Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 , age 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 1 622,630 518,185 370 61,710 42,370
Single responses 602,805 501,705 340 58,505 42,250
Official languages 328,595 280,860 225 47,195 315
English 319,110 280,435 25 38,345 310
French 9,485 425 205 8,850 0
Non-official languages 274,210 220,845 120 11,310 41,935
Aboriginal languages 455 430 0 20 0
Algonquian languages 170 165 0 10 0
Blackfoot 15 15 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 125 120 0 10 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 25 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 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 30 30 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 65 60 0 5 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 60 55 0 5 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 5 5 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 20 20 0 5 0
Chilcotin 20 20 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 5 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 10 10 0 0 5
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 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 0 0 0 0
Haida 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 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 5 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 40 35 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 5 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 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 30 0 0 5
Nisga'a 15 15 0 0 0
Tsimshian 15 15 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 40 35 0 0 0
Haisla 5 5 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 15 15 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 10 10 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. 30 30 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 273,755 220,415 120 11,290 41,930
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,305 3,440 5 625 235
Berber languages 25 5 0 15 5
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 210 190 0 10 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 75 70 0 0 5
Somali 130 120 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 10 5
Arabic 2,485 1,835 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 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 105 0 10 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10,935 8,705 10 290 1,935
Khmer (Cambodian) 295 245 0 15 40
Vietnamese 10,615 8,440 10 280 1,890
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 20 0 0 5
Austronesian languages 24,470 23,950 5 235 280
Bikol 100 100 0 0 5
Cebuano 885 865 0 5 5
Fijian 45 40 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 455 440 0 10 0
Ilocano 1,900 1,850 0 5 45
Malagasy 10 0 0 5 0
Malay 960 915 0 30 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 200 200 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 90 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 19,430 19,090 5 165 165
Waray-Waray 45 50 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 345 305 0 5 40
Creole languages 95 40 0 50 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 65 15 5 40 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 2,020 1,880 5 50 95
Kannada 50 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 335 315 0 10 10
Tamil 1,330 1,215 0 35 75
Telugu 290 285 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 15 15 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 78,130 67,380 45 6,845 3,855
Albanian 130 120 0 10 5
Armenian 335 245 0 80 20
Balto-Slavic languages 14,740 13,025 10 1,290 415
Baltic languages 260 235 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 5
Bosnian 235 210 0 25 0
Bulgarian 460 380 5 65 10
Croatian 1,250 1,155 0 75 20
Czech 1,000 895 0 95 10
Macedonian 80 70 0 10 0
Polish 2,720 2,355 5 310 55
Russian 4,445 3,900 5 320 220
Serbian 2,125 1,885 0 185 55
Serbo-Croatian 485 425 0 45 15
Slovak 600 545 0 50 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 150 130 0 15 0
Ukrainian 870 785 0 60 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages 115 100 0 20 0
Scottish Gaelic 40 30 0 5 0
Welsh 40 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages 9,005 7,490 0 1,470 40
Afrikaans 265 255 0 10 0
Danish 400 365 0 30 0
Dutch 1,360 1,030 0 320 10
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 6,075 5,090 0 960 25
Icelandic 70 70 0 5 0
Norwegian 180 150 0 25 0
Swedish 430 385 0 45 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 60 30 0 30 0
Yiddish 140 110 0 35 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Greek 2,160 1,915 0 160 75
Indo-Iranian languages 28,905 25,300 15 1,150 2,430
Indo-Aryan languages 20,605 17,940 10 570 2,080
Bengali 930 855 0 30 45
Gujarati 935 850 0 40 45
Hindi 3,685 3,475 0 100 105
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 50 45 0 0 0
Marathi 125 120 0 5 0
Nepali 180 160 0 10 10
Oriya (Odia) 20 15 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 13,385 11,210 10 325 1,840
Sindhi 230 205 0 20 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 210 200 0 5 5
Urdu 860 805 0 30 25
Iranian languages 8,240 7,310 5 580 350
Kurdish 405 365 0 10 35
Pashto 160 145 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 7,670 6,800 5 560 305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 22,730 19,190 15 2,660 865
Catalan 70 55 0 20 0
Italian 4,740 4,020 0 515 205
Portuguese 4,700 4,080 5 400 220
Romanian 1,185 815 0 340 30
Spanish 12,005 10,200 10 1,385 410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Japanese 7,010 6,395 5 165 440
Kartvelian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Georgian 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 7,810 7,085 5 200 515
Mongolic languages 120 115 0 5 0
Mongolian 120 115 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 445 330 0 100 15
Akan (Twi) 50 45 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 10 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 0 15 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 45 40 0 0 0
Swahili 100 80 0 25 0
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Yoruba 25 25 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 95 80 5 20 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 55 55 0 0 0
Dinka 20 15 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Sign languages 115 50 0 0 60
American Sign Language 45 30 0 5 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 25 2,430 34,405
Chinese languages 133,810 97,005 25 2,425 34,350
Cantonese 85,025 59,520 20 1,350 24,135
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 50 715
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 560 500 0 0 55
Burmese 390 355 0 5 30
Karenic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Tibetan 65 55 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 105 85 0 0 20
Tai-Kadai languages 855 805 0 20 30
Lao 110 95 0 5 10
Thai 740 715 0 15 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,090 975 0 75 35
Azerbaijani 110 95 0 5 10
Turkish 915 820 0 65 25
Uyghur 20 15 0 5 0
Uzbek 10 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,815 1,595 0 200 20
Estonian 120 105 0 15 0
Finnish 450 400 0 45 5
Hungarian 1,240 1,085 0 145 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5
Multiple responses 19,825 16,475 30 3,205 125
English and French 1,740 290 0 1,450 0
English and non-official language 17,115 15,985 0 1,010 115
French and non-official language 505 110 20 365 5
English, French and non-official language 470 90 5 380 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-X2016054.

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