Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 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 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 2,440,140 2,130,565 1,110 172,140 136,320
Single responses 2,361,890 2,063,125 1,010 161,940 135,820
Official languages 1,341,635 1,213,935 535 126,005 1,160
English 1,316,635 1,211,880 50 103,560 1,145
French 25,000 2,060 485 22,450 10
Non-official languages 1,020,250 849,185 475 35,935 134,655
Aboriginal languages 855 810 0 45 10
Algonquian languages 315 295 0 20 0
Blackfoot 20 20 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 225 205 0 15 5
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 5 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 40 40 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 15 10 0 0 0
Woods Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 145 135 0 15 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 70 65 0 5 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 65 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 0
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 0 0
Chilcotin 25 25 0 0 0
Dene 15 15 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 5 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 5 5 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 5 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 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 5 0 0 0
Haida 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 25 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Michif 10 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 140 135 0 5 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 35 35 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 15 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 10 0 0 0
Squamish 20 20 0 0 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 25 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 100 90 0 0 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 50 40 0 0 0
Nisga'a 25 25 0 0 0
Tsimshian 20 20 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 55 55 0 5 0
Haisla 10 5 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 20 15 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 15 15 0 5 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 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,019,395 848,380 470 35,890 134,650
Afro-Asiatic languages 20,720 15,890 40 1,930 2,860
Berber languages 95 15 0 65 10
Kabyle 35 5 5 25 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 60 10 0 45 5
Cushitic languages 1,355 1,170 0 25 150
Bilen 5 5 0 0 5
Oromo 170 160 0 0 10
Somali 1,170 1,005 0 25 140
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages 19,230 14,660 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 630 470 0 10 150
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 440 275 0 0 155
Harari 25 20 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,770 1,590 0 145 30
Maltese 80 75 0 5 0
Tigrigna 695 610 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 100 5 5 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,200 19,720 25 685 3,775
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,210 985 5 50 170
Vietnamese 22,955 18,705 20 630 3,590
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 82,025 80,460 20 765 785
Bikol 310 305 0 5 5
Cebuano 3,215 3,160 0 35 20
Fijian 395 380 0 0 10
Hiligaynon 1,280 1,255 0 15 5
Ilocano 4,605 4,500 5 30 80
Malagasy 15 0 0 10 0
Malay 3,475 3,315 0 85 85
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 635 620 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. 835 780 0 5 45
Creole languages 610 225 10 365 15
Haitian Creole 25 5 0 10 5
Creole, n.o.s. 365 55 10 295 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 225 160 0 60 5
Dravidian languages 6,210 5,810 0 145 255
Kannada 230 215 0 15 0
Malayalam 1,750 1,660 0 25 60
Tamil 3,275 3,010 5 95 165
Telugu 920 885 0 10 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 130 110 0 0 20
Indo-European languages 416,565 357,505 240 22,120 36,695
Albanian 1,090 980 0 45 65
Armenian 1,060 815 0 195 55
Balto-Slavic languages 57,625 51,620 25 3,880 2,100
Baltic languages 645 580 0 65 0
Latvian 315 280 0 35 5
Lithuanian 330 300 0 30 0
Slavic languages 56,980 51,040 25 3,820 2,095
Belarusan 60 55 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,155 1,060 0 55 40
Bulgarian 1,725 1,410 5 250 55
Croatian 5,460 5,155 0 210 105
Czech 3,565 3,285 0 245 35
Macedonian 250 225 0 20 10
