarati  10
        Hakka  10
        Hebrew  90
        Hindi  65
        Hungarian  20
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  20
        Japanese  145
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  1,065
        Kurdish  5
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  5
        Malay  45
        Malayalam  10
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  1,990
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  15
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  55
        Pashto  5
        Persian (Farsi)  375
        Polish  45
        Portuguese  65
        Romanian  25
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  120
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  25
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  10
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  15
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  10
        Somali  0
        Spanish  275
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  55
        Taiwanese  40
        Tamil  35
        Telugu  5
        Thai  35
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  40
        Ukrainian  15
        Urdu  30
        Vietnamese  20
        Yiddish  5
      Other languages22 60
  Multiple responses          335
    English and French  35
    English and non-official language  285
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,820
  English only 10,610
  French only 10
  English and French 1,255
  Neither English nor French 950
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,820
  English 11,545
  French 170
  English and French 175
  Neither English nor French 930
Official language minority (number)23 255
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,820
  Single responses 12,065
    English 6,635
    French 85
    Non-official languages 5,340
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 5,315
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 125
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5
        Bengali 20
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 5
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 265
        Chinese, n.o.s. 1,285
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 5
        Danish 10
        Dutch 10
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 5
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 70
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 70
        Hindi 15
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5
        Italian 5
        Japanese 90
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 800
        Kurdish 5
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 5
        Malay 10
        Malayalam 5
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 1,750
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 5
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 20
        Pashto 5
        Persian (Farsi) 235
        Polish 10
        Portuguese 55
        Romanian 10
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 80
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 5
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 5
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 5
        Spanish 175
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15
        Taiwanese 15
        Tamil 15
        Telugu 5
        Thai 25
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 10
        Ukrainian 5
        Urdu 10
        Vietnamese 5
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 25
  Multiple responses         755
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 720
    French and non-official language 5
    English, French and non-official language 10
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,820
  None 8,745
  Single responses  3,985
    English  2,125
    French  105
    Non-official languages  1,760
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 1,745
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  70
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  150
        Chinese, n.o.s.  270
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  10
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  5
        German  60
        Greek  20
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  5
        Hebrew  20
        Hindi  45
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  10
        Japanese  55
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  195
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  25
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  260
        Marathi  5
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  10
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  40
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  100
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  10
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  20
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  10
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  115
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  40
        Taiwanese  10
        Tamil  20
        Telugu  5
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  15
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  15
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          85
    English and French  15
    English and non-official language  30
    French and non-official language  40
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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