Census Profile, 2016 Census
9330281.02 [Census tract], British Columbia and Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia

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Characteristic 9330281.02
British Columbia
[Census tract] 		Vancouver
British Columbia
[Census metropolitan area]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
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Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 6,370 3,175 3,195 2,440,145 1,191,670 1,248,470
English only 5,780 2,915 2,865 2,130,565 1,058,310 1,072,260
French only 5 0 0 1,110 530 580
English and French 440 200 235 172,140 76,645 95,500
Neither English nor French 150 60 90 136,320 56,185 80,135
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 6,370 3,175 3,195 2,440,145 1,191,670 1,248,470
English 6,115 3,065 3,045 2,265,310 1,116,840 1,148,475
French 90 40 45 25,705 12,830 12,880
English and French 25 10 15 14,465 6,635 7,830
Neither English nor French 150 60 90 134,655 55,370 79,285
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 100 50 55 32,940 16,145 16,795
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.3
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 6,370 3,180 3,195 2,440,140 1,191,670 1,248,470
Single responses 6,220 3,100 3,120 2,361,890 1,153,910 1,207,975
Official languages 4,260 2,175 2,085 1,341,635 678,675 662,965
English 4,165 2,125 2,035 1,316,635 666,170 650,465
French 95 45 45 25,000 12,505 12,500
Non-official languages 1,960 925 1,040 1,020,255 475,240 545,010
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 855 390 470
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 315 135 180
Blackfoot 0 0 0 20 5 15
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 5 225 105 120
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Moose Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 40 15 25
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 15 5 5
Woods Cree 0 0 0 20 10 10
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 150 70 80
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 70 25 45
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 60 25 35
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 105 50 55
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 105 45 55
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 35 15 25
Chilcotin 0 0 0 25 15 10
Dene 0 0 0 20 10 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 5 5 5
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 5 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Haida 0 0 0 10 10 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 25 5 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Inuktitut 0 0 0 15 5 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 5 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 5 5 5
Michif 0 0 0 10 0 5
Salish languages 0 0 0 135 65 70
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 35 20 15
Lillooet 0 0 0 10 5 5
Okanagan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 10 10 5
Squamish 0 0 0 20 5 15
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 15 10 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 15 20
Siouan languages 0 0 0 25 15 10
Dakota 0 0 0 25 5 10
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 95 40 55
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 50 15 25
Nisga'a 0 0 0 25 15 10
Tsimshian 0 0 0 20 10 10
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 55 25 30
Haisla 0 0 0 10 5 5
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 20 5 15
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 75 35 35
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,960 925 1,035 1,019,395 474,850 544,545
Afro-Asiatic languages 25 10 15 20,725 11,005 9,715
Berber languages 0 0 0 95 60 40
Kabyle 0 0 0 35 20 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 35 25
Cushitic languages 5 0 0 1,355 675 680
Bilen 0 0 0 5 5 0
Oromo 0 0 0 170 95 75
Somali 0 0 0 1,170 570 600
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Semitic languages 20 10 15 19,230 10,250 8,980
Amharic 5 0 5 1,140 560 580
Arabic 15 5 5 14,320 7,720 6,600
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 630 305 325
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 435 240 195
Harari 0 0 0 25 5 10
Hebrew 0 0 0 1,770 965 805
Maltese 0 0 0 80 40 40
Tigrigna 5 5 0 695 340 355
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 135 70 60
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 45 25 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 55 25 30 24,200 11,075 13,125
