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 Vancouver, CY
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 1 622,635 518,185 375 61,710 42,370
Single responses 602,805 501,710 340 58,505 42,250
Official languages 328,595 280,865 225 47,195 310
English 319,110 280,435 20 38,345 310
French 9,485 430 200 8,850 0
Non-official languages 274,210 220,845 120 11,315 41,935
Aboriginal languages 455 435 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 170 165 0 10 0
Blackfoot 10 15 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 125 120 0 5 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 20 20 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 90 85 0 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 30 30 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 30 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 60 60 0 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 60 55 0 0 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 5 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 20 20 0 5 0
Chilcotin 20 20 0 0 0
Dene 10 5 0 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 10 10 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 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 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. 0 5 0 0 0
Haida 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 40 40 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 5 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 5 0 5 0
Squamish 5 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 5 10 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Siouan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Dakota 15 15 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 70 65 0 0 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 35 35 0 0 5
Nisga'a 20 15 0 0 0
Tsimshian 15 10 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 40 35 0 0 0
Haisla 5 5 0 5 0
Heiltsuk 10 15 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 10 10 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. 30 35 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 273,755 220,415 120 11,290 41,930
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,305 3,445 5 620 235
Berber languages 25 5 5 15 5
Kabyle 10 0 0 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 5
Cushitic languages 210 190 0 10 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 75 70 0 0 5
Somali 125 120 0 10 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,065 3,240 5 595 225
Amharic 300 285 0 15 5
Arabic 2,485 1,840 5 475 165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 70 50 0 0 15
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 5 0 0 5
Harari 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,050 930 0 95 20
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 105 0 10 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 10,935 8,700 10 290 1,935
Khmer (Cambodian) 300 245 0 10 35
Vietnamese 10,615 8,440 10 275 1,895
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 20 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 24,470 23,950 5 235 285
Bikol 100 95 0 0 5
Cebuano 885 870 0 10 5
Fijian 40 40 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 455 445 0 5 0
Ilocano 1,900 1,850 0 10 45
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 960 915 0 30 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 200 200 0 5 0
Pangasinan 95 95 0 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 19,430 19,090 5 170 165
Waray-Waray 50 50 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 345 300 0 5 40
Creole languages 100 40 5 50 0
Haitian Creole 0 5 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 65 15 5 35 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 2,020 1,875 5 45 95
Kannada 50 50 0 0 0
Malayalam 340 315 0 10 15
Tamil 1,330 1,215 0 35 80
Telugu 285 280 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 15 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 78,130 67,380 45 6,845 3,855
Albanian 130 115 0 10 5
Armenian 340 245 0 80 20
Balto-Slavic languages 14,740 13,025 10 1,285 415
Baltic languages 265 230 0 30 0
Latvian 125 105 0 20 0
Lithuanian 140 130 0 15 0
Slavic languages 14,475 12,790 10 1,255 415
Belarusan 15 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 235 215 5 20 5
Bulgarian 460 380 0 65 15
Croatian 1,255 1,155 0 75 20
Czech 1,000 890 0 100 10
Macedonian 80 70 0 10 0
Polish 2,720 2,355 5 310 60
Russian 4,450 3,900 5 325 220
Serbian 2,120 1,885 0 185 55
Serbo-Croatian 485 430 0 45 15
Slovak 600 545 0 50 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 145 130 0 15 5
Ukrainian 870 785 0 60 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Celtic languages 115 100 0 20 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 30 0 10 0
Welsh 40 35 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages 9,005 7,495 5 1,470 45
Afrikaans 265 255 0 10 0
Danish 400 365 0 35 0
Dutch 1,360 1,030 0 320 10
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 6,080 5,090 0 960 30
Icelandic 75 70 0 5 0
Norwegian 180 155 0 25 0
Swedish 430 385 0 45 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 60 25 0 30 0
Yiddish 140 105 0 35 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Greek 2,160 1,915 5 165 80
Indo-Iranian languages 28,905 25,305 15 1,155 2,430
Indo-Aryan languages 20,605 17,940 10 570 2,080
Bengali 930 855 0 25 50
Gujarati 935 850 0 40 45
Hindi 3,685 3,480 0 100 105
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 50 45 0 0 0
Marathi 125 115 0 5 0
Nepali 175 155 0 10 15
Oriya (Odia) 15 15 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 13,380 11,205 5 325 1,840
Sindhi 230 205 0 20 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 210 195 0 10 5
Urdu 855 805 0 30 20
Iranian languages 8,240 7,305 5 580 345
Kurdish 410 365 0 10 35
Pashto 165 145 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 7,670 6,795 5 560 305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 22,735 19,190 20 2,660 865
Catalan 75 55 0 15 0
Italian 4,740 4,020 0 515 205
Portuguese 4,695 4,080 5 400 215
Romanian 1,185 810 5 335 30
Spanish 12,010 10,205 10 1,380 410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Japanese 7,010 6,395 10 165 435
Kartvelian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 7,810 7,085 5 200 520
Mongolic languages 120 115 0 5 0
Mongolian 120 110 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 440 330 5 100 10
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 5 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 5 0 5 0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Lingala 5 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 0 15 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 25 10 0 15 0
Shona 45 40 0 5 5
Swahili 100 85 0 20 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Yoruba 30 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 80 5 15 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 55 55 0 0 0
Dinka 20 20 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Sign languages 115 50 0 5 60
American Sign Language 50 30 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 65 20 0 0 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 134,375 97,510 30 2,435 34,405
Chinese languages 133,815 97,005 25 2,430 34,350
Cantonese 85,025 59,515 20 1,345 24,140
Hakka 775 610 0 15 155
Mandarin 40,120 30,825 5 935 8,360
Min Dong 85 65 0 0 20
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,065 2,420 0 50 595
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,270 880 0 30 360
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,430 2,665 0 55 715
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 560 505 0 5 60
Burmese 385 355 0 0 30
Karenic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Tibetan 65 55 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 105 85 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 850 805 0 20 25
Lao 110 95 0 5 15
Thai 740 710 0 15 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,090 980 0 75 40
Azerbaijani 105 95 0 5 10
Turkish 915 820 0 70 30
Uyghur 20 15 0 5 5
Uzbek 15 10 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Uralic languages 1,810 1,590 0 200 20
Estonian 120 105 0 15 0
Finnish 450 400 0 45 5
Hungarian 1,240 1,085 5 140 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 10 5
Multiple responses 19,830 16,475 30 3,205 120
English and French 1,740 290 5 1,450 0
English and non-official language 17,110 15,985 0 1,010 115
French and non-official language 505 110 25 365 5
English, French and non-official language 470 90 0 375 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) – 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-X2016055.

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