Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables

Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Vancouver, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data ^{Update of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin}

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Place of birth	Period of immigration
Place of birth	Total immigrant population	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016

Total - Place of birth ^{Footnote 1}	989,545	209,975	120,730	247,830	124,885	143,585	142,530
China ^{Footnote 17}	188,970	19,765	16,245	43,240	35,185	38,625	35,890
India	125,640	20,445	14,030	32,670	17,475	19,635	21,380
Philippines	96,685	9,305	9,110	24,120	13,680	20,270	20,200
Iran ^{Footnote 14}	35,250	895	4,170	10,155	5,495	6,220	8,310
Korea, South ^{Footnote 20}	36,865	2,440	2,650	9,695	7,875	7,560	6,635
United States ^{Footnote 2}	26,450	9,460	2,580	3,470	2,740	4,135	4,065
United Kingdom ^{Footnote 7}	56,525	35,885	5,470	4,570	2,425	4,325	3,855
Taiwan	37,425	1,450	3,055	20,610	5,095	4,885	2,325
Mexico	7,850	530	610	1,445	1,205	1,765	2,295
Iraq	5,215	135	195	1,105	605	1,315	1,850
Japan	10,675	2,430	1,025	2,405	1,245	1,730	1,845
Syria ^{Footnote 15}	2,310	100	65	130	95	140	1,785
Hong Kong ^{Footnote 18}	71,720	16,035	15,910	34,345	2,035	1,700	1,695
Pakistan	9,220	715	520	2,935	1,940	1,435	1,670
Viet Nam	24,030	5,215	8,740	5,830	1,065	1,670	1,505
Russian Federation	8,460	300	110	2,495	2,300	1,845	1,405
Ireland ^{Footnote 6}	3,830	1,590	400	210	75	340	1,205
Australia	4,520	1,545	255	590	385	600	1,135
Brazil	2,855	335	155	390	315	700	965
Ukraine	5,480	615	135	1,935	1,065	790	950
Afghanistan	4,865	30	520	1,115	1,400	940	855
South Africa, Republic of	8,205	1,880	985	2,810	1,050	625	850
France	3,440	1,075	325	495	325	435	790
Germany	13,520	9,385	1,010	1,050	495	805	775
Indonesia	4,120	855	415	960	690	580	630
Fiji	16,665	6,280	3,695	3,890	1,330	895	565
Romania	7,110	415	740	2,715	1,610	1,085	545
Italy	10,395	8,940	355	235	135	210	520
Egypt	2,110	395	140	375	275	410	515
Malaysia	7,515	2,065	2,320	1,305	465	840	515
Thailand	2,645	155	520	385	410	690	475
Colombia	3,075	235	135	535	800	905	465
Sri Lanka	4,155	260	590	1,185	810	855	455
Bangladesh	1,865	50	95	545	445	350	385
Singapore	4,955	695	1,105	1,290	605	885	375
Nigeria	1,205	40	85	125	180	400	370
Turkey	1,750	285	165	275	295	360	365
New Zealand	2,410	1,060	295	275	195	225	360
Serbia ^{Footnote 10}	3,775	525	155	2,090	440	210	360
El Salvador	4,400	70	2,150	1,290	210	330	355
Somalia	1,010	15	130	230	105	185	350
United Arab Emirates	1,465	0	35	395	305	390	340
Saudi Arabia	1,135	0	75	250	170	310	335
Kenya	4,065	1,795	790	615	265	275	330
Burma (Myanmar)	1,875	300	130	375	225	525	320
Poland	10,475	2,015	4,520	2,820	415	380	320
Peru	2,700	445	600	535	335	475	305
Eritrea	645	0	165	65	35	90	300
Israel	1,855	330	205	295	345	380	295
Jordan	810	50	45	170	135	135	280
Spain	1,055	450	90	105	55	75	280
Ethiopia	1,665	55	250	455	295	350	250
Honduras	1,005	55	200	260	140	105	250
Hungary	3,700	1,990	645	345	290	205	235
Netherlands	6,300	5,060	370	240	200	185	235
Czech Republic	3,230	1,590	875	330	105	105	230
Venezuela ^{Footnote 4}	1,280	150	115	285	165	345	225
Nepal	805	0	10	100	130	355	215
Lebanon	1,860	385	415	440	185	215	210
Kazakhstan	905	10	0	240	240	215	205
Slovakia	2,220	520	430	455	430	180	205
Moldova ^{Footnote 5}	745	20	20	120	145	245	200
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,930	325	55	3,010	245	95	195
Mauritius	1,105	195	130	115	180	325	160
Jamaica	2,230	1,290	270	280	145	85	155
Chile	2,315	1,245	475	220	70	150	140
Argentina	1,270	320	170	155	330	165	135
Cambodia	1,565	175	865	230	45	110	135
Guatemala	1,630	40	645	520	95	200	135
Kuwait	610	15	55	235	65	105	135
Bulgaria	1,645	60	60	560	525	320	125
Belarus	785	20	35	205	190	210	120
Belgium	790	365	45	90	85	85	120
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	645	55	20	90	95	275	115
Greece	2,890	2,370	145	135	35	90	115
Morocco	725	155	125	85	80	170	115
Croatia	4,115	2,530	215	995	205	55	110
Sudan ^{Footnote 13}	465	10	50	130	115	60	110
Sweden	1,130	610	80	155	75	100	110
Ecuador	350	40	30	20	65	90	105
Kyrgyzstan	415	10	0	70	105	125	105
Uzbekistan	520	10	10	95	185	115	105
Dominican Republic	270	20	50	25	40	40	100
Uganda	2,490	1,995	180	115	40	70	95
Ghana	730	120	115	195	80	125	90
Portugal	4,660	3,845	420	160	80	60	90
Austria	1,650	1,245	135	135	35	25	85
Mongolia	205	0	0	0	35	80	85
Zimbabwe	910	180	155	165	150	180	80
Switzerland	1,610	840	275	250	70	105	75
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) ^{Footnote 16}	375	80	40	90	30	60	75
Costa Rica	315	35	75	65	40	35	70
Cuba	425	35	45	80	70	130	70
Tunisia	220	35	25	35	20	25	70
Namibia	135	15	10	15	30	10	65
Latvia	425	140	25	125	50	30	60
Libya	300	20	20	60	55	90	60
Algeria	425	60	40	115	85	65	55
Azerbaijan	285	0	10	45	75	105	55
