Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Greater Vancouver
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 2,440,145 2,130,565 1,115 172,140 136,320
Single responses 2,361,890 2,063,120 1,005 161,940 135,820
Official languages 1,341,635 1,213,935 540 126,005 1,160
English 1,316,635 1,211,875 55 103,560 1,150
French 25,005 2,055 485 22,450 10
Non-official languages 1,020,255 849,185 475 35,935 134,655
Aboriginal languages 855 810 0 45 10
Algonquian languages 320 295 0 20 5
Blackfoot 25 20 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 220 205 0 15 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 40 35 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 15 15 0 0 0
Woods Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 145 135 0 15 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 70 65 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 60 60 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 105 100 0 5 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 105 95 0 5 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 5 5 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 35 35 0 5 0
Chilcotin 25 25 0 0 0
Dene 20 15 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 5 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 5 5 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Haida 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 5 0 0 0
Michif 10 5 0 5 0
Salish languages 135 135 0 5 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 40 35 0 5 0
Lillooet 10 15 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 5 0 0 0
Squamish 20 20 0 5 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 15 15 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Siouan languages 25 25 0 0 0
Dakota 20 20 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 95 90 0 0 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 50 45 0 5 5
Nisga'a 30 25 0 0 0
Tsimshian 20 20 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 60 50 0 0 0
Haisla 10 10 0 5 0
Heiltsuk 20 15 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 15 20 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 10 10 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 75 70 0 5 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,019,395 848,380 470 35,890 134,650
Afro-Asiatic languages 20,725 15,895 40 1,930 2,860
Berber languages 95 15 0 65 10
Kabyle 35 5 0 25 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 60 15 0 45 5
Cushitic languages 1,355 1,175 5 25 150
Bilen 5 5 0 0 5
Oromo 170 155 0 5 10
Somali 1,175 1,005 0 25 135
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5
Semitic languages 19,230 14,665 35 1,835 2,695
Amharic 1,145 1,060 5 35 45
Arabic 14,320 10,450 35 1,615 2,220
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 625 470 0 5 145
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 435 275 0 5 155
Harari 25 20 0 5 0
Hebrew 1,765 1,590 0 145 30
Maltese 80 75 0 0 0
Tigrigna 695 610 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 105 0 5 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,195 19,720 25 680 3,770
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,210 985 0 50 175
Vietnamese 22,955 18,710 25 630 3,595
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 5 5
Austronesian languages 82,025 80,460 20 765 785
Bikol 310 305 0 0 5
Cebuano 3,210 3,155 0 35 20
Fijian 390 380 0 5 10
Hiligaynon 1,280 1,255 5 10 5
Ilocano 4,605 4,495 0 30 80
Malagasy 15 0 0 15 0
Malay 3,480 3,310 0 85 85
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 635 625 0 5 10
Pangasinan 265 260 0 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 66,825 65,710 15 570 530
Waray-Waray 180 175 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 830 780 0 5 45
Creole languages 610 220 10 365 15
Haitian Creole 20 10 0 15 5
Creole, n.o.s. 365 55 10 295 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 225 160 0 60 0
Dravidian languages 6,210 5,810 5 145 250
Kannada 225 210 0 10 5
Malayalam 1,750 1,660 0 30 60
Tamil 3,275 3,010 5 95 165
Telugu 920 885 0 15 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 125 110 0 5 15
Indo-European languages 416,565 357,505 245 22,120 36,695
Albanian 1,090 980 0 45 65
Armenian 1,060 810 0 190 55
Balto-Slavic languages 57,625 51,615 25 3,880 2,100
Baltic languages 645 585 0 60 0
Latvian 320 280 0 35 5
Lithuanian 330 300 0 30 0
Slavic languages 56,975 51,040 25 3,815 2,100
Belarusan 65 50 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,155 1,055 0 55 40
Bulgarian 1,720 1,410 5 245 55
Croatian 5,460 5,155 0 205 100
Czech 3,565 3,285 0 245 35
Macedonian 250 225 0 20 5
Polish 12,040 10,970 5 805 260
Russian 18,170 15,720 5 1,290 1,160
