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Demographics of Metro Vancouver

The demographics of Metro Vancouver indicate a multicultural and multiracial region. Metro Vancouver is a metropolitan area, with its major urban centre being Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver census metropolitan area, as defined by Statistics Canada, encompasses roughly the same territory as the Metro Vancouver Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia. The regional district includes 23 local authorities. Figures provided here are for the Vancouver census metropolitan area and not for the City of Vancouver.

Population growth Edit

The following table shows the development of the number of inhabitants according to census data of Statistics Canada. The former municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver are not included in the data prior to 1931.[1][a]

Population by municipality Edit

The Metro Vancouver Regional District comprises 23 member authorities — 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation.[3]

Metro Vancouver member populations (edit)
Member Census subdivision Population (2021) Population (2016) % change (2016–2021) 2021 provincial rank
Anmore Village 2,356 2,210 +6.6% 185th
Belcarra Village 687 643 +6.8% 301st
Bowen Island Island municipality 4,256 3,680 +15.7% 118th
Burnaby City 249,125 232,755 +7.0% 3rd
Coquitlam City 148,625 139,284 +6.7% 6th
Delta City 108,455 102,238 +6.1% 10th
City of Langley City 28,963 25,888 +11.9% 30th
Township of Langley District municipality 132,603 117,285 +13.1% 8th
Lions Bay Village 1,390 1,334 +4.2% 251st
Maple Ridge City 90,990 82,256 +10.6% 15th
Metro Vancouver A Regional district electoral area 18,612 16,133 +15.4% 39th
New Westminster City 78,916 70,996 +11.2% 17th
City of North Vancouver City 58,120 52,898 +9.9% 20th
District of North Vancouver District municipality 88,168 85,649 +2.9% 16th
Pitt Meadows City 19,146 18,573 +3.1% 37th
Port Coquitlam City 61,498 58,612 +4.9% 19th
Port Moody City 33,535 33,551 ±0.0% 28th
Richmond City 209,937 198,309 +5.9% 4th
Surrey City 568,322 517,887 +9.7% 2nd
Tsawwassen First Nation 2,256 816 +176.5% 191st
Vancouver City 662,248 631,486 +4.9% 1st
West Vancouver District municipality 44,122 42,473 +3.9% 23rd
White Rock City 21,939 19,952 +10.0% 33rd
Metro Vancouver 2,642,825 2,463,431 +7.3%
Source: Statistics Canada[4]; Metro Vancouver Regional District[5]

Ethnic diversity Edit

The demographics of Metro Vancouver reveal a multi-ethnic society. There remains a small population, less than 2%, of Aboriginal peoples, who according to archeological and historical records, have inhabited this region for more than 3,000 years.[citation needed]

From the time of the region's first non-indigenous settlement in the second half of the 19th century, people from Britain and Ireland were the largest group of immigrants and, collectively, remain the largest ethnic grouping in Vancouver to this day. The largest non British or Irish ethnic groups situated in Vancouver include Chinese, Indians and Germans.

The metropolitan area has one of the most diverse Chinese-speaking communities with several varieties of Chinese being represented. Metro Vancouver contains the second-largest Chinatown in North America (after San Francisco's), and many multicultural neighbourhoods such as the Punjabi Market, Greektown, and Japantown. Commercial Drive, the core of the historic Little Italy, which is also the main Portuguese area, has become an alternative-culture focus, though traditional Italian and Portuguese and other establishments and residents remain in the area. Bilingual street signs can be seen in Chinatown and the Punjabi Market, and commercial signs in a wide array of languages can be seen all over the metropolitan area.

