Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (187), Generation Status (4), Number of Languages known (11), Age (12) 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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Number of languages known (11)^{Footnote 1}

Age (12)

Sex (3)

This table details mother tongue , generation status , number of languages known , age and sex for the population in private households in Vancouver
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Mother tongue (187)	Generation status (4)
Mother tongue (187)	Total - Generation status^Footnote 2	First generation^Footnote 3	Second generation^Footnote 4	Third generation or more^Footnote 5
Total - Mother tongue^{Footnote 6}	2,426,235	1,085,610	607,585	733,040
Single responses	2,350,830	1,045,830	576,175	728,825
Official languages	1,333,295	196,265	414,460	722,570
English	1,308,445	189,655	411,040	707,755
French	24,845	6,615	3,415	14,820
Non-official languages	1,017,535	849,570	161,715	6,255
Aboriginal languages	720	30	30	660
Non-Aboriginal languages	1,016,820	849,540	161,680	5,595
Afro-Asiatic languages	20,590	18,605	1,970	10
Berber languages	65	65	0	0
Kabyle	25	30	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	35	35	0	0
Cushitic languages	1,505	1,335	175	0
Bilen	10	10	0	0
Oromo	145	115	25	0
Somali	1,350	1,205	150	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0
Semitic languages	18,980	17,180	1,790	15
Amharic	1,195	1,115	80	0
Arabic	14,045	12,720	1,330	0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	580	530	45	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	550	505	45	0
Harari	35	30	0	0
Hebrew	1,680	1,450	220	10
Maltese	95	90	10	0
Tigrigna	660	605	60	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	135	140	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	40	35	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	23,855	18,615	5,165	70
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,170	990	160	25
Vietnamese	22,615	17,585	4,980	50
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	65	40	25	0
Austronesian languages	82,410	79,610	2,765	35
Bikol	380	355	20	0
Cebuano	3,090	3,045	50	0
Fijian	450	405	45	0
Hiligaynon	1,240	1,220	25	0
Ilocano	4,260	4,180	75	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0
Malay	3,565	3,435	130	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	565	535	25	0
Pangasinan	310	300	10	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	67,290	64,945	2,310	35
Waray-Waray	185	185	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	1,090	1,015	70	0
Creole languages	745	735	10	0
Haitian Creole	15	0	10	0
Creole, n.o.s.	490	495	0	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	235	235	0	0
Dravidian languages	6,360	5,780	580	0
Kannada	235	220	15	0
Malayalam	1,845	1,730	115	0
Tamil	3,185	2,795	395	0
Telugu	1,055	995	55	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	45	45	10	0
Hmong-Mien languages	135	100	40	0
Indo-European languages	415,240	325,140	86,440	3,655
Albanian	870	750	110	0
Armenian	1,160	970	190	0
Balto-Slavic languages	57,380	47,250	9,130	1,000
Baltic languages	560	410	155	0
Latvian	280	205	75	0
Lithuanian	285	200	80	0
Slavic languages	56,815	46,845	8,975	1,000
Belarusan	40	30	10	0
Bosnian	1,110	1,035	75	0
Bulgarian	1,720	1,590	120	0
Croatian	5,420	3,810	1,490	120
Czech	3,500	3,110	385	10
Macedonian	275	250	25	0
Polish	11,905	9,935	1,940	25
Russian	18,165	16,025	1,785	355
Serbian	6,585	5,465	1,105	15
Serbo-Croatian	1,180	1,090	90	0
Slovak	2,360	2,050	310	0
Slovene (Slovenian)	575	470	100	0
Ukrainian	3,790	1,850	1,470	475
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	190	130	55	0
Celtic languages	185	165	15	0
Scottish Gaelic	80	70	10	0
Welsh	70	70	10	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	30	35	0	0
Germanic languages	37,545	28,750	7,980	820
Afrikaans	1,490	1,400	90	0
Danish	1,920	1,705	205	10
Dutch	7,305	6,225	1,055	25
Frisian	75	75	0	0
German	23,860	17,065	6,030	760
Icelandic	170	110	45	10
Norwegian	840	715	125	10