Serbian 6,300 5,575 0 480 245
Serbo-Croatian 1,145 1,025 0 85 35
Slovak 2,395 2,230 0 125 35
Slovene (Slovenian) 540 510 0 25 5
Ukrainian 3,990 3,655 0 215 120
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 165 0 10 5
Celtic languages 315 275 0 30 0
Scottish Gaelic 125 110 0 10 0
Welsh 120 110 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 0
Germanic languages 37,825 33,920 5 3,770 130
Afrikaans 1,435 1,370 0 60 5
Danish 2,065 1,950 0 110 5
Dutch 7,455 6,590 0 845 20
Frisian 80 80 0 0 0
German 24,060 21,560 0 2,405 85
Icelandic 155 145 0 5 0
Norwegian 840 785 0 55 0
Swedish 1,290 1,175 0 110 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 200 95 5 100 0
Yiddish 220 165 0 55 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 10 0
Greek 4,880 4,370 5 370 140
Indo-Iranian languages 242,400 204,775 95 6,160 31,360
Indo-Aryan languages 198,075 165,975 70 3,735 28,300
Bengali 2,680 2,480 0 100 100
Gujarati 6,285 5,785 5 205 290
Hindi 24,220 22,695 5 475 1,045
Kashmiri 40 40 0 0 0
Konkani 220 205 0 10 0
Marathi 535 510 0 15 5
Nepali 915 835 0 30 50
Oriya (Odia) 60 55 0 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 151,205 122,300 55 2,555 26,295
Sindhi 1,580 1,455 0 85 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,455 1,380 0 40 35
Urdu 8,875 8,225 5 215 430
Iranian languages 43,985 38,500 30 2,415 3,035
Kurdish 1,655 1,460 0 30 165
Pashto 1,070 935 0 25 105
Persian (Farsi) 41,260 36,110 25 2,365 2,765
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 340 300 0 10 30
Italic (Romance) languages 71,375 60,755 110 7,670 2,845
Catalan 120 85 0 35 5
Italian 15,445 13,515 10 1,485 435
Portuguese 11,945 10,555 10 910 475
Romanian 7,170 5,330 15 1,555 270
Spanish 36,625 31,215 75 3,680 1,655
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
Japanese 16,900 15,390 10 430 1,075
Kartvelian languages 65 55 0 0 5
Georgian 65 60 0 0 5
Korean 45,990 39,330 15 1,090 5,555
Mongolic languages 340 295 0 10 35
Mongolian 340 295 0 10 35
Niger-Congo languages 2,650 2,115 20 450 65
Akan (Twi) 405 370 0 30 5
Bamanankan 10 10 0 5 0
Edo 80 75 0 5 0
Ewe 60 35 0 20 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 5 0 15 0
Ga 35 30 0 5 0
Ganda 65 65 0 5 0
Igbo 160 155 0 5 5
Lingala 55 15 0 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 20 10 60 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 100 50 5 45 5
Shona 150 140 0 10 5
Swahili 585 460 5 110 10
Wolof 25 10 0 20 0
Yoruba 190 175 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 610 500 5 90 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 265 245 0 5 5
Dinka 80 70 0 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 5 5
Sign languages 625 320 0 15 290
American Sign Language 265 175 0 10 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 355 145 0 0 210
Sino-Tibetan languages 387,640 297,860 85 6,990 82,710
Chinese languages 385,355 295,970 80 6,965 82,345
Cantonese 184,365 139,115 25 2,900 42,325
Hakka 2,185 1,750 5 75 360
Mandarin 174,920 136,435 45 3,595 34,835
Min Dong 225 165 0 0 55
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10,655 8,545 0 145 1,960
Wu (Shanghainese) 4,330 3,015 0 90 1,225
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,485 6,790 0 150 1,540
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 190 145 0 5 35
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,285 1,895 0 30 370
Burmese 1,040 935 0 20 85
Karenic languages 765 545 0 5 220
Tibetan 260 230 0 5 30
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 220 180 0 5 35
Tai-Kadai languages 2,750 2,555 0 80 115
Lao 800 705 0 35 55
Thai 1,930 1,835 0 45 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 15 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages 3,700 3,215 5 235 255
Azerbaijani 495 420 0 30 50
Turkish 2,775 2,410 5 190 170
Uyghur 165 145 0 0 20
Uzbek 100 90 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 170 150 0 10 5
Uralic languages 7,640 6,960 5 560 120
Estonian 455 395 0 50 5
Finnish 1,900 1,790 0 105 10
Hungarian 5,290 4,775 5 405 105
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 365 320 0 20 25
Multiple responses 78,255 67,445 100 10,200 500
English and French 5,195 1,120 15 4,060 0
English and non-official language 69,885 65,660 25 3,720 475
French and non-official language 1,545 340 55 1,135 15
English, French and non-official language 1,620 315 5 1,290 5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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Data quality note(s) – Greater Vancouver

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.4%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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