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 1,215 555 655
Vietnamese 50 25 30 22,950 10,505 12,450
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 35 20 15
Austronesian languages 165 65 105 82,025 33,570 48,460
Bikol 0 0 0 310 135 170
Cebuano 5 5 0 3,215 1,285 1,930
Fijian 0 0 0 390 195 200
Hiligaynon 5 0 5 1,280 485 795
Ilocano 10 5 5 4,605 1,820 2,790
Malagasy 0 0 0 15 5 5
Malay 5 5 5 3,480 1,545 1,930
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 635 290 345
Pangasinan 0 0 0 265 115 150
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 135 50 85 66,830 27,275 39,555
Waray-Waray 5 0 5 180 70 110
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 835 360 470
Creole languages 0 0 0 610 315 300
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 20 15 10
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 365 180 190
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 225 120 100
Dravidian languages 5 0 5 6,210 3,290 2,920
Kannada 0 0 0 225 115 110
Malayalam 5 0 5 1,750 905 840
Tamil 0 0 0 3,275 1,695 1,580
Telugu 0 0 0 920 550 370
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 20 20
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 130 65 65
Indo-European languages 920 455 465 416,565 203,240 213,325
Albanian 5 0 5 1,090 560 525
Armenian 0 0 0 1,060 520 540
Balto-Slavic languages 220 105 110 57,625 26,950 30,675
Baltic languages 0 0 0 645 275 365
Latvian 0 0 0 315 145 175
Lithuanian 0 0 0 325 130 195
Slavic languages 220 105 110 56,975 26,675 30,300
Belarusan 0 0 0 65 35 30
Bosnian 10 5 5 1,155 580 575
Bulgarian 10 5 5 1,720 805 915
Croatian 35 15 15 5,460 2,650 2,815
Czech 10 5 5 3,565 1,705 1,865
Macedonian 0 0 0 250 120 130
Polish 40 25 20 12,040 5,650 6,390
Russian 60 25 30 18,170 8,270 9,905
Serbian 15 5 10 6,300 3,215 3,080
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 5 1,140 545 600
Slovak 15 0 10 2,390 1,060 1,335
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 5 540 250 295
Ukrainian 20 5 10 3,990 1,705 2,285
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 175 90 90
Celtic languages 5 0 0 315 170 140
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 125 65 60
Welsh 0 0 0 120 65 55
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 40 25
Germanic languages 105 55 55 37,825 18,005 19,825
Afrikaans 0 5 0 1,435 730 710
Danish 15 10 10 2,065 1,020 1,045
Dutch 25 10 15 7,455 3,600 3,855
Frisian 0 0 0 80 35 50
German 65 30 30 24,060 11,340 12,715
Icelandic 0 0 0 155 70 85
Norwegian 0 0 0 840 410 430
Swedish 5 5 0 1,290 570 720
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 200 105 90
Yiddish 0 0 0 220 110 110
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 10
Greek 15 5 10 4,885 2,515 2,370
Indo-Iranian languages 305 160 145 242,395 119,930 122,465
Indo-Aryan languages 175 90 85 198,075 97,680 100,395
Bengali 0 0 5 2,680 1,390 1,290
Gujarati 15 5 10 6,285 2,960 3,325
Hindi 35 20 20 24,220 11,580 12,640
Kashmiri 5 5 0 40 30 15
Konkani 0 0 5 225 110 110
Marathi 0 0 5 535 280 255
Nepali 10 5 5 920 485 435
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 65 35 30
Punjabi (Panjabi) 95 50 50 151,205 74,825 76,380
Sindhi 5 0 0 1,575 730 850
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 1,455 730 725
Urdu 0 0 0 8,880 4,535 4,340
Iranian languages 130 75 65 43,980 22,075 21,910
Kurdish 15 5 5 1,655 875 780
Pashto 0 0 0 1,065 565 500
Persian (Farsi) 120 65 55 41,265 20,635 20,630
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 340 175 165
Italic (Romance) languages 270 125 145 71,375 34,590 36,785
Catalan 0 0 0 120 65 55
Italian 70 30 35 15,445 7,735 7,710
Portuguese 25 10 15 11,950 5,655 6,295
Romanian 75 35 40 7,175 3,480 3,690
Spanish 100 45 55 36,625 17,615 19,005
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 35 25
Japanese 25 5 20 16,900 5,750 11,145
Kartvelian languages 0 0 5 65 35 25
Georgian 0 0 0 65 35 25
Korean 205 95 110 45,990 20,680 25,310
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 340 145 195
Mongolian 5 0 0 340 145 200
Niger-Congo languages 5 0 5 2,650 1,335 1,315
Akan (Twi) 0 0 5 400 220 180
Bamanankan 0 0 0 10 5 5
Edo 5 5 0 80 45 35
Ewe 0 0 0 60 30 25
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 20 10 5
Ga 0 0 0 35 15 20
Ganda 0 0 0 65 35 30
Igbo 0 0 0 160 95 65
Lingala 0 0 0 55 25 30
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 100 40 55
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 100 45 55
