Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 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
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 2,440,145 2,130,565 1,115 172,145 136,320
Single responses 2,361,890 2,063,125 1,005 161,940 135,815
Official languages 1,341,640 1,213,935 535 126,005 1,160
English 1,316,635 1,211,880 50 103,560 1,150
French 25,005 2,055 485 22,450 10
Non-official languages 1,020,250 849,185 470 35,935 134,655
Aboriginal languages 860 805 0 45 5
Algonquian languages 315 295 0 20 5
Blackfoot 20 20 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 225 210 0 20 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 5 0
Plains Cree 40 40 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 15 15 0 5 0
Woods Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 150 135 0 15 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 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 0 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 40 35 0 0 0
Chilcotin 25 20 0 5 0
Dene 15 15 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 5 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 5 0 0 0
South Slavey 5 5 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 5 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 0 0 0 0
Haida 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 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 10 5 0 5 0
Salish languages 140 135 0 5 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 35 35 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 10 0 0 0
Okanagan 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 5 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. 35 40 0 0 0
Siouan languages 25 25 0 0 0
Dakota 20 20 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 95 90 0 5 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 45 40 0 5 0
Nisga'a 30 25 0 0 0
Tsimshian 20 20 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 55 50 0 0 0
Haisla 10 5 0 5 0
Heiltsuk 15 15 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 20 20 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. 70 65 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,019,390 848,385 475 35,890 134,650
Afro-Asiatic languages 20,725 15,890 40 1,930 2,855
Berber languages 95 15 0 70 10
Kabyle 35 5 5 25 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 60 10 5 45 5
Cushitic languages 1,355 1,170 5 30 150
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 170 155 0 0 5
Somali 1,170 1,005 5 25 140
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 5
Semitic languages 19,230 14,660 40 1,830 2,695
Amharic 1,145 1,055 5 40 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 5 0
Hebrew 1,770 1,595 0 150 30
Maltese 80 75 0 5 0
Tigrigna 695 610 0 15 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 100 0 5 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,195 19,720 25 680 3,770
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,210 985 0 50 170
Vietnamese 22,950 18,710 20 630 3,595
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 35 30 0 5 5
Austronesian languages 82,025 80,455 20 760 785
Bikol 310 305 0 5 5
Cebuano 3,210 3,155 0 35 20
Fijian 390 385 0 5 10
Hiligaynon 1,275 1,260 5 10 5
Ilocano 4,610 4,495 0 30 75
Malagasy 15 0 0 10 0
Malay 3,475 3,315 0 85 85
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 635 625 0 5 5
Pangasinan 265 255 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 66,830 65,710 15 570 530
Waray-Waray 180 175 0 5 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 830 780 0 5 50
Creole languages 610 225 10 370 15
Haitian Creole 20 10 0 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 370 55 10 295 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 220 160 0 60 5
Dravidian languages 6,210 5,810 0 145 250
Kannada 225 210 0 10 0
Malayalam 1,750 1,660 0 25 60
Tamil 3,270 3,010 5 95 170
Telugu 920 890 0 10 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 130 110 0 5 15
Indo-European languages 416,565 357,505 245 22,120 36,695
Albanian 1,090 975 5 45 65
Armenian 1,060 810 0 190 55
Balto-Slavic languages 57,620 51,620 25 3,880 2,100
Baltic languages 645 585 0 65 0
Latvian 320 285 0 35 0
Lithuanian 330 300 0 30 0
Slavic languages 56,975 51,040 25 3,820 2,095
Belarusan 60 50 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,155 1,055 0 60 40
Bulgarian 1,725 1,415 5 250 55
Croatian 5,465 5,155 0 210 100
Czech 3,570 3,285 0 245 35
Macedonian 255 225 0 20 5
Polish 12,040 10,970 5 805 265