Metro Vancouver Edit

Ethnic origin Population (2016)[6] Percent of 2016 population (2,426,235) Population (2006)[7] Percent of 2006 population (2,097,960)
Cornish 245 0% 225 0.02%
English 470,340 19.4% 500,340 24.09%
Irish 275,355 11.3% 251,695 12.00%
Manx 770 0% 640 0.03%
Scottish 341,075 14.1% 337,230 16.07%
Welsh 44,935 1.9% 41,805 1.99%
British n.i.e. 55,695 2.3% 35,505 1.69%
Acadians 1,520 0.1% 1,280 0.06%
French 147,835 6.1% 137,270 6.54%
Inuit 600 0% 580 0.03%
Métis 24,505 1% 17,110 0.82%
North American Indian 52,305 2.2% 43,190 2.06%
American 32,115 1.3% 27,000 1.29%
Canadian 331,205 13.7% 278,350 13.27%
Newfoundlander 660 0% 390 0.02%
Nova Scotian 75 0% 120 0.01%
Ontarian 35 0% 20 less than 0.01%
Québécois 750 0% 350 0.02%
Other North American provincial or regional groups 170 0% 150 0.01%
Antiguan 130 0% 105 0.01%
Bahamian 160 0% 50 less than 0.01%
Barbadian 1,310 0.1% 925 0.04%
Bermudan 155 0% 100 less than 0.01%
Carib 60 0% 85 less than 0.01%
Cuban 870 0% 640 0.03%
Dominican n.o.s. 535 0% 295 0.01%
Grenadian 280 0% 175 0.01%
Guyanese 1,240 0.1% 825 0.04%
Haitian 635 0% 405 0.02%
Jamaican 6,455 0.3% 4,645 0.22%
Kittitian/Nevisian 95 0% 15 less than 0.01%
Martinican 20 0% 40 less than 0.01%
Montserratian 15 0% 20 less than 0.01%
Puerto Rican 280 0% 260 0.01%
St. Lucian 115 0% 80 less than 0.01%
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 3,120 0.1% 2,185 0.10%
Vincentian/Grenadinian 325 0% 120 0.01%
West Indian 1,440 0.1% 1,245 0.06%
Caribbean n.i.e. 1,485 0.1% 620 0.03%
Aboriginal from Central/South America 1,790 0.1% 830 0.04%
Argentines 1,360 0.1% 790 0.04%
Belizean 35 0% 160 less than 0.01%
Bolivian 185 0% 190 less than 0.01%
Brazilian 4,065 0.2% 1,115 0.05%
Chilean 3,840 0.2% 2,935 0.14%
Colombian 4,600 0.2% 2,125 0.10%
Costa Rican 460 0% 355 0.02%
Ecuadorian 740 0% 225 0.01%
Guatemalan 1,985 0.1% 1,405 0.07%
Hispanic 1,200 0% 555 0.03%
Honduran 1,120 0% 745 0.04%
Maya 620 0% 575 0.03%
Mexican 15,115 0.6% 7,680 0.37%
Nicaragua 1,060 0% 860 0.04%
Panamanian 195 0% 145 0.01%
Paraguayan 285 0% 170 0.01%
Peruvian 3,100 0.1% 1,910 0.09%
Salvadoran 5,310 0.2% 5,760 0.27%
Uruguayan 285 0% 60 less than 0.01%
Venezuelan 1,555 0.1% 535 0.03%
Latin, Central or South American n.i.e. 2,450 0.1% 1,225 0.06%
Austrian 21,260 0.9% 21,500 1.02%
Belgian 8,205 0.3% 6,555 0.31%
Dutch (Netherlands) 77,635 3.2% 71,710 3.42%
Flemish 955 0% 815 0.04%
Frisian 195 0% 155 0.01%
German 222,025 9.2% 203,715 9.71%
Luxembourger 330 0% 235 0.01%
Swiss 11,340 0.5% 10,130 0.48%
Finnish 14,085 0.6% 12,745 0.61%
Danish 23,025 0.9% 22,800 1.09%
Icelandic 11,055 0.5% 9,630 0.46%
Norwegian 49,335 2% 46,260 2.20%
Swedish 40,690 1.7% 39,920 1.90%
Northern European n.i.e. 5,320 0.2% 3,830 0.18%
Estonian 2,540 0.1% 2,590 0.12%
Latvian 2,455 0.1% 2,160 0.10%
Lithuanian 4,155 0.2% 3,100 0.15%
Belarusian 1,825 0.1% 820 0.04%
Czech 11,710 0.5% 10,385 0.50%
Czechoslovak 2,560 0.1% 2,810 0.13%
Slovak 6,345 0.3% 5,700 0.27%
Hungarian (Magyar) 25,860 1.1% 23,365 1.11%
Polish 70,590 2.9% 60,715 2.89%
Romanian 17,490 0.7% 14,055 0.67%
Russian 58,535 2.4% 47,935 2.28%
Ukrainian 94,400 3.9% 81,725 3.90%
Albanian 1,330 0.1% 650 0.03%
Bosnian 2,675 0.1% 2,535 0.12%
Bulgaria 2,940 0.1% 1,960 0.09%
Croatian 15,670 0.6% 12,475 0.59%
Cypriot 345 0% 270 0.01%
Greek 16,085 0.7% 15,025 0.72%
Italian 87,875 3.6% 76,345 3.64%
Kosovar 170 0% 85 less than 0.01%
Macedonian 865 0% 600 0.03%
Maltese 1,185 0% 990 0.05%
Montenegrin 600 0% 370 0.02%
Portuguese 24,575 1% 20,335 0.97%
Serbian 10,160 0.4% 7,690 0.37%
Sicilian 210 0% 180 0.01%
Slovenian 3,050 0.1% 2,475 0.12%
Spanish 43,990 1.8% 36,000 1.72%
Yugoslavs 3,275 0.1% 5,525 0.26%
Basque 475 0% 405 0.02%
Gypsy (Roma) 325 0% 250 0.01%
Jewish 11,230 0.5% 21,465 1.02%
misc. Slav (European) 505 0% 760 0.04%
Other European n.i.e. 6,470 0.3% 3,975 0.19%
Afrikaner 365 0% 290 0.01%
Akan 30 0% 25 less than 0.01%
Amhara 115 0% 65 less than 0.01%
Angolan 55 0% 70 less than 0.01%
Ashanti 65 0% 65 less than 0.01%
Bantu 235 0% 170 0.01%
Black 1,460 0.1% 3,005 0.14%
Burundian 195 0% 90 less than 0.01%
Congolese (Zairian) people 675 0% 75 less than 0.01%
Congolese n.o.s. 400 0% 85 less than 0.01%
Dinka 15 0% 25 less than 0.01%
East African people 1,390 0.1% 610 0.03%
Eritrean 950 0% 335 0.02%
Ethiopian 2,020 0.1% 1,625 0.08%
Gabonese 10 0% 10 less than 0.01%
Gambian 20 0% 15 less than 0.01%
Ghanaian 1,270 0.1% 1,100 less than 0.01%
Guinean n.o.s. 125 0% 95 less than 0.01%
Ibo 200 0% 15 less than 0.01%
Ivoirian 45 0% 15 less than 0.01%
Kenyan 1,170 0% 765 0.04%
Malagasay 80 0% 35 less than 0.01%
Mauritian 760 0% 325 0.02%
Nigerian 1,680 0.1% 880 0.04%
Oromo 120 0% 145 0.01%
Rwandan 305 0% 225 0.01%
Senegalese 45 0% 20 less than 0.01%
Seychellois 15 0% 20 less than 0.01%
Sierra Leonean 90 0% 115 0.01%
Somali 2,105 0.1% 1,320 0.06%
South African 6,485 0.3% 4,120 0.20%
Sudanese 940 0% 705 less than 0.01%
Tanzanian 425 0% 135 0.01%
Tigrian 180 0% 50 less than 0.01%
Togolese 80 0% 15 less than 0.01%
Ugandan 595 0% 360 0.02%
Yoruba 130 0% 80 less than 0.01%
Zambian 120 0% 40 less than 0.01%
Zimbabwean 565 0% 230 0.01%
Zulu 65 0% 70 less than 0.01%
African n.i.e. 10,325 0.4% 6,490 0.31%
Egyptian 3,405 0.1% 2,120 0.10%
Iraqi 5,205 0.2% 1,805 0.09%
Jordanian 585 0% 300 0.01%
Kuwaiti 100 0% 75 less than 0.01%
Lebanese 5,320 0.2% 6,175 0.29%
Libyan 210 0% 25 less than 0.01%
Algerian 615 0% 390 0.02%
Berber 185 0% 150 0.01%
Moroccan 1,480 0.1% 635 0.03%
Tunisian 380 0% 70 less than 0.01%
Maghrebi origins n.i.e. 170 0% 160 0.01%
Palestinian 2,245 0.1% 1,050 0.05%
Saudi Arabian 550 0% 255 0.01%
Syrian 2,780 0.1% 925 0.04%
Yemeni 255 0% 75 less than 0.01%
Arab n.i.e. 4,655 0.2% 3,075 0.15%
Afghan 7,500 0.3% 4,620 0.22%
Armenian 2,845 0.1% 2,700 0.15%
Assyrian 450 0% 355 0.02%
Azeribaijani 890 0% 405 0.02%
Georgian 550 0% 240 0.01%
Iranian 44,355 1.8% 27,155 1.29%
Israeli 2,075 0.1% 765 0.04%
Kurd 1,980 0.1% 1,145 0.05%
Pashtun 325 0% 170 0.01%
Tatar 650 0% 235 0.01%
Turk 5,185 0.2% 3,380 0.16%
West Asian n.i.e. 2,135 0.1% 1,350 0.06%
Bangladeshi 1,510 0.1% 785 0.04%
Bengali 755 0% 415 0.02%
Indian 243,135 10% 181,895 8.67%
Goan 320 0% 280 0.01%
Gujarati 615 0% 515 0.02%
Kashmiri 145 0% 70 less than 0.01%
Nepali 1,155 0% 460 0.02%
Pakistani 10,825 0.4% 6,875 0.33%
Punjabi 30,670 1.3% 13,735 0.65%
Sinhalese 530 0% 415 0.02%
Sri Lankan 5,065 0.2% 3,740 0.18%
Tamil 1,060 0% 740 0.04%
South Asian n.i.e. 7,200 0.3% 6,495 0.31%
Burmese 1,970 0.1% 865 0.04%
Cambodian 2,510 0.1% 1,525 0.07%
Chinese 499,175 20.6% 402,000 19.16%
Filipino 133,925 5.5% 83,760 3.99%
Hmong 115 0% 75 less than 0.01%
Indonesian 4,935 0.2% 3,140 0.15%
Japanese 37,630 1.6% 30,230 1.44%
Khmer 0 0% 135 0.01%
Korean 55,505 2.3% 46,040 2.19%
Laotian 1,775 0.1% 1,065 0.05%
Malaysian 4,230 0.2% 3,365 0.16%
Mongolian 1,000 0% 680 0.03%
Singaporean 895 0% 515 0.02%
Taiwanese 20,345 0.8% 9,810 0.47%
Thai 3,330 0.1% 1,565 0.07%
Tibetan 445 0% 100 Less than 0.01%
Vietnamese 34,915 1.4% 26,115 1.24%
East or Southeast Asian n.i.e. 630 0% 1,170 0.06%
Asian n.o.s. 1,805 0.1% 80 less than 0.01%
Australian 8,360 0.3% 5,525 0.26%
New Zealander 3,340 0.1% 2,390 0.11%
Fijian 13,085 0.5% 8,920 0.43%
Hawaiian 865 0% 660 0.03%
Māori 565 0% 375 0.02%
Polynesia 345 0% 265 0.01%
Samoan 245 0% 160 0.01%
Pacific Islander n.i.e. 680 210 0.01%
Note: Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses, e.g. German–East Indian, Norwegian–Irish–Polish


