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 Greater Vancouver

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	2,440,145	2,361,890	78,255
Official languages	1,419,890	1,341,640	78,250
English	1,393,340	1,316,635	76,705
French	33,370	25,000	8,370
Non-official languages	1,093,310	1,020,250	73,055
Aboriginal languages	1,140	860	280
Algonquian languages	390	315	75
Blackfoot	25	20	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	270	225	45
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	5	0
Plains Cree	50	40	10
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	15	15	0
Woods Cree	25	20	5
Cree, n.o.s.	175	145	30
Eastern Algonquian languages	10	5	5
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	0	5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	90	65	25
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	85	60	25
Oji-Cree	5	5	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	130	105	25
Northern Athabaskan languages	125	105	25
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	10	5	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	45	35	10
Chilcotin	30	25	0
Dene	20	20	5
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	0	0
Gwich'in	10	10	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	5	5	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	5	0	5
North Slavey (Hare)	5	0	5
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	5	5	0
Kaska (Nahani)	5	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	5	0
Haida	10	10	5
Inuit languages	30	20	10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	5	5	0
Inuktitut	25	15	5
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Iroquoian languages	5	5	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	5	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Kutenai	5	5	0
Michif	20	5	10
Salish languages	200	140	65
Comox	5	0	0
Halkomelem	60	40	25
Lillooet	15	10	5
Okanagan	5	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	10	10	5
Squamish	40	20	15
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	15	20	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	50	40	10
Siouan languages	30	25	5
Dakota	20	20	0
Stoney	5	0	5
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tlingit	5	0	0
Tsimshian languages	140	95	40
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	70	45	25
Nisga'a	45	25	15
Tsimshian	25	20	5
Wakashan languages	80	55	30
Haisla	15	10	5
Heiltsuk	25	20	10
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	25	15	10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	20	10	10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	95	75	20
Non-Aboriginal languages	1,092,170	1,019,395	72,770
Afro-Asiatic languages	23,080	20,720	2,355
Berber languages	130	95	35
Kabyle	40	35	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	90	60	30
Cushitic languages	1,475	1,355	120
Bilen	5	5	0
Oromo	185	165	15
Somali	1,275	1,170	100
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Semitic languages	21,425	19,230	2,190
Amharic	1,215	1,140	70
Arabic	16,130	14,320	1,810
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	675	630	45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	450	440	10
Harari	25	25	0
Hebrew	1,930	1,765	160
Maltese	95	80	15
Tigrigna	765	700	70
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	145	135	10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	55	45	10
Austro-Asiatic languages	25,940	24,195	1,740
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,315	1,210	100
Vietnamese	24,590	22,950	1,640
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	40	35	5
Austronesian languages	95,550	82,030	13,520
Bikol	335	310	20
Cebuano	3,580	3,215	375
Fijian	450	395	60
Hiligaynon	1,425	1,280	145
Ilocano	5,015	4,605	410
Malagasy	15	15	0
Malay	3,815	3,480	340
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	695	630	65
Pangasinan	280	265	15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	78,830	66,825	12,005
Waray-Waray	195	175	15
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	910	830	80
Creole languages	905	610	295
Haitian Creole	30	20	10
Creole, n.o.s.	570	370	205
Creole languages, n.i.e.	305	225	80
Dravidian languages	7,240	6,210	1,030
Kannada	280	225	55
Malayalam	2,030	1,750	280
Tamil	3,800	3,275	525
