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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Vancouver, CY
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020
0 to 4 years 24,750 21,365 270 100
5 to 9 years 22,370 21,485 200 175
10 to 14 years 24,160 23,290 190 430
15 to 19 years 29,065 28,015 200 555
20 to 24 years 44,140 42,765 490 370
25 to 29 years 59,290 57,090 1,135 355
30 to 34 years 53,030 50,620 1,075 325
35 to 39 years 46,875 44,025 845 260
40 to 44 years 48,280 44,120 775 250
45 to 49 years 48,705 42,955 820 220
50 to 54 years 43,555 38,505 705 245
55 to 59 years 39,010 34,085 690 200
60 to 64 years 34,890 30,220 605 160
65 to 69 years 22,510 18,890 430 120
70 to 74 years 18,425 14,110 250 95
75 to 79 years 15,375 10,830 195 70
80 to 84 years 11,500 7,855 175 60
85 years and over 9,795 6,885 115 30
Median ageFootnote 2 39.4 37.7 41.0 30.4
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 524,445 470,960 8,505 3,315
Married or living with a common-law partner 263,250 228,570 4,150 1,450
Married (and not separated) 215,960 183,645 2,530 1,280
Living common law 47,285 44,930 1,625 175
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 261,200 242,390 4,350 1,860
Single (never legally married) 190,995 184,000 3,105 1,525
Separated 12,535 11,215 200 60
Divorced 35,010 31,485 745 195
Widowed 22,655 15,690 300 80
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020
English only 490,430 490,430 0 0
French only 430 0 430 0
English and French 58,905 46,195 8,695 4,010
Neither English nor French 45,955 480 40 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020
Single responses 578,680 520,905 8,680 3,670
English 299,285 299,265 20 0
French 8,905 625 8,280 0
Non-official languages 270,495 221,015 380 3,665
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 165 160 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 115 115 0 0
Dene 10 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 25 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 268,345 219,140 370 3,625
African languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Afrikaans 220 220 0 0
Akan (Twi) 75 70 0 0
Albanian 130 115 0 0
Amharic 305 285 0 5
Arabic 2,680 2,340 35 125
Armenian 275 245 5 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 65 55 5 0
Bengali 880 830 0 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 1,020 1,000 0 5
Bosnian 225 205 0 0
Bulgarian 470 420 5 35
Burmese 335 295 0 0
Cantonese 63,220 43,855 30 395
Chinese, n.o.s. 44,880 32,680 40 265
Creoles 70 60 5 10
Croatian 1,320 1,270 5 10
Czech 855 830 0 15
Danish 435 425 0 5
Dutch 1,345 1,300 5 40
Estonian 125 125 0 5
Finnish 410 395 0 15
Flemish 45 40 0 5
Fukien 545 470 0 0
German 6,615 6,350 20 210
Greek 2,270 2,145 5 40
Gujarati 960 895 0 5
Hakka 400 315 0 0
Hebrew 825 795 5 20
Hindi 3,950 3,770 0 25
Hungarian 1,355 1,310 5 25
Ilocano 1,540 1,510 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0
Italian 5,065 4,685 20 110
Japanese 6,730 6,170 10 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 330 275 0 10
Korean 7,825 7,005 5 110
Kurdish 385 360 0 5
Lao 105 90 5 0
Latvian 135 135 0 0
Lingala 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 80 85 0 0
Macedonian 55 55 5 0
Malay 995 955 0 10
Malayalam 325 305 0 0
Maltese 20 15 0 0
Mandarin 23,670 18,230 10 260
Marathi 75 75 0 0
Nepali 140 130 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 40 5 5
Norwegian 205 195 0 5
Oromo 75 65 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 15,240 12,645 10 175
Pashto 125 105 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 6,260 5,750 10 235
Polish 2,700 2,555 10 65
Portuguese 3,410 3,145 5 95
Romanian 1,145 940 15 145
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 15 10 15
Russian 3,705 3,380 5 110
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 15 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Serbian 2,080 1,890 10 110
Serbo-Croatian 485 450 0 20
Shanghainese 460 295 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 20 0 0
Sindhi 245 230 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 205 200 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 70 50 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 80 0 5
Slovak 475 460 0 10
Slovenian 160 160 0 0
Somali 130 125 0 5
Spanish 10,500 9,500 45 465
Swahili 110 85 0 15
Swedish 435 430 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 18,805 18,570 5 40
Taiwanese 1,605 1,265 0 20
Tamil 1,400 1,255 0 25
Telugu 95 90 0 0
Thai 665 635 0 5
Tibetan languages 45 40 0 0
Tigrigna 120 120 0 0
Turkish 815 745 0 25
Ukrainian 890 855 5 10
Urdu 700 670 0 5
Vietnamese 10,585 8,515 15 150
Yiddish 185 185 5 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 1,985 1,720 15 45
Multiple responses 17,040 16,200 480 350
English and French 1,500 1,190 80 235
English and non-official language 14,425 14,420 0 0
French and non-official language 755 360 390 0
English, French and non-official language 355 230 5 115
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020
Single responses 560,345 502,915 8,510 3,485
English 387,295 382,295 5,005 0
French 3,560 285 3,280 0
Non-official languages 169,485 120,340 235 3,485
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 25 20 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 15 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 168,770 119,805 230 3,465
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Afrikaans 60 55 0 0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0
Albanian 50 40 0 5
Amharic 135 120 0 5
Arabic 1,660 1,335 25 115
Armenian 90 70 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Bengali 555 510 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 340 325 0 0
Bosnian 115 95 0 5
Bulgarian 215 175 0 30
Burmese 225 180 0 0
Cantonese 49,170 28,560 35 410