Panethnic groups in Metro Vancouver (1981–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[8][9] 2016[10][11] 2011[12][13] 2006[14] 2001[15] 1996[16][17][18] 1981[17][18][19]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[b][c] 1,124,475 43.13% 1,179,100 48.6% 1,197,985 52.53% 1,182,355 56.36% 1,204,970 61.24% 1,218,195 67.16% 1,066,460 85.28%
East Asian[d] 606,920 23.28% 557,745 22.99% 488,240 21.41% 451,790 21.53% 395,540 20.1% 318,005 17.53% 98,895 7.91%
South Asian 369,295 14.17% 291,005 11.99% 252,405 11.07% 207,165 9.87% 164,365 8.35% 120,140 6.62% 34,820 2.78%
Southeast Asian[e] 198,940 7.63% 168,075 6.93% 156,315 6.85% 112,365 5.36% 85,485 4.34% 61,085 3.37% 17,270 1.38%
Middle Eastern[f] 87,090 3.34% 62,440 2.57% 48,870 2.14% 35,590 1.7% 27,340 1.39% 18,155 1% 4,525 0.36%
Indigenous 63,345 2.43% 61,455 2.53% 52,375 2.3% 40,310 1.92% 36,855 1.87% 31,140 1.72% 10,850 0.87%
Latin American 51,500 1.98% 34,805 1.43% 29,125 1.28% 22,695 1.08% 18,715 0.95% 13,830 0.76% 3,025 0.24%
African 41,180 1.58% 29,830 1.23% 23,545 1.03% 20,670 0.99% 18,405 0.94% 16,400 0.9% 2,570 0.21%
Other/multiracial[g] 65,350 2.51% 41,780 1.72% 31,835 1.4% 25,035 1.19% 15,810 0.8% 16,990 0.94% 12,195 0.98%
Total visible minority 1,420,275 54.48% 1,185,680 48.87% 1,030,335 45.18% 875,310 41.72% 725,660 36.88% 564,600 31.13% 173,300 13.86%
Total responses 2,607,015 98.65% 2,426,235 98.49% 2,280,695 98.59% 2,097,965 99.12% 1,967,480 99.02% 1,813,935 99.03% 1,250,610 98.61%
Total population 2,642,825 100% 2,463,431 100% 2,313,328 100% 2,116,581 100% 1,986,965 100% 1,831,665 100% 1,268,183 100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Visible minorities Edit

In the city of Vancouver and four adjacent municipalities (Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, and Coquitlam), there is no visible majority. Hence, the term visible minority is used here in contrast to the overall Canadian population which remains predominantly of European descent. In Metro Vancouver, at the 2021 census, 54.5% of the population were members of non-European ethnic groups, 43.1% were members of European ethnic groups, and 2.4% of the population identified as Indigenous.

Greater Vancouver has more interracial couples than Canada's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal. In 2011, 9.6% of married and common-law couples in Greater Vancouver are interracial; double the Canadian average of 4.6%,[20] and higher than in the Toronto CMA (8.2%) and the Greater Montreal (5.2%). Vancouver has less residential segregation of its ethnic minorities compared to Canadian cities like Montreal.[21] However, residential segregation in Greater Vancouver continues to persist in certain parts of the metropolitan area.

Population statistics for visible minorities in Greater Vancouver
Population group 2021[8][9] 1981[22][17]
Pop. % Pop. %
Total European population 1,124,475 43.1% 1,066,460 85.3%
Total Indigenous population 63,345 2.4% 10,850 0.9%
Visible minority group Chinese 512,260 19.6% 83,845 6.7%
South Asian 369,295 14.2% 34,820 2.8%
Filipino 142,125 5.5% 12,830 1%
Korean 63,465 2.4% 3,335 0.3%
West Asian 64,645 2.5% 2,220 0.2%
Southeast Asian 56,815 2.2% 4,440 0.4%
Latin American 51,500 2% 3,025 0.2%
Japanese 31,195 1.2% 11,715 0.9%
Black 41,180 1.6% 2,570 0.2%
Arab 22,445 0.9% 2,305 0.2%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 14,745 0.6% N/A N/A
Multiple visible minorities 50,605 1.9% N/A N/A
Total visible minority population 1,420,275 54.5% 173,300[19] 13.9%
Total responses 2,607,015 98.6% 1,250,610 98.6%
Total population 2,642,825 100% 1,268,183 100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Municipalities Edit

Panethnic origins by Metro Vancouver municipalities (2021 census)
Municipality Total population European[h] East Asian[d] South Asian Southeast Asian[e] Middle Eastern[f] Indigenous Latin American African Other[g]
Metro Vancouver 2,642,825 43.13% 23.28% 14.17% 7.63% 3.34% 2.43% 1.98% 1.58% 2.51%
Vancouver 662,248 43.22% 29.26% 6.90% 9.10% 2.44% 2.25% 2.78% 1.31% 2.74%
Surrey 568,322 30.78% 10.91% 37.81% 9.71% 2.24% 2.16% 1.57% 2.29% 2.53%
Burnaby 249,125 30.46% 38.62% 9.42% 8.37% 3.65% 1.70% 2.50% 2.03% 3.24%
Richmond 209,937 18.94% 57.09% 7.38% 8.85% 1.86% 0.74% 1.03% 0.85% 3.26%
Coquitlam[23] 148,625 41.51% 31.45% 5.02% 5.2% 8.19% 1.98% 2.27% 1.45% 2.92%
Langley Township[24] 132,603 69.53% 10.94% 6.66% 4.15% 1.10% 3.85% 1.31% 1.11% 1.35%
Delta[25] 108,455 51.71% 10.29% 26.09% 4.12% 0.83% 2.96% 0.96% 1.02% 1.99%
Maple Ridge[26] 90,990 73.70% 5.81% 4.72% 4.31% 2.52% 4.68% 1.46% 1.60% 1.20%
North Vancouver (district)[27] 88,168 69.11% 10.27% 3.18% 2.90% 9.04% 1.81% 1.44% 0.54% 1.72%
New Westminster[28] 78,916 50.07% 14.19% 10.38% 10.33% 2.27% 3.11% 3.28% 3.45% 2.91%
Port Coquitlam[29] 61,498 57.35% 16.16% 5.78% 6.52% 4.90% 2.97% 1.91% 2.05% 2.36%
North Vancouver (city)[30] 58,120 61.59% 9.03% 3.65% 7.34% 11.32% 2.14% 2.10% 0.96% 1.87%
West Vancouver 44,122 55.77% 23.03% 3.24% 1.77% 12.24% 0.98% 0.99% 0.43% 1.54%
Port Moody 33,535 64.25% 17.23% 3.00% 2.85% 4.74% 3.08% 1.73% 1.18% 1.96%
Langley City 28,963 69.60% 4.10% 6.99% 6.26% 2.09% 5.69% 1.82% 2.16% 1.27%