Polish 12,045 10,970 5 800 265
Russian 18,170 15,720 5 1,285 1,160
Serbian 6,300 5,575 0 480 245
Serbo-Croatian 1,140 1,030 0 85 30
Slovak 2,390 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. 180 165 0 10 0
Celtic languages 310 280 0 35 0
Scottish Gaelic 125 110 0 15 5
Welsh 120 110 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 10 0
Germanic languages 37,825 33,920 5 3,770 130
Afrikaans 1,435 1,365 0 60 10
Danish 2,065 1,950 0 115 5
Dutch 7,455 6,590 0 845 15
Frisian 85 75 0 5 0
German 24,060 21,560 5 2,410 85
Icelandic 155 145 0 5 0
Norwegian 840 785 0 55 5
Swedish 1,295 1,180 0 110 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 200 90 0 100 0
Yiddish 220 165 0 55 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 15 0
Greek 4,880 4,370 10 365 140
Indo-Iranian languages 242,400 204,775 95 6,165 31,360
Indo-Aryan languages 198,070 165,975 70 3,740 28,300
Bengali 2,680 2,480 0 100 100
Gujarati 6,280 5,790 5 200 290
Hindi 24,220 22,695 5 475 1,050
Kashmiri 45 40 0 5 0
Konkani 225 205 0 10 5
Marathi 535 510 0 15 10
Nepali 920 835 0 25 55
Oriya (Odia) 65 60 0 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 151,205 122,300 55 2,555 26,290
Sindhi 1,580 1,455 0 90 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,455 1,380 0 45 35
Urdu 8,875 8,225 5 215 430
Iranian languages 43,980 38,505 25 2,415 3,035
Kurdish 1,650 1,460 0 30 160
Pashto 1,065 935 0 20 105
Persian (Farsi) 41,265 36,105 25 2,365 2,765
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 340 305 0 10 25
Italic (Romance) languages 71,375 60,750 110 7,670 2,845
Catalan 125 85 0 35 5
Italian 15,445 13,520 10 1,485 435
Portuguese 11,950 10,560 10 905 475
Romanian 7,170 5,330 20 1,550 270
Spanish 36,625 31,215 80 3,680 1,655
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
Japanese 16,900 15,385 5 425 1,075
Kartvelian languages 60 60 0 0 0
Georgian 60 55 0 0 5
Korean 45,990 39,330 10 1,090 5,560
Mongolic languages 340 295 0 10 35
Mongolian 340 300 0 10 35
Niger-Congo languages 2,650 2,110 20 450 65
Akan (Twi) 400 375 0 25 0
Bamanankan 10 5 0 5 0
Edo 80 75 0 0 0
Ewe 55 40 0 20 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 0 0 10 0
Ga 30 30 0 5 0
Ganda 65 65 0 0 0
Igbo 160 155 0 5 5
Lingala 55 10 5 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 20 10 60 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 100 50 5 45 10
Shona 155 145 0 5 5
Swahili 585 460 5 105 10
Wolof 30 10 0 15 0
Yoruba 190 180 0 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 610 500 5 95 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 265 250 0 10 10
Dinka 80 75 0 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 5 10
Sign languages 620 320 0 15 290
American Sign Language 265 175 0 10 85
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 355 145 0 0 210
Sino-Tibetan languages 387,640 297,860 80 6,990 82,705
Chinese languages 385,355 295,970 80 6,960 82,340
Cantonese 184,370 139,115 30 2,895 42,325
Hakka 2,185 1,745 0 75 365
Mandarin 174,920 136,440 50 3,600 34,835
Min Dong 220 170 0 5 50
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10,655 8,545 0 150 1,960
Wu (Shanghainese) 4,330 3,015 0 90 1,225
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,485 6,790 0 150 1,545
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 190 150 0 5 40
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,290 1,890 0 30 365
Burmese 1,040 940 0 15 85
Karenic languages 770 545 0 5 220
Tibetan 260 225 0 0 30
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 220 180 0 0 35
Tai-Kadai languages 2,750 2,550 0 80 115
Lao 805 705 0 40 60
Thai 1,935 1,830 0 40 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 20 15 0 0 5
Turkic languages 3,700 3,215 0 235 250
Azerbaijani 495 420 0 30 50
Turkish 2,770 2,415 0 185 170
Uyghur 165 140 0 5 20
Uzbek 95 90 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 165 150 0 10 5
Uralic languages 7,640 6,960 5 555 120
Estonian 450 395 0 50 5
Finnish 1,900 1,790 0 100 10
Hungarian 5,285 4,775 5 405 105
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 365 320 0 20 25
Multiple responses 78,250 67,440 105 10,200 505
English and French 5,195 1,125 15 4,060 0
English and non-official language 69,885 65,665 25 3,720 475
French and non-official language 1,545 340 60 1,135 15
English, French and non-official language 1,625 320 10 1,290 10

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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-X2016055.

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