Shona 0 0 0 150 70 85
Swahili 5 5 5 580 285 295
Wolof 0 0 0 25 10 20
Yoruba 0 0 0 190 110 80
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 610 285 330
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 265 135 135
Dinka 0 0 0 75 50 30
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 185 85 100
Sign languages 5 0 0 620 330 295
American Sign Language 5 0 0 265 125 135
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 355 200 155
Sino-Tibetan languages 470 235 240 387,645 177,140 210,505
Chinese languages 465 230 235 385,355 175,990 209,365
Cantonese 255 130 120 184,370 85,070 99,295
Hakka 0 0 0 2,185 955 1,230
Mandarin 195 95 100 174,920 79,280 95,635
Min Dong 0 0 0 220 105 115
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 5 5 10,655 4,755 5,900
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 5 0 4,330 1,905 2,430
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 5 0 8,485 3,840 4,645
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 195 80 115
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 5 2,285 1,145 1,140
Burmese 0 0 0 1,035 525 510
Karenic languages 0 0 0 765 370 400
Tibetan 0 0 0 260 135 125
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 220 110 105
Tai-Kadai languages 10 0 5 2,750 980 1,775
Lao 5 5 0 805 405 400
Thai 5 0 5 1,935 570 1,360
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 15 5 5
Turkic languages 5 5 5 3,700 2,035 1,665
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 500 275 225
Turkish 5 0 0 2,770 1,560 1,210
Uyghur 0 0 0 165 85 85
Uzbek 0 0 0 100 45 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 165 75 95
Uralic languages 55 25 35 7,640 3,535 4,110
Estonian 0 0 0 455 195 255
Finnish 25 5 20 1,900 770 1,130
Hungarian 35 15 15 5,285 2,570 2,715
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 370 195 170
Multiple responses 150 80 75 78,255 37,760 40,490
English and French 10 5 5 5,200 2,535 2,660
English and non-official language 145 70 70 69,885 33,750 36,135
French and non-official language 5 0 5 1,545 755 795
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 1,620 725 900
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 6,375 3,175 3,195 2,440,140 1,191,675 1,248,470
Single responses 6,010 3,000 3,015 2,252,465 1,102,225 1,150,240
Official languages 5,065 2,540 2,525 1,631,365 811,500 819,865
English 5,040 2,530 2,510 1,622,740 807,235 815,500
French 25 10 15 8,625 4,265 4,365
Non-official languages 950 455 490 621,100 290,725 330,375
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 105 45 55
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 25 10 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 15 5 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 10 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 10 5 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 15 5 10
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 15 5 10
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 10 5 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 5 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 5 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 15 5 5
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 5 5 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 5 5 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 5
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 10 10 5
Dakota 0 0 0 10 10 5
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 10 5 10
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Nisga'a 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 5 0 10
Haisla 0 0 0 5 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 5 0 5
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 945 460 490 621,000 290,680 330,320
Afro-Asiatic languages 10 5 5 11,900 5,965 5,935
Berber languages 0 0 0 35 20 20
Kabyle 0 0 0 15 5 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 5
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 695 315 380
Bilen 0 0 0 5 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 75 40 35
Somali 0 0 0 610 270 340
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Semitic languages 10 5 10 11,160 5,630 5,535
Amharic 0 0 0 535 250 290
Arabic 10 5 5 8,675 4,405 4,275
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 400 200 200
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 300 165 140
Harari 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hebrew 0 0 0 785 400 380
Maltese 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tigrigna 0 0 0 350 160 190