Historic trends Edit

Panethnic groups in Vancouver (1911–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[8][31] 2016[10][32] 2011[12][33] 2006[34] 2001[35] 1996[36] 1991[37][38] 1986[39][40][41]: 111  1981[42]: 127 [43][44] 1971[45]: 74 [46]: 129  1961[47]: 60 [48]: 99  1931[49]: 486&498  1911[50]: 170&343 [i]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 281,105 43.22% 285,295 46.15% 272,645 46.19% 268,715 46.49% 264,695 49.05% 269,535 53.07% 268,595 57.73% 295,265 69.53% 302,720 74.18% 372,320 87.34% 357,915 93.08% 223,887 90.79% 111,731 86.58%
East Asian[d] 190,270 29.26% 186,855 30.23% 182,090 30.85% 186,725 32.3% 175,520 32.53% 152,020 29.93% 117,415 25.23% 78,205 18.42% 64,845 15.89% 35,685 8.37% 18,355 4.77% 21,339 8.65% 6,480 5.02%
Southeast Asian[e] 59,190 9.1% 53,580 8.67% 53,360 9.04% 43,455 7.52% 36,755 6.81% 29,095 5.73% 23,785 5.11% 8,080 1.9% 9,970 2.44%
South Asian 44,850 6.9% 37,130 6.01% 35,140 5.95% 32,515 5.63% 30,655 5.68% 26,040 5.13% 23,000 4.94% 17,410 4.1% 14,175 3.47% 7,870 1.85% 1,560 0.41% 529 0.21% 843 0.65%
Latin American 18,080 2.78% 10,935 1.77% 9,595 1.63% 8,225 1.42% 6,490 1.2% 5,665 1.12% 5,530 1.19% 4,170 0.98% 2,580 0.63%
Middle Eastern[f] 15,885 2.44% 11,595 1.88% 9,860 1.67% 7,230 1.25% 4,625 0.86% 3,810 0.75% 3,610 0.78% 2,430 0.57% 1,605 0.39%
Indigenous 14,660 2.25% 13,905 2.25% 11,945 2.02% 11,145 1.93% 10,440 1.93% 10,965 2.16% 13,400 2.88% 10,840 2.55% 6,285 1.54% 2,995 0.7% 530 0.14% 104 0.04% 700 0.54%
African 8,515 1.31% 6,345 1.03% 5,720 0.97% 5,290 0.92% 4,780 0.89% 4,965 0.98% 3,355 0.72% 1,280 0.3% 910 0.22% 785 0.18% 572 0.15% 257 0.1% 170 0.13%
Other[g] 17,825 2.74% 12,570 2.03% 9,855 1.67% 8,310 1.44% 5,665 1.05% 5,830 1.15% 6,610 1.42% 6,990 1.65% 4,995 1.22% 6,610 1.55% 5,590 1.45% 477 0.19% 9,119 7.07%
Total responses 650,380 98.21% 618,210 97.9% 590,205 97.8% 571,600 98.89% 539,630 98.89% 507,930 98.82% 465,300 98.61% 424,670 98.5% 408,085 100% 426,265 100% 384,522 100% 246,593 100% 129,043 100%
Total population 662,248 100% 631,486 100% 603,502 100% 578,041 100% 545,671 100% 514,008 100% 471,844 100% 431,147 100% 408,085 100% 426,265 100% 384,522 100% 246,593 100% 129,043 100%
Panethnic groups in Surrey (1981–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[8][51] 2016[10][52] 2011[12][53] 2006[54] 2001[55] 1996[36] 1991[37][38] 1986[39][40][41]: 109  1981[42]: 126 [43][44]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
South Asian 212,680 37.81% 168,040 32.85% 142,445 30.74% 107,810 27.47% 75,680 21.89% 49,805 16.36% 24,000 9.86% 9,070 5.03% 4,465 3.05%
European[h] 173,155 30.78% 198,835 38.87% 208,625 45.03% 203,815 51.93% 211,870 61.27% 210,530 69.14% 190,960 78.45% 160,190 88.85% 131,795 90.16%
East Asian[d] 61,360 10.91% 52,025 10.17% 39,270 8.48% 29,965 7.64% 23,600 6.83% 16,845 5.53% 8,650 3.55% 2,885 1.6% 2,565 1.75%
Southeast Asian[e] 54,635 9.71% 44,875 8.77% 39,560 8.54% 25,795 6.57% 16,440 4.75% 10,210 3.35% 5,295 2.18% 950 0.53% 1,525 1.04%
African 12,870 2.29% 9,455 1.85% 6,150 1.33% 5,015 1.28% 3,810 1.1% 2,670 0.88% 1,440 0.59% 415 0.23% N/A N/A
Middle Eastern[f] 12,620 2.24% 9,485 1.85% 5,615 1.21% 3,595 0.92% 2,300 0.67% 1,790 0.59% 1,015 0.42% 380 0.21% 255 0.17%
Indigenous 12,175 2.16% 13,460 2.63% 10,955 2.36% 7,630 1.94% 6,895 1.99% 5,070 1.67% 7,330 3.01% 4,315 2.39% 1,855 1.27%
Latin American 8,830 1.57% 7,065 1.38% 5,340 1.15% 3,785 0.96% 3,315 0.96% 2,140 0.7% 1,670 0.69% 790 0.44% 615 0.42%
Other[g] 14,240 2.53% 8,315 1.63% 5,385 1.16% 5,050 1.29% 1,880 0.54% 3,695 1.21% 3,065 1.26% 1,290 0.72% 3,105 2.12%
Total responses 562,565 98.99% 511,540 98.77% 463,340 98.95% 392,450 99.36% 345,780 99.41% 302,750 99.43% 243,425 99.29% 180,285 99.36% 146,180 99.35%
Total population 568,322 100% 517,887 100% 468,251 100% 394,976 100% 347,825 100% 304,477 100% 245,173 100% 181,447 100% 147,138 100%
Panethnic groups in Burnaby (1981–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[8][56] 2016[10][57] 2011[12][58] 2006[59] 2001[60] 1996[36] 1991[37][38] 1986[39][40][41]: 93  1981[42]: 120 [43][44]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
East Asian[d] 94,895 38.62% 89,470 38.89% 79,205 35.96% 71,435 35.57% 59,090 30.88% 45,825 25.92% 25,070 16.03% 11,490 8.06% 9,635 7.2%
European[h] 74,860 30.46% 79,575 34.59% 86,015 39.05% 86,560 43.1% 95,165 49.73% 104,735 59.23% 111,210 71.1% 117,070 82.08% 112,765 84.27%
South Asian 23,155 9.42% 18,735 8.14% 17,480 7.94% 16,840 8.38% 14,960 7.82% 10,695 6.05% 7,945 5.08% 6,170 4.33% 3,880 2.9%
Southeast Asian[e] 20,560 8.37% 17,620 7.66% 16,850 7.65% 10,915 5.43% 7,965 4.16% 4,390 2.48% 3,060 1.96% 570 0.4% 1,385 1.03%
Middle Eastern[f] 8,975 3.65% 6,660 2.89% 5,975 2.71% 3,700 1.84% 3,580 1.87% 2,400 1.36% 1,245 0.8% 1,775 1.24% 770 0.58%
Latin American 6,155 2.5% 4,630 2.01% 3,765 1.71% 2,785 1.39% 3,020 1.58% 1,825 1.03% 1,425 0.91% 890 0.62% 335 0.25%
African 4,985 2.03% 3,670 1.6% 3,445 1.56% 2,450 1.22% 2,480 1.3% 2,605 1.47% 1,030 0.66% 545 0.38% 385 0.29%
Indigenous 4,175 1.7% 4,195 1.82% 3,295 1.5% 3,005 1.5% 3,145 1.64% 2,500 1.41% 3,745 2.39% 2,635 1.85% 1,305 0.98%
Other[g] 7,965 3.24% 5,530 2.4% 4,220 1.92% 3,170 1.58% 1,975 1.03% 1,835 1.04% 1,685 1.08% 1,490 1.04% 3,360 2.51%
Total responses 245,725 98.64% 230,080 98.85% 220,255 98.67% 200,855 99.04% 191,380 98.67% 176,825 98.67% 156,415 98.46% 142,635 98.26% 133,820 98.04%
Total population 249,125 100% 232,755 100% 223,218 100% 202,799 100% 193,954 100% 179,209 100% 158,858 100% 145,161 100% 136,494 100%
Panethnic groups in Richmond (2001–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[8][61] 2016[10][62] 2011[12][63] 2006[64] 2001[65][66]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
East Asian[d] 118,980 57.09% 109,415 55.64% 94,180 49.75% 80,245 46.23% 68,785 42.1%
European[h] 39,465 18.94% 45,050 22.91% 54,050 28.55% 59,335 34.19% 65,845 40.3%
Southeast Asian[e] 18,435 8.85% 15,530 7.9% 14,820 7.83% 11,035 6.36% 8,445 5.17%
South Asian 15,370 7.38% 14,360 7.3% 14,515 7.67% 13,860 7.99% 12,120 7.42%
Middle Eastern[f] 3,875 1.86% 2,715 1.38% 2,205 1.16% 2,115 1.22% 2,030 1.24%
Indigenous 1,540 0.74% 1,595 0.81% 1,935 1.02% 1,275 0.73% 1,165 0.71%
Latin American 2,155 1.03% 1,585 0.81% 1,680 0.89% 1,265 0.73% 1,165 0.71%
African 1,775 0.85% 1,270 0.65% 1,245 0.66% 1,390 0.8% 1,470 0.9%
Other[g] 6,800 3.26% 5,155 2.62% 4,675 2.47% 3,040 1.75% 2,380 1.46%
Total responses 208,400 99.27% 196,660 99.17% 189,305 99.39% 173,565 99.49% 163,395 99.42%
Total population 209,937 100% 198,309 100% 190,473 100% 174,461 100% 164,345 100%
Panethnic groups in Coquitlam (2001–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[23] 2016[10][67] 2011[12][68] 2006[69] 2001[70]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 61,220 41.51% 65,730 47.6% 67,655 54.12% 68,120 59.99% 71,755 64.4%
East Asian[d] 46,375 31.45% 40,400 29.26% 30,715 24.57% 26,710 23.52% 25,030 22.46%
Middle Eastern[f] 12,080 8.19% 9,140 6.62% 7,375 5.9% 4,885 4.3% 2,965 2.66%
Southeast Asian[e] 7,675 5.2% 7,205 5.22% 6,415 5.13% 4,110 3.62% 3,710 3.33%
South Asian 7,405 5.02% 6,220 4.5% 5,245 4.2% 4,185 3.69% 3,280 2.94%
Latin American 3,345 2.27% 2,190 1.59% 1,895 1.52% 1,530 1.35% 1,110 1%