Cameroon	90	0	0	0	0	30	55
Denmark	1,940	1,610	120	100	25	30	55
Macao ^{Footnote 21}	2,045	525	475	890	70	30	55
Nicaragua	950	20	510	265	25	75	50
Tanzania ^{Footnote 12}	2,705	1,880	435	185	65	90	50
Yemen	145	30	10	20	10	20	50
Lithuania	265	90	15	45	35	30	45
Bahrain	150	10	0	60	15	30	40
Bhutan	110	0	0	0	0	60	40
Finland	1,415	1,135	80	65	60	35	40
Zambia	385	150	45	65	35	50	40
Albania	355	0	10	110	140	65	35
Burundi	165	25	0	10	10	85	35
Liberia	225	0	0	45	80	65	35
Oman	140	0	0	70	20	10	35
Qatar	95	0	0	20	0	25	35
Rwanda	180	15	0	25	50	60	35
Trinidad and Tobago	1,935	1,245	290	215	85	70	30
Armenia	190	10	10	30	40	85	25
Barbados	435	270	40	50	20	25	25
Botswana	45	0	0	0	0	15	25
Macedonia, Republic of ^{Footnote 9}	245	40	25	45	75	40	25
Norway	730	605	10	25	20	40	25
Sierra Leone	115	10	10	15	40	20	25
Bolivia ^{Footnote 3}	190	45	25	25	10	75	20
Iceland	75	10	0	30	10	10	20
Panama	125	10	20	50	15	10	20
Puerto Rico	55	15	0	0	15	0	20
Tajikistan	145	0	10	15	80	25	20
Estonia	290	185	10	50	20	10	15
Gambia	10	0	0	0	0	0	15
Kosovo ^{Footnote 8}	490	10	20	270	120	50	15
Laos ^{Footnote 22}	1,230	595	420	115	30	60	15
Mali	25	0	0	10	0	0	15
Slovenia	635	505	10	55	20	25	15
Angola	90	60	10	10	10	10	10
Aruba	55	25	0	15	0	0	10
Bahamas	70	30	0	20	0	10	10
Belize	25	20	0	10	0	0	10
Benin	10	0	0	0	0	10	10
Bermuda	105	50	15	15	10	10	10
Brunei Darussalam	1,965	555	970	320	30	90	10
Cayman Islands	20	0	0	0	10	0	10
Côte d'Ivoire	50	10	10	10	20	10	10
Georgia	160	0	0	55	50	40	10
Gibraltar	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Grenada	125	85	10	20	10	0	10
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Haiti	265	45	55	100	20	35	10
Jersey	45	20	0	10	0	0	10
Madagascar	50	0	20	10	10	0	10
Micronesia, Federated States of	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Other places of birth ^{Footnote 23}	125	45	0	25	30	10	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	205	110	25	25	20	20	10
Seychelles	50	10	20	20	10	0	10
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	15	0	0	0	0	0	10
South Sudan	295	0	0	105	160	20	10
Uruguay	245	105	45	60	25	15	10
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	90	55	15	10	10	10	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	15	10	10	10	0	0	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Congo, Republic of the	55	15	10	0	15	15	0
Cook Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curaçao	25	20	0	10	0	0	0
Cyprus	215	125	25	20	25	10	0
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Dominica	50	40	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	30	10	10	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Guam	10	0	0	10	0	10	0
Guernsey	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea	40	0	0	15	20	10	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Guyana	920	615	140	115	25	30	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Man	65	45	0	0	0	10	0
Kiribati	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Korea, North ^{Footnote 19}	140	90	15	25	10	0	0
Lesotho	15	0	0	10	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	70	25	0	15	15	10	0
Malawi	85	30	30	10	0	10	0
Maldives	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	230	190	15	20	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	175	30	0	80	35	20	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	145	85	10	30	15	15	0
Nauru	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
New Caledonia	35	10	25	0	0	10	0
Niger	10	0	0	10	0	0	0
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	40	0	0	10	0	15	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	25	10	10	15	0	0	0
Paraguay	600	470	40	25	20	40	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Helena ^{Footnote 11}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	80	70	10	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	100	55	25	10	0	10	0
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Samoa	45	10	20	10	0	10	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	45	10	15	10	10	10	0
Solomon Islands	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	65	35	10	10	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	40	10	0	10	0	15	0
Timor-Leste	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	55	0	10	25	0	25	0
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	80	20	20	10	10	20	0
Turkmenistan	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Note(s): 1

For more information on the place of birth 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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The official name of United States is United States of America.

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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China excludes Hong Kong and Macao.

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The full name of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.