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 85 45 45
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 30 15 20 15,000 6,955 8,045
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 620 290 325
Vietnamese 30 15 15 14,365 6,660 7,710
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 15 5 5
Austronesian languages 60 30 35 35,340 15,585 19,755
Bikol 5 0 0 65 30 35
Cebuano 0 0 0 1,090 485 600
Fijian 0 0 0 100 50 50
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 355 155 200
Ilocano 10 10 0 1,465 625 840
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 5 0
Malay 5 0 0 1,050 485 565
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 135 65 75
Pangasinan 0 0 0 55 25 30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 40 20 25 30,695 13,510 17,185
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 55 20 30
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 260 125 130
Creole languages 0 0 0 290 130 160
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 205 85 120
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 80 40 40
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 3,355 1,700 1,655
Kannada 0 0 0 95 40 55
Malayalam 0 0 0 885 450 435
Tamil 0 0 0 1,935 960 965
Telugu 0 0 0 425 235 190
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 55 20 30
Indo-European languages 375 185 190 220,605 107,095 113,505
Albanian 5 0 0 525 255 270
Armenian 0 0 0 505 220 280
Balto-Slavic languages 90 50 45 25,645 12,295 13,355
Baltic languages 0 0 0 160 70 85
Latvian 0 0 0 65 30 35
Lithuanian 0 0 0 95 45 50
Slavic languages 90 50 40 25,490 12,225 13,265
Belarusan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Bosnian 0 5 5 540 270 275
Bulgarian 10 5 10 925 430 495
Croatian 15 10 5 1,795 845 950
Czech 5 0 5 1,030 520 510
Macedonian 0 0 0 125 60 65
Polish 15 15 5 4,490 2,130 2,355
Russian 25 10 15 10,795 5,120 5,675
Serbian 10 5 5 3,475 1,760 1,710
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 435 200 235
Slovak 5 0 5 780 375 405
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 60 30 35
Ukrainian 0 0 0 1,005 465 545
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 15
Celtic languages 0 0 0 35 20 15
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 10 5 0
Welsh 0 0 0 20 10 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 5
Germanic languages 5 5 0 4,660 2,200 2,460
Afrikaans 0 0 0 520 250 270
Danish 5 0 0 180 90 95
Dutch 0 0 0 690 325 365
Frisian 0 0 0 0 5 5
German 5 5 0 2,890 1,350 1,550
Icelandic 0 0 0 50 25 30
Norwegian 0 0 0 70 35 35
Swedish 0 0 0 220 105 115
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 15 15 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 10 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Greek 0 0 0 1,730 835 890
Indo-Iranian languages 180 90 90 156,840 76,640 80,200
Indo-Aryan languages 80 40 35 127,625 62,475 65,150
Bengali 0 0 0 1,575 775 795
Gujarati 15 5 10 2,740 1,210 1,530
Hindi 5 5 5 11,230 5,310 5,920
Kashmiri 0 0 0 5 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 35 20 15
Marathi 0 0 0 245 125 115
Nepali 10 5 5 550 290 265
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 35 15 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 45 20 25 104,855 51,630 53,220
Sindhi 0 0 0 595 255 340
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 595 290 310
Urdu 0 0 0 5,165 2,560 2,610
Iranian languages 95 50 50 29,035 14,075 14,960
Kurdish 10 10 5 1,020 515 505
Pashto 0 0 0 660 335 330
Persian (Farsi) 85 45 45 27,355 13,230 14,125
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 175 90 90
Italic (Romance) languages 95 40 55 30,665 14,635 16,030
Catalan 0 0 0 60 25 30
Italian 5 5 5 3,950 1,720 2,230
Portuguese 5 0 0 5,115 2,435 2,680
Romanian 40 20 25 3,220 1,545 1,670
Spanish 40 15 25 18,315 8,905 9,410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Japanese 10 0 10 8,235 3,375 4,855
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 15 10 5
Georgian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Korean 155 75 80 34,225 15,720 18,505
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 160 80 85
Mongolian 0 0 0 160 75 85
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 730 325 405
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 125 70 55
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 15 10 5
Ewe 0 0 0 15 10 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ga 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 10 5 0
Igbo 0 0 0 35 20 15