Chinese, n.o.s. 30,655 19,365 20 245
Creoles 50 15 5 25
Croatian 475 430 0 10
Czech 190 175 0 15
Danish 50 45 0 0
Dutch 135 95 0 30
Estonian 25 15 0 5
Finnish 95 85 0 10
Flemish 15 10 0 5
Fukien 165 140 0 0
German 1,100 865 5 195
Greek 950 835 5 40
Gujarati 485 425 0 0
Hakka 110 75 0 0
Hebrew 345 315 0 25
Hindi 1,915 1,735 0 25
Hungarian 335 295 0 15
Ilocano 530 505 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Italian 2,040 1,680 5 105
Japanese 3,560 3,015 5 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 170 130 0 0
Korean 5,445 4,630 5 110
Kurdish 215 190 0 5
Lao 30 25 0 0
Latvian 35 40 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0
Macedonian 35 35 0 0
Malay 395 370 0 10
Malayalam 205 190 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 19,035 13,490 5 260
Marathi 30 30 0 0
Nepali 80 75 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5
Norwegian 30 20 0 5
Oromo 45 30 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10,495 7,925 5 170
Pashto 90 75 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,875 3,365 5 225
Polish 860 725 5 55
Portuguese 1,545 1,285 5 85
Romanian 445 265 5 135
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 10
Russian 2,090 1,775 0 105
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Serbian 1,325 1,135 0 100
Serbo-Croatian 240 205 0 25
Shanghainese 195 105 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 45 0 0
Sindhi 75 65 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 60 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Slovak 130 110 0 10
Slovenian 15 15 0 0
Somali 70 65 0 0
Spanish 5,240 4,270 40 450
Swahili 50 30 5 15
Swedish 115 105 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,345 9,105 5 30
Taiwanese 765 540 0 15
Tamil 1,035 895 0 25
Telugu 50 45 0 5
Thai 270 240 0 0
Tibetan languages 20 20 0 0
Tigrigna 65 60 0 0
Turkish 370 300 5 30
Ukrainian 140 115 0 5
Urdu 400 370 0 5
Vietnamese 7,480 5,485 30 150
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 690 510 10 20
Multiple responses 35,375 34,190 650 535
English and French 885 195 415 280
English and non-official language 33,780 33,735 45 0
French and non-official language 255 145 110 0
English, French and non-official language 450 115 85 250
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020
None 454,210 405,705 4,485 1,825
Single responses 138,730 129,100 4,460 1,970
English 58,315 53,490 1,720 1,775
French 6,815 4,370 2,395 40
Non-official languages 73,600 71,240 345 155
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 105 105 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 80 80 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 15 20 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 72,660 70,360 335 160
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Afrikaans 125 130 0 0
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0
Albanian 45 50 0 0
Amharic 110 105 0 0
Arabic 735 700 25 10
Armenian 80 75 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Bengali 190 185 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 215 215 0 0
Bosnian 75 75 0 0
Bulgarian 150 150 0 0
Burmese 90 85 0 0
Cantonese 13,955 13,570 20 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,635 7,490 15 0
Creoles 35 30 5 0
Croatian 505 505 0 0
Czech 335 330 0 5
Danish 160 165 0 0
Dutch 455 445 5 5
Estonian 30 35 0 0
Finnish 140 145 0 0
Flemish 5 10 0 0
Fukien 195 160 0 0
German 2,740 2,710 20 10
Greek 1,165 1,160 5 0
Gujarati 350 345 0 0
Hakka 135 110 0 0
Hebrew 510 510 5 0
Hindi 2,070 2,030 0 5
Hungarian 435 425 0 0
Ilocano 380 375 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Italian 1,925 1,890 20 5
Japanese 2,865 2,820 20 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 75 75 0 0
Korean 1,545 1,535 5 0
Kurdish 85 85 0 0
Lao 40 40 0 0
Latvian 30 30 0 0
Lingala 5 5 5 0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0
Malay 385 375 0 0
Malayalam 95 95 0 0
Maltese 5 10 0 0
Mandarin 5,625 4,910 10 15
Marathi 20 25 0 0
Nepali 10 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 5 0
Norwegian 85 80 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,655 3,645 5 0
Pashto 25 25 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,540 1,525 15 10
Polish 905 900 5 5
Portuguese 1,285 1,280 5 0
Romanian 360 345 10 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0
Russian 1,035 1,015 0 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Serbian 505 495 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 125 125 0 0
Shanghainese 170 100 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0
Sindhi 120 120 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 65 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Slovak 180 175 0 0
Slovenian 50 50 0 0
Somali 50 50 0 0
Spanish 5,260 5,090 100 30
Swahili 80 70 0 5
Swedish 220 220 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,385 6,365 5 5
Taiwanese 680 525 0 10
Tamil 290 295 0 0
Telugu 40 40 0 0
Thai 255 250 0 0
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 40 35 0 0
Turkish 280 275 0 0
Ukrainian 245 235 0 5
Urdu 200 195 0 0
Vietnamese 2,400 2,220 5 5
Yiddish 45 45 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 830 780 10 0
Multiple responses 2,775 2,300 220 225
English and French 235 45 20 170
English and non-official language 1,145 970 95 35
French and non-official language 1,375 1,275 95 0
English, French and non-official language 15 5 0 10
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 595,720 537,110 9,165 4,020
English 537,105 537,105 0 0
French 9,165 0 9,165 0
English and French 4,020 0 0 4,020
Neither English nor French 45,430 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 11,175 0 9,165 2,010
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.9 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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