Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Vancouver, CY

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	622,635	602,805	19,830
Official languages	348,425	328,595	19,830
English	338,435	319,110	19,330
French	12,200	9,480	2,715
Non-official languages	292,295	274,210	18,085
Aboriginal languages	595	455	140
Algonquian languages	215	170	40
Blackfoot	15	15	5
Cree-Montagnais languages	150	125	25
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	25	20	5
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	5	5	0
Woods Cree	10	10	5
Cree, n.o.s.	110	95	15
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	0	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	45	35	10
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	40	30	15
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	75	60	10
Northern Athabaskan languages	75	60	10
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	5	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	25	20	5
Chilcotin	20	20	0
Dene	10	5	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	0	0
Gwich'in	10	10	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	5	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	5	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Haida	10	10	0
Inuit languages	10	5	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	5	5
Inuktitut	10	0	5
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	5	5	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	5	0	0
Michif	10	5	10
Salish languages	60	35	20
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	10	0	5
Lillooet	10	5	5
Okanagan	5	5	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	15	5	5
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	5	5	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5
Siouan languages	20	20	0
Dakota	15	15	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	90	70	25
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	45	35	10
Nisga'a	30	15	10
Tsimshian	15	10	5
Wakashan languages	50	40	10
Haisla	5	10	0
Heiltsuk	15	15	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	15	10	5
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	10	10	5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	40	35	10
Non-Aboriginal languages	291,700	273,750	17,950
Afro-Asiatic languages	4,850	4,305	540
Berber languages	30	25	10
Kabyle	5	10	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	25	20	10
Cushitic languages	230	205	20
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	85	75	10
Somali	140	130	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	4,580	4,060	515
Amharic	310	300	10
Arabic	2,880	2,485	390
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	70	70	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	15	10	0
Harari	5	5	0
Hebrew	1,150	1,050	100
Maltese	25	15	10
Tigrigna	125	120	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	11,690	10,935	750
Khmer (Cambodian)	320	295	25
Vietnamese	11,335	10,615	725
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	25	25	0
Austronesian languages	28,360	24,470	3,890
Bikol	110	100	5
Cebuano	985	880	100
Fijian	60	45	15
Hiligaynon	505	455	55
Ilocano	2,090	1,900	195
Malagasy	10	5	5
Malay	1,055	965	95
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	225	205	20
Pangasinan	100	95	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	22,800	19,430	3,365
Waray-Waray	50	50	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	370	345	25
Creole languages	155	95	55
Haitian Creole	10	5	5
Creole, n.o.s.	95	60	30
Creole languages, n.i.e.	45	30	15
Dravidian languages	2,310	2,020	285
Kannada	65	50	10
Malayalam	400	335	65
Tamil	1,505	1,330	175
Telugu	315	290	30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5
Hmong-Mien languages	15	15	0
Indo-European languages	84,110	78,130	5,980
Albanian	140	130	10
Armenian	355	340	15
Balto-Slavic languages	15,460	14,735	715
Baltic languages	275	265	15
Latvian	125	120	0
Lithuanian	150	140	10
Slavic languages	15,185	14,475	705
Belarusan	15	15	0
Bosnian	250	240	15
Bulgarian	485	460	25
Croatian	1,335	1,250	85
Czech	1,035	1,000	35
Macedonian	80	80	5
Polish	2,855	2,720	135
Russian	4,640	4,445	195
Serbian	2,205	2,125	85
Serbo-Croatian	500	485	15
Slovak	630	600	30
Slovene (Slovenian)	155	145	5
Ukrainian	950	870	80
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	45	40	5
Celtic languages	185	115	65
Scottish Gaelic	45	35	10
Welsh	45	40	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	90	40	50
Germanic languages	9,710	9,010	700
Afrikaans	310	265	40
Danish	420	395	20
Dutch	1,455	1,355	95
Frisian	10	10	0
German	6,525	6,075	450
Icelandic	80	75	10
Norwegian	195	180	15
Swedish	475	435	45
Vlaams (Flemish)	65	60	5
Yiddish	160	140	15
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Greek	2,330	2,160	170
Indo-Iranian languages	31,670	28,905	2,765
Indo-Aryan languages	22,995	20,600	2,400
Bengali	1,040	935	105
Gujarati	1,055	935	125
Hindi	4,365	3,685	690
Kashmiri	10	10	0
Konkani	65	45	15
Marathi	150	125	25
Nepali	185	180	10
Oriya (Odia)	20	20	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	14,605	13,385	1,225
Sindhi	265	230	30
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	245	210	35
Urdu	990	860	130
Iranian languages	8,605	8,240	365
Kurdish	435	405	30
Pashto	175	165	15
Persian (Farsi)	7,995	7,670	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	65	60	5
Italic (Romance) languages	24,275	22,735	1,535
Catalan	80	70	10
Italian	5,070	4,740	330
Portuguese	4,905	4,700	205
Romanian	1,235	1,185	55
Spanish	12,950	12,005	940
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	30	25	5
Japanese	7,475	7,010	465
Kartvelian languages	15	15	0
Georgian	15	15	0
Korean	8,115	7,810	305
Mongolic languages	125	120	5
Mongolian	120	120	5
Niger-Congo languages	540	440	100
Akan (Twi)	60	50	10
Bamanankan	0	5	0
Edo	10	5	0
Ewe	15	10	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	10	10	0
Ga	5	5	0
Ganda	15	10	5
Igbo	25	15	10
Lingala	15	10	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	25	20	5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	25	25	0
Shona	50	45	5
Swahili	130	105	25
Wolof	10	10	0
Yoruba	35	25	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	120	95	20
Nilo-Saharan languages	60	50	10
Dinka	30	20	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	40	35	0
Sign languages	170	115	55
American Sign Language	80	45	40
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	85	65	20
Sino-Tibetan languages	139,655	134,370	5,280
Chinese languages	139,060	133,815	5,250
Cantonese	88,610	85,020	3,580
Hakka	820	775	45
Mandarin	41,335	40,120	1,220
Min Dong	85	90	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	3,200	3,065	140
Wu (Shanghainese)	1,310	1,270	40
Chinese, n.o.s.	3,660	3,430	230
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	45	40	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	595	560	30
Burmese	405	385	15
Karenic languages	5	0	0
Tibetan	70	65	5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	115	105	10
Tai-Kadai languages	915	850	65
Lao	115	110	5
Thai	795	740	55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	5	5	0
Turkic languages	1,145	1,090	50
Azerbaijani	110	105	0
Turkish	960	910	50
Uyghur	25	20	0
Uzbek	10	15	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	40	35	0
Uralic languages	1,895	1,815	80
Estonian	125	120	5
Finnish	475	450	25
Hungarian	1,290	1,240	45
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	115	95	25

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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

Data quality note(s) – Vancouver, CY

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 5.2%.
• 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-X2016060.