Lingala 0 0 0 35 15 20
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 55 20 35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 45 20 30
Shona 0 0 0 40 20 25
Swahili 0 0 0 155 65 90
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0 5
Yoruba 0 0 0 40 20 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 155 65 85
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 105 45 60
Dinka 0 0 0 40 25 15
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 25 40
Sign languages 5 0 0 830 455 375
American Sign Language 5 0 0 300 150 150
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 530 310 220
Sino-Tibetan languages 285 140 145 285,515 130,990 154,525
Chinese languages 280 135 145 283,885 130,170 153,715
Cantonese 135 70 70 132,185 60,235 71,950
Hakka 0 0 0 670 280 390
Mandarin 135 60 70 138,680 64,055 74,625
Min Dong 0 0 0 65 30 35
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 5 5 5 4,640 2,105 2,540
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 0 0 2,495 1,150 1,350
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5,045 2,270 2,775
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 100 45 55
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 1,625 820 810
Burmese 0 0 0 685 350 335
Karenic languages 0 0 0 690 335 350
Tibetan 0 0 0 165 90 75
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 85 45 45
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 1,015 435 580
Lao 0 0 0 335 155 175
Thai 5 0 0 670 275 400
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 5 0 5
Turkic languages 5 5 0 1,550 810 740
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 185 100 90
Turkish 0 5 0 1,190 625 570
Uyghur 0 0 0 100 50 45
Uzbek 0 0 0 40 20 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 15 25
Uralic languages 15 5 10 1,980 930 1,050
Estonian 0 0 0 80 35 45
Finnish 5 0 5 435 190 245
Hungarian 5 0 5 1,470 710 760
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 110 55 60
Multiple responses 360 175 185 187,675 89,450 98,230
English and French 10 5 5 3,475 1,700 1,775
English and non-official language 345 170 175 181,310 86,450 94,855
French and non-official language 0 0 0 495 225 275
English, French and non-official language 10 0 5 2,395 1,075 1,325
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 6,370 3,175 3,195 2,440,140 1,191,675 1,248,470
None 5,210 2,605 2,600 1,919,300 944,770 974,530
English 420 225 195 232,050 112,195 119,855
French 70 35 30 19,620 8,935 10,690
Non-official language 645 300 345 260,735 121,820 138,915
Aboriginal 0 0 0 795 370 425
Non-Aboriginal 645 300 345 259,935 121,455 138,485
English and French 0 0 0 960 435 530
English and non-official language 10 5 5 4,895 2,285 2,605
French and non-official language 15 5 10 2,495 1,190 1,305
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 80 40 45
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 6,235 3,115 3,120 2,426,235 1,185,400 1,240,835
Official languages 6,095 3,060 3,035 2,290,565 1,129,240 1,161,325
English 6,095 3,060 3,035 2,289,520 1,128,740 1,160,780
French 415 205 215 172,260 76,605 95,655
Non-official languages 2,280 1,075 1,210 1,220,345 574,040 646,300
Aboriginal languages 0 10 0 1,605 675 935
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 485 200 290
Blackfoot 0 0 0 15 0 15
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 310 145 165
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 10 0 10
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 90 45 45
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 20 10 15
Woods Cree 0 0 0 15 0 10
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 185 90 95
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 15 0 10
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 145 40 100
Algonquin 0 0 0 15 10 10
Ojibway 0 0 0 115 35 85
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 90 30 55
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 80 30 60
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 45 10 40
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 10 10 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 10 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 10 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 60 35 25
Inuit languages 0 0 0 60 30 30
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 10 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 45 15 25
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 10 10 10
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 35 20 15