Indigenous 2,915 1.98% 3,095 2.24% 2,610 2.09% 1,565 1.38% 1,480 1.33%
African 2,135 1.45% 1,515 1.1% 1,265 1.01% 1,005 0.88% 1,130 1.01%
Other[g] 4,300 2.92% 2,590 1.88% 1,840 1.47% 1,455 1.28% 970 0.87%
Total responses 147,465 99.22% 138,095 99.15% 125,015 98.56% 113,560 99.12% 111,425 98.7%
Total population 148,625 100% 139,284 100% 126,840 100% 114,565 100% 112,890 100%
Panethnic groups in Langley Township (2001–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[24] 2016[10][71] 2011[12][72] 2006[73] 2001[74]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 91,055 69.53% 89,920 77.63% 85,840 83.23% 81,310 87.39% 78,195 90.69%
East Asian[d] 14,330 10.94% 9,255 7.99% 6,470 6.27% 4,820 5.18% 3,000 3.48%
South Asian 8,720 6.66% 5,140 4.44% 2,765 2.68% 1,445 1.55% 1,485 1.72%
Southeast Asian[e] 5,435 4.15% 3,515 3.03% 2,455 2.38% 1,475 1.59% 905 1.05%
Indigenous 5,045 3.85% 4,310 3.72% 3,495 3.39% 2,450 2.63% 1,950 2.26%
Latin American 1,715 1.31% 1,100 0.95% 650 0.63% 395 0.42% 190 0.22%
African 1,450 1.11% 1,205 1.04% 470 0.46% 575 0.62% 275 0.32%
Middle Eastern[f] 1,440 1.1% 715 0.62% 410 0.4% 295 0.32% 60 0.07%
Other[g] 1,770 1.35% 680 0.59% 600 0.58% 280 0.3% 170 0.2%
Total responses 130,960 98.76% 115,835 98.76% 103,140 99% 93,040 99.27% 86,220 99.22%
Total population 132,603 100% 117,285 100% 104,177 100% 93,726 100% 86,896 100%
Panethnic groups in Delta (2001–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[25] 2016[75] 2011[76] 2006[77] 2001[78]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 55,465 51.71% 61,835 61.32% 66,630 67.48% 68,400 71.19% 72,375 75.1%
South Asian 27,990 26.09% 20,485 20.31% 17,030 17.25% 14,220 14.8% 12,035 12.49%
East Asian[d] 11,040 10.29% 9,320 9.24% 7,065 7.16% 7,280 7.58% 6,675 6.93%
Southeast Asian[e] 4,420 4.12% 3,240 3.21% 3,165 3.21% 2,280 2.37% 2,060 2.14%
Indigenous 3,180 2.96% 2,710 2.69% 2,290 2.32% 1,700 1.77% 1,495 1.55%
African 1,095 1.02% 795 0.79% 595 0.6% 495 0.52% 610 0.63%
Latin American 1,035 0.96% 815 0.81% 710 0.72% 710 0.74% 490 0.51%
Middle Eastern[f] 890 0.83% 515 0.51% 240 0.24% 280 0.29% 220 0.23%
Other[g] 2,140 1.99% 1,120 1.11% 1,010 1.02% 715 0.74% 420 0.44%
Total responses 107,270 98.91% 100,845 98.64% 98,740 98.88% 96,075 99.33% 96,370 99.4%
Total population 108,455 100% 102,238 100% 99,863 100% 96,723 100% 96,950 100%
Panethnic groups in Maple Ridge (2001−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[26] 2016[79] 2011[80] 2006[81] 2001[82]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 66,230 73.7% 65,040 80.33% 63,550 84.58% 58,970 86.52% 55,795 89.44%
East Asian[d] 5,225 5.81% 3,750 4.63% 2,800 3.73% 2,545 3.73% 1,760 2.82%
South Asian 4,245 4.72% 2,480 3.06% 1,785 2.38% 1,675 2.46% 1,375 2.2%
Indigenous 4,205 4.68% 3,815 4.71% 2,695 3.59% 1,870 2.74% 1,555 2.49%
Southeast Asian[e] 3,870 4.31% 2,515 3.11% 1,960 2.61% 1,365 2% 550 0.88%
Middle Eastern[f] 2,265 2.52% 900 1.11% 465 0.62% 360 0.53% 250 0.4%
African 1,440 1.6% 945 1.17% 940 1.25% 695 1.02% 635 1.02%
Latin American 1,310 1.46% 875 1.08% 480 0.64% 385 0.56% 200 0.32%
Other[g] 1,075 1.2% 660 0.82% 470 0.63% 290 0.43% 255 0.41%
Total responses 89,860 98.76% 80,970 98.44% 75,140 98.8% 68,160 98.86% 62,380 98.75%
Total population 90,990 100% 82,256 100% 76,052 100% 68,949 100% 63,169 100%
Panethnic groups in North Vancouver (District) (2001–2021)
Panethnic group 2021[27] 2016[83] 2011[84] 2006[85] 2001[86]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 60,390 69.11% 61,770 72.77% 64,095 76.71% 62,950 76.85% 65,110 79.72%
East Asian[d] 8,975 10.27% 8,720 10.27% 7,555 9.04% 8,260 10.08% 7,450 9.12%
Middle Eastern[f] 7,900 9.04% 5,705 6.72% 4,680 5.6% 3,755 4.58% 3,505 4.29%
South Asian 2,780 3.18% 3,060 3.61% 2,245 2.69% 2,605 3.18% 2,310 2.83%
Southeast Asian[e] 2,530 2.9% 2,250 2.65% 2,285 2.73% 1,765 2.15% 1,165 1.43%
Indigenous 1,580 1.81% 1,360 1.6% 1,080 1.29% 755 0.92% 830 1.02%
Latin American 1,255 1.44% 780 0.92% 790 0.95% 740 0.9% 660 0.81%
African 475 0.54% 470 0.55% 235 0.28% 455 0.56% 295 0.36%
Other[g] 1,505 1.72% 765 0.9% 595 0.71% 630 0.77% 355 0.43%
Total responses 87,385 99.11% 84,880 98.77% 83,555 98.98% 81,910 99.21% 81,675 99.23%
Total population 88,168 100% 85,935 100% 84,412 100% 82,562 100% 82,310 100%
Panethnic groups in New Westminster (2001−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[28] 2016[87] 2011[88] 2006[89] 2001[90]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 39,080 50.07% 40,400 57.79% 40,225 61.8% 38,920 67.28% 38,805 72.11%
East Asian[d] 11,075 14.19% 9,465 13.54% 7,475 11.48% 5,270 9.11% 3,850 7.15%
South Asian 8,105 10.38% 5,790 8.28% 5,500 8.45% 4,660 8.06% 4,220 7.84%
Southeast Asian[e] 8,065 10.33% 6,550 9.37% 5,415 8.32% 3,680 6.36% 2,795 5.19%
African 2,695 3.45% 1,740 2.49% 1,155 1.77% 1,370 2.37% 1,120 2.08%
Latin American 2,560 3.28% 1,275 1.82% 1,155 1.77% 815 1.41% 350 0.65%
Indigenous 2,425 3.11% 2,295 3.28% 2,240 3.44% 1,835 3.17% 1,590 2.95%
Middle Eastern[f] 1,775 2.27% 1,300 1.86% 1,315 2.02% 890 1.54% 680 1.26%
Other[g] 2,275 2.91% 1,085 1.55% 610 0.94% 405 0.7% 400 0.74%
Total responses 78,055 98.91% 69,905 98.46% 65,090 98.66% 57,850 98.81% 53,810 98.45%
Total population 78,916 100% 70,996 100% 65,976 100% 58,549 100% 54,656 100%
Panethnic groups in Port Coquitlam (2001−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[29] 2016[91] 2011[92] 2006[93] 2001[94]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 34,635 57.35% 37,125 64.12% 38,070 68.25% 37,900 72.56% 38,440 75.66%
East Asian[d] 9,760 16.16% 8,420 14.54% 7,250 13% 6,755 12.93% 5,635 11.09%
Southeast Asian[e] 3,940 6.52% 3,090 5.34% 2,345 4.2% 1,595 3.05% 1,245 2.45%
South Asian 3,490 5.78% 2,790 4.82% 2,815 5.05% 2,445 4.68% 2,285 4.5%
Middle Eastern[f] 2,960 4.9% 1,745 3.01% 1,155 2.07% 1,030 1.97% 830 1.63%
Indigenous 1,795 2.97% 1,985 3.43% 1,790 3.21% 905 1.73% 1,030 2.03%
African 1,235 2.05% 885 1.53% 845 1.51% 550 1.05% 710 1.4%
Latin American 1,155 1.91% 925 1.6% 955 1.71% 440 0.84% 285 0.56%
Other[g] 1,425 2.36% 940 1.62% 560 1% 605 1.16% 330 0.65%
Total responses 60,390 98.2% 57,895 98.78% 55,780 99% 52,230 99.13% 50,805 99.12%
Total population 61,498 100% 58,612 100% 56,342 100% 52,687 100% 51,257 100%
Panethnic groups in North Vancouver (city) (2001−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[30] 2016[95] 2011[96] 2006[97] 2001[98]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[h] 35,420 61.59% 34,695 66.48% 32,800 68.78% 32,160 71.69% 32,960 75.03%
Middle Eastern[f] 6,510 11.32% 4,575 8.77% 3,655 7.66% 3,155 7.03% 3,015 6.86%
East Asian[d] 5,195 9.03% 4,260 8.16% 3,775 7.92% 3,995 8.91% 3,255 7.41%
Southeast Asian[e] 4,220 7.34% 3,715 7.12% 3,470 7.28% 2,150 4.79% 1,650 3.76%
South Asian 2,100 3.65% 1,840 3.53% 1,475 3.09% 1,340 2.99% 980 2.23%
Indigenous 1,230 2.14% 1,150 2.2% 970 2.03% 925 2.06% 1,015 2.31%
Latin American 1,210 2.1% 840 1.61% 585 1.23% 430 0.96% 470 1.07%
African 550 0.96% 485 0.93% 390 0.82% 315 0.7% 315 0.72%
Other[g] 1,075 1.87% 630 1.21% 575 1.21% 385 0.86% 275 0.63%
Total responses 57,505 98.94% 52,185 98.65% 47,685 98.94% 44,860 99.32% 43,930 99.16%
Total population 58,120 100% 52,898 100% 48,196 100% 45,165 100% 44,303 100%