Swedish	1,415	1,155	265	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	175	150	15	10
Yiddish	260	105	140	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	40	40	0	0
Greek	4,965	3,075	1,745	145
Indo-Iranian languages	242,455	185,980	55,110	1,360
Indo-Aryan languages	198,420	145,600	51,470	1,350
Bengali	2,440	2,175	265	0
Gujarati	6,240	5,380	845	15
Hindi	24,510	19,905	4,500	95
Kashmiri	25	30	0	0
Konkani	150	145	0	0
Marathi	580	530	50	0
Nepali	830	775	50	0
Oriya (Odia)	60	65	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	152,040	106,985	43,835	1,220
Sindhi	1,680	1,440	245	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	1,380	1,335	50	0
Urdu	8,480	6,845	1,620	20
Iranian languages	43,565	39,920	3,630	10
Kurdish	1,750	1,470	285	0
Pashto	1,005	800	205	0
Persian (Farsi)	40,810	37,650	3,145	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	475	460	10	0
Italic (Romance) languages	70,675	58,195	12,160	325
Catalan	90	85	0	0
Italian	15,505	10,470	4,905	130
Portuguese	11,530	9,865	1,605	55
Romanian	7,120	6,370	745	0
Spanish	36,380	31,365	4,885	130
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	50	40	10	0
Japanese	16,995	12,750	3,850	390
Kartvelian languages	70	70	0	0
Georgian	70	65	0	0
Korean	45,870	41,830	4,020	20
Mongolic languages	290	280	10	0
Mongolian	290	280	10	0
Niger-Congo languages	2,510	2,335	165	0
Akan (Twi)	365	320	40	0
Bamanankan	0	10	0	0
Edo	60	60	0	0
Ewe	55	55	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	25	10	10	0
Ga	30	30	0	0
Ganda	45	45	0	0
Igbo	115	105	0	0
Lingala	35	35	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	85	80	10	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	175	170	0	0
Shona	155	155	0	0
Swahili	565	535	25	10
Wolof	10	10	0	0
Yoruba	175	165	10	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	595	550	50	0
Nilo-Saharan languages	245	210	35	0
Dinka	35	25	10	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	215	180	30	0
Sign languages	595	145	130	325
American Sign Language	235	20	35	180
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	360	120	90	145
Sino-Tibetan languages	386,340	331,085	54,275	985
Chinese languages	383,940	328,950	54,010	985
Cantonese	184,510	147,835	35,840	835
Hakka	2,160	2,005	155	0
Mandarin	174,260	157,675	16,505	75
Min Dong	155	145	10	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	10,325	9,830	475	15
Wu (Shanghainese)	4,350	4,065	280	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	7,985	7,195	735	55
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	195	190	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	2,395	2,130	265	0
Burmese	1,140	1,045	100	0
Karenic languages	810	680	125	0
Tibetan	275	255	20	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	175	155	15	0
Tai-Kadai languages	2,890	2,745	145	10
Lao	840	740	85	0
Thai	2,045	1,985	55	10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	10	15	0	0
Turkic languages	3,565	3,250	310	0
Azerbaijani	570	545	20	0
Turkish	2,635	2,380	255	0
Uyghur	100	85	10	0
Uzbek	95	90	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	170	150	15	0
Uralic languages	7,835	5,985	1,765	90
Estonian	440	290	150	0
Finnish	1,800	1,275	495	25
Hungarian	5,590	4,415	1,120	50
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	280	270	15	0
Multiple responses	75,405	39,775	31,415	4,210
English and French	4,820	565	1,635	2,625
English and non-official language	67,720	37,400	28,845	1,480
French and non-official language	1,300	1,080	205	20
English, French and non-official language	1,555	735	730	90

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language 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 Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

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 3

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or once were, immigrants to Canada.

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Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

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