Telugu	1,080	920	160
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	55	45	15
Hmong-Mien languages	130	130	0
Indo-European languages	450,020	416,565	33,455
Albanian	1,165	1,090	70
Armenian	1,145	1,060	85
Balto-Slavic languages	60,315	57,625	2,690
Baltic languages	680	645	35
Latvian	330	320	15
Lithuanian	350	325	20
Slavic languages	59,635	56,975	2,660
Belarusan	60	60	0
Bosnian	1,215	1,155	60
Bulgarian	1,785	1,720	60
Croatian	5,820	5,460	360
Czech	3,720	3,565	155
Macedonian	260	250	10
Polish	12,640	12,045	595
Russian	18,880	18,170	710
Serbian	6,535	6,295	240
Serbo-Croatian	1,185	1,145	45
Slovak	2,500	2,390	110
Slovene (Slovenian)	570	540	30
Ukrainian	4,275	3,990	290
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	185	175	5
Celtic languages	440	315	130
Scottish Gaelic	170	125	45
Welsh	135	120	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	135	70	70
Germanic languages	40,335	37,825	2,505
Afrikaans	1,665	1,435	235
Danish	2,160	2,070	95
Dutch	7,870	7,455	420
Frisian	85	85	0
German	25,565	24,055	1,510
Icelandic	175	155	20
Norwegian	900	840	65
Swedish	1,405	1,290	115
Vlaams (Flemish)	215	195	15
Yiddish	255	220	30
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	35	30	5
Greek	5,320	4,880	440
Indo-Iranian languages	264,680	242,395	22,280
Indo-Aryan languages	218,130	198,075	20,055
Bengali	2,965	2,680	290
Gujarati	7,345	6,280	1,060
Hindi	28,525	24,220	4,305
Kashmiri	45	45	5
Konkani	275	220	55
Marathi	625	535	90
Nepali	1,000	920	85
Oriya (Odia)	65	60	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	163,400	151,205	12,195
Sindhi	1,870	1,580	295
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	1,660	1,460	205
Urdu	10,350	8,875	1,480
Iranian languages	46,170	43,985	2,185
Kurdish	1,795	1,650	140
Pashto	1,140	1,065	75
Persian (Farsi)	43,230	41,260	1,970
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	375	340	35
Italic (Romance) languages	76,625	71,375	5,255
Catalan	130	125	10
Italian	16,715	15,450	1,270
Portuguese	12,620	11,950	670
Romanian	7,465	7,175	295
Spanish	39,625	36,625	3,005
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	70	65	10
Japanese	18,225	16,900	1,325
Kartvelian languages	65	65	0
Georgian	65	65	0
Korean	47,920	45,990	1,930
Mongolic languages	355	340	15
Mongolian	355	340	15
Niger-Congo languages	3,320	2,650	675
Akan (Twi)	480	400	80
Bamanankan	10	10	0
Edo	90	80	10
Ewe	70	55	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	25	20	5
Ga	35	30	5
Ganda	80	65	15
Igbo	215	160	60
Lingala	80	55	30
Rundi (Kirundi)	135	100	35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	105	100	5
Shona	180	155	25
Swahili	780	585	195
Wolof	35	30	5
Yoruba	260	190	75
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	730	610	115
Nilo-Saharan languages	295	265	30
Dinka	85	75	5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	205	185	25
Sign languages	905	625	280
American Sign Language	430	265	165
Quebec Sign Language	5	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	475	355	120
Sino-Tibetan languages	402,945	387,645	15,300
Chinese languages	400,550	385,350	15,195
Cantonese	193,030	184,370	8,665
Hakka	2,310	2,180	125
Mandarin	180,170	174,920	5,255
Min Dong	225	220	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	11,155	10,655	500
Wu (Shanghainese)	4,420	4,330	90
Chinese, n.o.s.	9,040	8,485	555
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	195	190	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	2,395	2,290	110
Burmese	1,090	1,040	50
Karenic languages	795	770	30
Tibetan	275	265	15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	240	220	20
Tai-Kadai languages	2,970	2,750	220
Lao	895	800	95
Thai	2,055	1,935	125
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	15	15	0
Turkic languages	3,875	3,700	175
Azerbaijani	505	500	10
Turkish	2,905	2,770	130
Uyghur	175	165	10
Uzbek	110	100	15
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	175	165	10
Uralic languages	7,995	7,640	355
Estonian	470	455	20
Finnish	1,985	1,900	85
Hungarian	5,540	5,285	250
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	430	365	60

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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) – 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-X2016060.