Federal electoral districts Edit

Panethnic origins by federal electoral districts in Metro Vancouver (2021 census)
Riding Total population European[h] East Asian[d] South Asian Southeast Asian[e] Middle Eastern[f] Indigenous Latin American African Other[g]
Langley—Aldergrove[99] 133,168 69.04% 10.04% 8.34% 3.73% 1.11% 3.93% 1.31% 1.16% 1.33%
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam[100] 132,004 46.03% 27.02% 4.75% 5.17% 8.52% 2.21% 2.15% 1.47% 2.69%
Surrey Centre[101] 131,670 22.19% 7.45% 40.04% 14.46% 4.17% 2.82% 2.27% 3.5% 3.12%
Cloverdale—Langley City[102] 130,665 53.12% 6.48% 21.26% 7.97% 1.5% 3.66% 1.72% 2.15% 2.13%
Vancouver Centre[103] 126,995 56.77% 17.66% 5.04% 3.43% 6.79% 2.1% 4.54% 1.39% 2.27%
New Westminster—Burnaby[104] 125,253 40.74% 20.98% 11.34% 11.06% 3.48% 2.53% 2.92% 3.73% 3.2%
Fleetwood—Port Kells[105] 124,987 22.28% 17.97% 34.56% 14.97% 2.13% 1.59% 1.46% 1.96% 3.1%
North Vancouver[106] 123,025 64.42% 9.69% 3.46% 4.95% 11.04% 2.2% 1.77% 0.66% 1.81%
Surrey—Newton[107] 122,264 15.05% 2.97% 66.73% 5.85% 1.97% 1.63% 1.24% 2.3% 2.25%
Burnaby South[108] 120,305 25.18% 43.09% 10.66% 9.01% 3.12% 1.48% 2.65% 1.53% 3.29%
South Surrey—White Rock[109] 119,672 60.08% 18.65% 12.09% 2.69% 0.84% 2.12% 1.02% 1.14% 1.37%
Vancouver East[110] 118,675 51.5% 22.49% 3.38% 8.15% 1.5% 5.22% 2.93% 1.9% 2.92%
Port Moody—Coquitlam[111] 114,853 52.24% 23.73% 5.07% 5.17% 4.89% 2.65% 2.03% 1.64% 2.58%
Delta[112] 110,721 51.7% 10.46% 25.68% 4.13% 0.86% 3.15% 0.97% 1.02% 2.01%
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge[113] 110,416 73.24% 5.92% 4.82% 4.51% 2.47% 4.76% 1.47% 1.48% 1.32%
Vancouver Granville[114] 109,799 46.17% 34.77% 4.6% 5.16% 1.81% 1.62% 2.22% 1.12% 2.52%
Vancouver South[115] 109,339 18.68% 38.14% 17.84% 16% 1% 1.41% 2.33% 1.25% 3.35%
Vancouver Quadra[116] 109,328 53.96% 31.58% 3.46% 2.37% 2.42% 1.87% 1.59% 0.8% 1.96%
Burnaby North—Seymour[117] 108,794 49.05% 29.13% 4.94% 4.69% 3.48% 2.51% 2.16% 1.42% 2.6%
Vancouver Kingsway[118] 108,054 27.58% 35.53% 7.29% 19.4% 0.99% 1.73% 2.69% 1.31% 3.46%
Richmond Centre[119] 107,707 17.2% 62.92% 4.91% 7.38% 1.83% 0.77% 1.08% 0.73% 3.17%
Steveston—Richmond East[120] 102,230 20.76% 50.98% 9.95% 10.38% 1.89% 0.71% 0.99% 0.98% 0.71%

Ethnic groups Edit

Indigenous peoples Edit

As of around 2009, 3% of residents of Vancouver state that they have at least some ancestry from the First Nations, and of that 3%, over half state that they also have non-First Nations ancestry. A person with some First Nations ancestry may not necessarily identify as someone who is First Nations.[121]

There is a small community of aboriginal people in Vancouver as well as in the surrounding metropolitan region, with the result that Vancouver constitutes the largest native community in the province, albeit an unincorporated one (i.e. not as a band government).[citation needed] There is an equally large or larger Métis contingent.

Indigenous peoples, who make up less than two percent of the city's population, are not considered a visible minority group by Statistics Canada.

Indigenous Population in Vancouver[122][123]
Aboriginal group First Nations 7,865 1.3% 7,510 1.3%
Métis 3,595 0.6% 3,235 0.6%
Inuit 70 0% 45 0%
Aboriginal, n.i.e. 305 0.1% 210 0%
Multiple Aboriginal identities 100 0% 140 0%
Total Aboriginal population 11,945 2% 11,145 1.9%
Total population 590,210 100% 571,600 100%

Europeans Edit

British Isles Edit

Much of the ethnic white population consists of persons whose origins go back to Britain or Ireland and, until recently, British Columbians with British or Irish ancestry most likely came directly from those islands, rather than via Ontario or the Maritime Provinces. Until the 1960s, it was easier to purchase the Times of London and The Guardian in Vancouver than it was to find the Toronto Globe and Mail or Montreal Gazette.

Continental Europeans Edit

Other large and historically important European ethnic groups consist of Germans, Dutch, French (of both European and Canadian origin), Ukrainians, Scandinavians, Finns, Italians, Croats, Hungarians, Greeks, and lately numerous Romanians, Russians, Portuguese, Serbs and Poles. Non-visible minorities such as newly arrived Eastern Europeans and the new wave of Latin Americans are also a feature of the city's ethnic landscape. Prior to the Hong Kong influx of the 1980s, the largest non-British Isles ethnic group in the city was German, followed by Ukrainian and the Scandinavian ethnicities. Most of these earlier East European immigrant are fully assimilated or intermarried with other groups, although a new generation of East Europeans form a distinct linguistic and social community.