Salish languages 0 0 0 540 210 325
Comox 0 0 0 20 0 20
Halkomelem 0 0 0 155 60 95
Lillooet 0 0 0 20 10 10
Okanagan 0 0 0 30 15 20
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Squamish 0 0 0 225 100 125
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 10
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 25 15 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 15 45
Siouan languages 0 0 0 30 10 15
Dakota 0 0 0 15 10 10
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 0 10
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 185 80 105
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 55 15 35
Nisga'a 0 0 0 65 30 40
Tsimshian 0 0 0 60 35 30
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 100 45 55
Haisla 0 0 0 30 0 25
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 15 0 10
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 10 0 40 30 10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 10 10 10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 35 20 20
Non-Aboriginal languages 2,275 1,070 1,205 1,218,825 573,410 645,415
Afro-Asiatic languages 30 20 10 29,225 15,270 13,960
Berber languages 0 0 0 125 80 45
Kabyle 0 0 0 55 30 25
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 70 50 20
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 1,875 875 1,005
Bilen 0 0 0 15 0 15
Oromo 0 10 0 190 110 75
Somali 0 0 0 1,675 755 915
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 10
Semitic languages 30 20 0 27,480 14,465 13,015
Amharic 0 10 0 1,755 905 855
Arabic 10 10 0 19,995 10,675 9,315
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 715 345 375
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 545 270 275
Harari 0 0 0 55 35 20
Hebrew 20 10 10 4,585 2,365 2,225
Maltese 0 0 0 165 90 80
Tigrigna 0 0 0 935 510 425
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 290 150 135
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 95 45 50
Austro-Asiatic languages 35 25 15 30,390 14,495 15,895
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 1,440 620 815
Vietnamese 35 25 15 29,015 13,890 15,125
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 35 25
Austronesian languages 200 85 120 106,580 44,625 61,960
Bikol 0 0 0 490 205 290
Cebuano 0 0 10 4,185 1,630 2,555
Fijian 0 0 0 985 580 405
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 1,365 600 770
Ilocano 10 0 10 5,665 2,210 3,455
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 0 0
Malay 50 30 20 6,435 3,050 3,385
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 10 775 350 430
Pangasinan 0 0 0 440 180 265
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 150 50 100 96,290 39,665 56,620
Waray-Waray 10 10 10 275 120 155
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,170 580 595
Creole languages 0 0 0 1,820 970 845
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 60 20 35
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 1,025 545 475
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 755 420 335
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 8,880 4,710 4,165
Kannada 0 0 0 445 210 235
Malayalam 0 0 0 2,585 1,395 1,190
Tamil 0 0 0 4,855 2,530 2,325
Telugu 0 0 0 1,425 830 595
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 25 40
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 155 75 75
Indo-European languages 1,170 535 635 536,810 262,060 274,750
Albanian 0 0 0 1,135 580 560
Armenian 0 0 0 1,460 730 735
Balto-Slavic languages 220 100 120 66,120 31,540 34,590
Baltic languages 0 0 0 635 310 320
Latvian 0 0 0 310 175 140
Lithuanian 0 0 0 325 140 190
Slavic languages 215 100 115 65,670 31,320 34,350
Belarusan 0 0 10 205 95 110
Bosnian 0 0 0 1,775 885 890
Bulgarian 10 10 10 1,970 875 1,095
Croatian 60 35 25 7,995 3,920 4,075
Czech 30 15 15 4,575 2,140 2,440
Macedonian 0 0 0 345 185 160
Polish 35 25 10 13,820 6,540 7,275
Russian 65 25 40 24,005 11,325 12,675
Serbian 0 0 10 8,010 4,110 3,905
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 1,245 595 645
Slovak 10 0 10 3,060 1,430 1,630
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 730 330 400
Ukrainian 20 0 20 5,960 2,605 3,355
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 250 125 120
Celtic languages 0 0 0 1,175 655 520
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 345 225 120
Welsh 0 0 0 145 60 80
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 690 370 320
Germanic languages 95 40 55 57,255 27,525 29,735
Afrikaans 0 0 0 4,230 2,160 2,070
Danish 25 10 15 2,460 1,150 1,305