Russian 18,170 15,715 10 1,290 1,160
Serbian 6,300 5,575 0 480 240
Serbo-Croatian 1,140 1,025 0 85 35
Slovak 2,395 2,230 0 125 35
Slovene (Slovenian) 545 510 0 30 5
Ukrainian 3,990 3,655 0 215 120
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 165 0 10 0
Celtic languages 310 280 0 35 5
Scottish Gaelic 125 110 0 15 0
Welsh 120 110 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 0
Germanic languages 37,825 33,925 5 3,770 130
Afrikaans 1,435 1,370 0 55 10
Danish 2,065 1,950 0 110 5
Dutch 7,455 6,590 0 850 20
Frisian 80 80 0 5 0
German 24,060 21,560 0 2,410 85
Icelandic 155 150 0 5 5
Norwegian 840 785 0 55 5
Swedish 1,295 1,180 0 110 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 200 95 0 105 0
Yiddish 220 160 0 55 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 15 0
Greek 4,880 4,370 5 365 140
Indo-Iranian languages 242,400 204,775 95 6,165 31,365
Indo-Aryan languages 198,075 165,970 70 3,735 28,300
Bengali 2,680 2,480 0 100 100
Gujarati 6,285 5,785 5 200 295
Hindi 24,220 22,695 5 475 1,050
Kashmiri 40 40 0 5 0
Konkani 220 205 5 10 5
Marathi 530 515 0 15 5
Nepali 920 835 0 30 55
Oriya (Odia) 60 60 0 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 151,205 122,300 55 2,555 26,295
Sindhi 1,580 1,455 0 90 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,460 1,380 0 40 35
Urdu 8,880 8,230 5 220 430
Iranian languages 43,985 38,505 25 2,420 3,035
Kurdish 1,655 1,460 0 30 160
Pashto 1,065 935 0 20 110
Persian (Farsi) 41,265 36,110 25 2,365 2,765
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 340 305 0 10 30
Italic (Romance) languages 71,375 60,750 110 7,670 2,845
Catalan 120 85 0 35 5
Italian 15,445 13,515 10 1,485 435
Portuguese 11,950 10,560 5 910 475
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 45 0 15 5
Japanese 16,900 15,390 10 430 1,075
Kartvelian languages 65 60 0 5 0
Georgian 65 55 0 0 0
Korean 45,990 39,330 10 1,085 5,560
Mongolic languages 340 300 0 10 35
Mongolian 345 300 0 10 35
Niger-Congo languages 2,645 2,110 20 450 60
Akan (Twi) 405 375 0 25 0
Bamanankan 10 5 0 5 0
Edo 80 75 0 5 0
Ewe 55 40 0 15 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 5 0 10 0
Ga 30 30 0 0 0
Ganda 65 60 0 5 0
Igbo 160 150 0 0 5
Lingala 55 10 0 40 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 20 5 60 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 100 50 0 40 5
Shona 155 145 0 5 5
Swahili 580 460 5 110 10
Wolof 25 10 0 15 0
Yoruba 190 175 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 610 500 5 90 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 265 250 0 5 10
Dinka 80 75 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 5 10
Sign languages 625 320 0 10 290
American Sign Language 265 170 0 10 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 355 145 0 5 210
Sino-Tibetan languages 387,645 297,860 85 6,990 82,710
Chinese languages 385,355 295,965 85 6,960 82,340
Cantonese 184,370 139,115 30 2,895 42,325
Hakka 2,180 1,745 5 70 360
Mandarin 174,920 136,440 50 3,595 34,835
Min Dong 220 165 0 0 50
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10,655 8,545 0 145 1,960
Wu (Shanghainese) 4,330 3,015 0 90 1,230
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,480 6,790 5 150 1,540
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 190 150 0 5 40
Tibeto-Burman languages 2,290 1,895 0 30 365
Burmese 1,035 940 0 20 80
Karenic languages 770 550 0 5 215
Tibetan 260 230 0 5 30
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 220 180 0 5 35
Tai-Kadai languages 2,750 2,555 0 85 115
Lao 805 705 0 40 55
Thai 1,930 1,835 0 40 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 15 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 3,700 3,215 0 235 255
Azerbaijani 500 415 0 30 50
Turkish 2,770 2,410 0 190 170
Uyghur 165 145 0 5 20
Uzbek 100 90 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 170 150 0 10 10
Uralic languages 7,645 6,960 0 560 120
Estonian 450 395 0 50 5
Finnish 1,900 1,785 0 105 10
Hungarian 5,290 4,780 0 405 105
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 370 325 0 20 25
Multiple responses 78,255 67,445 105 10,205 505
English and French 5,195 1,120 15 4,060 0
English and non-official language 69,885 65,665 25 3,720 480
French and non-official language 1,550 335 60 1,135 20
English, French and non-official language 1,620 315 5 1,295 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

  • 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-X2016057.

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