East Asians Edit

Chinese Edit

The first Chinese immigrants to British Columbia were men who came to "the British Colonies of Canada," as they called British Columbia, for the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858 and a decade later to work on building the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Koreans Edit

As of 2014, there are about 70,000 ethnic Koreans in the Vancouver area.[124]

An H-Mart and several Korean restaurants are located on Robson Street.[125] As of 2008, there are many Korean national students at the university and primary/secondary levels studying English.[126] Other areas with Korean businesses include Kingsway in Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster; other areas in Vancouver; North Road in Burnaby and Coquitlam, and areas of Port Coquitlam.[127] As of 2011, Coquitlam is a popular area of settlement for Koreans.[128]

Rimhak Ree (Yi Yimhak) came to Vancouver to study mathematics at the University of British Columbia in 1953, making him the first known ethnic Korean to live in the city.[129] There were about 50 ethnic Koreans in Vancouver in the mid-1960s. The first Korean United Church congregation in the city opened in 1965. Numbers of Korean immigration to Canada increased due to more permissive immigration laws established in the 1960s as well as the home country's political conflict and poverty. There were 1,670 ethnic Koreans in Vancouver by 1975, making up 16% of all ethnic Koreans in Canada and a 3000% increase from the mid-1960s population.[130] Korean immigration to Canada decreased after a more restrictive immigration law was enacted in 1978.[131]

Christianity is a popular religion among ethnic Koreans. About 200 Korean churches are in the Vancouver area.[124]

In 1986 Greater Vancouver had fewer than 5,000 ethnic Koreans. In 1991 the number had increased to 8,330. The number of ethnic Koreans in the Vancouver area increased by 69% in the period 1996 through 2001.[132] The number of university students from Korea choosing to study in Vancouver had become most of the Korean students studying in Canada by the late 1990s.[126] The first Korean grocery store in the North Road area opened in 2000.[127] In 2001 28,850 ethnic Koreans live in Greater Vancouver, and this increased to 44,825 according to the 2006 census.[132]

Canwest Global does a co-venture with the Canada Express, a Korean publication, to serve ethnic Koreans. It previously published a Korean edition of the Vancouver Sun but later stopped. Daniel Ahadi and Catherine A. Murray, authors of "Urban Mediascapes and Multicultural Flows: Assessing Vancouver's Communication Infrastructure," wrote that the Korean edition of the Vancouver Sun was "error-fraught".[133]

South Asians Edit

Punjabis Edit

Punjabi immigrants first arrived in Vancouver during the late 19th century.[134] Most ethnic South Asians in the Lower Mainland are Punjabi Sikhs. Surrey has the largest ethnic South Asian population in Metro Vancouver, at 32.4%. The Newton neighbourhood in Surrey contains the highest percentage of ethnic Indians in a neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver.[135]

Other Asians Edit

Other significant Asian ethnic groups in Vancouver are Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian and Japanese. In Vancouver the term 'Asian' is normally used to refer only to East Asian and Southeast Asian peoples, while South Asians are usually referred to as Indo-Canadian or East Indians. Technically, though, the term 'Asian' may refer to either group, and also to the large Persian and other Middle Eastern populations as well as elements from Central Asia.

Future projections Edit

Panethnic origin projections (2041)
2041[136][137][138][139]
Population %
European[h] 1,243,500 30.62%
East Asian[d] 1,054,000 25.95%
South Asian 757,000 18.64%
Southeast Asian[e] 385,000 9.48%
Middle Eastern[f] 202,000 4.97%
Latin American 112,000 2.76%
Indigenous 105,500 2.6%
African 90,000 2.22%
Other/multiracial 112,000 2.76%
Projected Metro Vancouver population 4,061,000 100%

Language Edit

Knowledge of languages Edit

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian census, and lists languages that were selected by at least 1,000 respondents.

Knowledge of Languages in Metro Vancouver
Language 2021[140]
Pop. %
English 2,465,855 94.59%
Mandarin 292,725 11.23%
Punjabi 239,205 9.18%
Cantonese 233,745 8.97%
French 171,640 6.58%
Hindi 110,490 4.24%
Tagalog 109,935 4.22%
Spanish 94,555 3.63%
Korean 61,165 2.35%
Iranian Persian 52,290 2.01%
German 35,110 1.35%
Vietnamese 34,655 1.33%
Japanese 31,765 1.22%
Russian 29,885 1.15%
Arabic 28,450 1.09%
Italian 24,325 0.93%
Portuguese 23,835 0.91%
Min Nan 22,615 0.87%
Urdu 21,970 0.84%
Serbo-Croatian 17,080 0.66%
Polish 13,165 0.5%
Gujarati 12,615 0.48%
Ilocano 9,645 0.37%
Romanian 8,735 0.34%
Tamil 8,440 0.32%
Dutch 8,285 0.32%
Dari 7,840 0.3%
Turkish 7,840 0.3%
Ukrainian 7,515 0.29%
Greek 7,010 0.27%
Indonesian 5,895 0.23%
Hebrew 5,655 0.22%
Bengali 5,330 0.2%
Hungarian 5,250 0.2%
Czech 4,785 0.18%
Afrikaans 4,765 0.18%
Malayalam 4,615 0.18%
Wu Chinese 4,550 0.17%
Cebuano 4,315 0.17%
Telugu 3,940 0.15%
Swahili 3,930 0.15%
Kurdish 3,720 0.14%
Thai 3,500 0.13%
Hakka 3,385 0.13%
Tigrigna 3,095 0.12%
Sinhala 3,045 0.12%
Malay 2,955 0.11%
Marathi 2,935 0.11%
Slovak 2,835 0.11%
Kacchi 2,750 0.11%
Hiligaynon 2,655 0.1%
Amharic 2,590 0.1%
Swedish 2,540 0.1%
Pashto 2,445 0.09%
Danish 2,255 0.09%
Aramaic 2,125 0.08%
Somali 1,970 0.08%
Bulgarian 1,960 0.08%
Finnish 1,695 0.07%
Khmer language 1,690 0.06%
Nepali 1,640 0.06%
Albanian 1,585 0.06%
Burmese 1,560 0.06%
Azerbaijani 1,475 0.06%
Norwegian 1,440 0.06%
Kannada 1,430 0.05%
Armenian 1,385 0.05%
Irish 1,360 0.05%
Pampangan language 1,310 0.05%
Lao 1,175 0.05%
Bisayan languages 1,145 0.04%
Yoruba 1,130 0.04%
Akan language 1,015 0.04%
Total responses 2,607,010 98.64%
Total population 2,642,825 100%

Mother tongue Edit

The following figures come from the 2021 census profile for Vancouver, the census metropolitan area.[141]

Population by mother tongue (Vancouver CMA)
Identified languages with 10,000+ speakers Population %
English 1,340,995 51.2
English + non-official language 117,335 4.5
Mandarin 191,475 7.3
Cantonese 182,910 7.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 180,355 6.9
Tagalog (Filipino) 67,790 2.6
Persian (incl. Dari, Farsi) 54,350 2.0
Korean 52,525 2.0
Spanish 36,625 1.5
Hindi 27,990 1.0
Vietnamese 26,850 1.0
French 24,710 0.9
Russian 20,685 0.8
Portuguese 18,185 0.7
Arabic 18,130 0.7
German 18,090 0.7
Japanese 17,340 0.7
Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin) 13,295 0.5
Italian 13,285 0.5
Minnan Chinese (e.g. Hokkien, Teochew) 11,195 0.4
Polish 10,645 0.4
Urdu 10,495 0.4

Notes:

  • The figures for Cantonese, Mandarin and Minnan do not include 1,125 speakers of "Chinese (not otherwise specified)", some of whom may speak Cantonese, Mandarin or Minnan. The total number of speakers of all varieties of Chinese is 393,030 (15.0% of the population).
  • For the separate figures of Hindi and Urdu, see Hindi–Urdu controversy.
  • The number of native speakers of both English and French only is 8,240, and with a non-official language too, 2,190. This means the self-identified mother-tongue speakers of both official languages amount to 10,430 (0.4% of the population).
  • The 2021 census identified 1,800 individuals who had knowledge of an indigenous language of Canada.