Dutch 0 0 0 9,200 4,345 4,855
Frisian 0 0 0 120 55 65
German 70 30 35 38,665 18,845 19,825
Icelandic 0 0 0 215 115 100
Norwegian 0 0 0 1,405 725 675
Swedish 0 0 0 2,765 1,210 1,560
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 220 125 95
Yiddish 0 0 0 385 175 210
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 75 40 30
Greek 35 15 15 7,230 3,675 3,555
Indo-Iranian languages 440 230 205 297,060 147,625 149,435
Indo-Aryan languages 265 130 130 248,620 123,210 125,405
Bengali 0 0 0 3,140 1,610 1,530
Gujarati 45 15 30 10,685 5,025 5,650
Hindi 110 60 50 70,500 34,305 36,195
Kashmiri 0 0 0 45 25 15
Konkani 0 0 0 375 185 190
Marathi 10 10 0 1,275 650 625
Nepali 55 30 20 1,185 595 585
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 70 40 30
Punjabi (Panjabi) 80 35 45 187,530 93,595 93,935
Sindhi 0 0 0 3,135 1,340 1,795
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 0 0 2,145 1,115 1,030
Urdu 0 0 0 14,610 7,635 6,975
Iranian languages 165 95 70 49,445 24,955 24,490
Kurdish 25 10 10 2,075 1,095 975
Pashto 0 0 0 1,540 860 680
Persian (Farsi) 170 100 70 47,155 23,770 23,385
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 750 380 375
Italic (Romance) languages 400 155 245 118,715 56,405 62,310
Catalan 0 0 0 245 125 120
Italian 90 35 55 25,610 12,450 13,160
Portuguese 60 15 50 15,675 7,450 8,225
Romanian 35 25 15 8,265 4,075 4,190
Spanish 220 80 135 75,105 35,250 39,855
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 215 130 85
Japanese 65 30 30 28,630 12,410 16,215
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 90 45 40
Georgian 0 0 0 90 50 40
Korean 255 120 140 50,640 23,170 27,465
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 320 155 165
Mongolian 0 0 0 320 155 165
Niger-Congo languages 20 20 0 5,805 3,015 2,785
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 495 280 215
Bamanankan 0 0 0 20 15 10
Edo 0 10 0 115 60 55
Ewe 0 0 0 110 75 35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 45 10 35
Ga 0 0 0 95 60 30
Ganda 0 0 0 105 60 45
Igbo 0 0 0 240 140 95
Lingala 0 0 0 240 110 130
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 100 40 65
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 205 95 115
Shona 0 0 0 265 125 140
Swahili 15 15 0 2,655 1,440 1,220
Wolof 0 0 0 30 15 15
Yoruba 0 0 0 505 260 250
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,325 605 720
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 305 155 150
Dinka 0 0 0 45 35 15
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 255 120 135
Sign languages 15 0 15 3,535 1,405 2,130
American Sign Language 10 0 10 2,035 690 1,345
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,565 735 830
Sino-Tibetan languages 545 270 275 431,540 199,110 232,430
Chinese languages 530 260 265 429,070 197,865 231,205
Cantonese 285 140 145 223,700 103,515 120,185
Hakka 10 0 0 2,550 1,215 1,340
Mandarin 260 130 130 250,175 112,935 137,235
Min Dong 0 0 0 125 55 70
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 50 25 30 15,660 6,940 8,715
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 10 10 5,385 2,345 3,035
Chinese, n.o.s. 10 10 0 8,745 3,985 4,765
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 195 80 115
Tibeto-Burman languages 15 0 10 2,755 1,375 1,380
Burmese 0 0 0 1,390 685 700
Karenic languages 0 0 0 905 455 450
Tibetan 0 0 0 305 165 140
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 300 140 155
Tai-Kadai languages 10 10 0 3,810 1,535 2,270
Lao 0 0 0 1,125 505 615
Thai 10 0 0 2,870 1,105 1,765
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 5,955 3,225 2,725
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 835 450 380
Turkish 0 0 0 4,875 2,635 2,245
Uyghur 0 0 0 110 50 60
Uzbek 0 0 0 170 95 75
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 225 120 105
Uralic languages 15 10 0 9,045 4,200 4,840
Estonian 0 0 0 500 205 295
Finnish 0 0 0 2,090 825 1,260
Hungarian 15 10 0 6,480 3,175 3,310
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 700 385 315

Data quality: 9330281.02 [Census tract], British Columbia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.6%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%

Data quality: Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.4%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.7%
  • Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. 9330281.02 [Census tract], British Columbia and Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 30, 2024).

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