Religion Edit

Religion in Metro Vancouver (2021)

  Irreligious (47.1%)
  Christian (33.1%)
  Sikh (8.5%)
  Muslim (4.2%)
  Buddhist (2.7%)
  Hindu (2.6%)
  Jewish (0.8%)
  Other faiths (1.0%)

Vancouver, like the rest of British Columbia, has a low rate of church attendance compared with the rest of the continent and the majority of the population does not practice religion.[142][143] As of the 2021 Canadian census, 33.1 percent of Greater Vancouver is Christian, the largest percentage of any religion. 13.7 percent are Catholic, 8.7 percent are Christians of unspecified denomination, 7.2 percent are Protestant, 1.4 percent are Christian Orthodox, and 2.2 percent are other Christian or Christian-related traditions. Greater Vancouver has a notable Sikh (8.5 percent) and Buddhist (2.7 percent) population, mostly adherents of South Asian and East Asian ancestry.[144] There is also a significant minority of Muslim residents (4.2 percent).

Religious groups in Metro Vancouver (1981−2021)
Religious group 2021[145] 2011[146] 2001[147] 1991[148][149] 1981[150][151]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Irreligion 1,227,760 47.09% 945,405 41.45% 692,765 35.21% 493,220 31.14% 283,965 22.71%
Christianity 863,055 33.11% 950,170 41.66% 992,115 50.43% 949,530 59.94% 899,615 71.93%
Sikhism 222,160 8.52% 155,945 6.84% 99,000 5.03% 49,625 3.13% 22,390 1.79%
Islam 110,645 4.24% 73,215 3.21% 52,590 2.67% 23,335 1.47% 10,885 0.87%
Buddhism 70,670 2.71% 78,465 3.44% 74,550 3.79% 31,645 2% 8,310 0.66%
Hinduism 66,530 2.55% 40,030 1.76% 27,410 1.39% 14,880 0.94% 6,865 0.55%
Judaism 20,125 0.77% 18,730 0.82% 17,270 0.88% 14,360 0.91% 12,865 1.03%
Indigenous spirituality 1,865 0.07% 1,550 0.07%
Other 24,205 0.93% 17,185 0.75% 11,775 0.6% 7,520 0.47% 2,950 0.24%
Total responses 2,607,010 98.64% 2,280,695 98.59% 1,967,480 99.02% 1,584,115 98.85% 1,250,605 98.61%
Total population 2,642,825 100% 2,313,328 100% 1,986,965 100% 1,602,502 100% 1,268,183 100%

Immigration Edit

Immigrants to Vancouver by place of birth (2011 to 2016)[152]
Rank Country Population % of immigrants
1 China 35,890 25.2%
2 India 21,380 15.0%
3 Philippines 20,200 14.2%
4 Iran 8,310 5.8%
5 South Korea 6,635 4.7%
6 United States 4,065 2.9%
7 United Kingdom 3,855 2.7%
8 Taiwan 2,325 1.6%
9 Mexico 2,295 1.6%
10 Iraq 1,850 1.3%
11 Japan 1,845 1.3%
12 Syria 1,785 1.3%
13 Hong Kong 1,695 1.2%
14 Pakistan 1,670 1.2%
15 Vietnam 1,505 1.1%

Homelessness Edit

The 2011 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count revealed that there were at least 2,650 people found to be homeless in Metro Vancouver.[153] This particular homeless count is and continues to be conducted once every three years, taking place over a brief 24-hour period. The report published on these results stated, "It is important to note that all Homeless Counts are inherently undercounts and that the 2011 Metro Vancouver Count was no exception."[153] Nonetheless, these counts can be used as indicators to determine homelessness trends within Metro Vancouver. Between 2002 and 2005, "the count revealed that homelessness in the region nearly doubled from 1121 to 2174 persons".[154] From 2005 to 2008, the count revealed a much smaller increase in homelessness, from 2174 to 2660 persons. Thus, the count conducted in 2011 implies that the homeless population has remained relatively stable between 2008 and 2011.

Of the homeless people surveyed in 2011, "71% were sheltered in either an emergency shelter, safe house, transition house or temporary facility such as a hospital, jail or detoxification centre...while 29% slept in outdoor locations or at someone else's place".[153] 74 of the 2,650 homeless persons counted were children – those under the age of 19 – who accompanied a parent who was also homeless. Furthermore, of the homeless youth surveyed, 102 individuals were under the age of 19, 221 between the ages of 19 and 24, and 74 whose ages could not be identified, for a total of 397 homeless. Adults constituted the largest cohort of homeless in Metro Vancouver with 275 individuals between the ages of 25 and 34, 328 between the ages of 35 and 44, and 397 between the ages of 45 and 54, for a total of 1,000 homeless. Lastly, seniors – those above the age of 55 – constituted 268 homeless people. Of the 2,650 people identified in the count, ages for 985 people could not be provided.

Homelessness doesn't occur suddenly, rather it is a progression wherein an individual becomes part of the group of 'at risk' individuals, remains in this group for some time, and then, finally, becomes homeless due to economic hardships and social dislocation.[155] "Contemporary definitions split homelessness into two broad groups: 'absolute' homelessness, which refers to persons or households literally without physical shelter, and 'relative' homelessness, which includes a range of housing situations characterized as being at-risk of homelessness."[154] Indeed, being classified as at-risk of homelessness does not imply that an individual or household will become homeless in the future, only that various pre-conditions exist that may lead to this.[156] These pre-conditions include, but are not restricted to the following: people living in SROs (Single Room Occupancy), people living in rooming houses, and people paying more than 50% of their net income towards housing costs.[155] "Two-thirds of responses from homeless individuals enumerated in a recent homeless count in Greater Vancouver cited economic reasons for their being homeless – with lack of income and cost of housing accounting for 44% and 22% of responses respectively."[156]

Housing affordability has and continues to be the top priority housing issue Vancouverites must resolve. In 1996, a study published by BC Housing revealed that 25% of renter households in Vancouver pay 50% or more of their incomes to rent.[155] The core housing need model, developed by the CMHC, uses a threshold of households spending at least 30% of their income on shelter costs to illuminate households experiencing acute housing affordability needs. "Moving from the 30% shelter cost-to-income ratio (STIR) used in the core housing need model, to a 50% threshold, typically reduces the number of households identified by more than half."[154] In 2001, Statistics Canada published a study using both the 30% and 50% thresholds to identify renters and homeowners facing unaffordable housing costs in Metro Vancouver. This study revealed that 8.1% of homeowners and 27.8% of renters exceeded the 30% threshold, while 4.0% of homeowners and 10.8% of renters exceeded the 50% threshold. More in depth still, this study also found that 18.5% of immigrants living in Vancouver exceeded the 30% threshold and 8.0% exceed the 50% threshold. Only 11.3% and 4.8% of Canadian born households exceeded the 30% and 50% thresholds, respectively.

Heather Smith and David Ley found that in Canada's gateway cities, "the appreciable growth of the low-income population during the 1990s was almost entirely attributable to the growing poverty of recent immigrants".[157] They go on to state, "adult immigrants who had landed in the previous decade endured a poverty rate of...37 percent in Vancouver".[157] Immigrants, recent and old, therefore constitute a large proportion of households in Metro Vancouver considered to be at-risk of homelessness. Analysis conducted by Robert Fiedler revealed that, in 2001, "29.1% of persons in households...in Greater Vancouver are below more than one CMHC housing standard, indicating that...some households not only must spend an unsustainably high proportion of their income on shelter costs, but must also live in overcrowded and/or substandard conditions to access housing".[156] Although many new immigrants to Canada come from educated backgrounds, many having bachelor's degrees, they are paid less on average than Canadian born individuals and "Over the past 25 years, the incomes of recent immigrants to Canada have progressively declined relative to the native-born."[158]

Recently, the City of Vancouver released a new strategy targeting homelessness and affordable housing. The strategy will be enacted in 2012 and will run until 2021, with the goal of ending street homelessness completely by 2015, as well as increasing affordable housing choices for all Vancouverites. The City of Vancouver indicates that from 2002 to 2011, "homelessness has increased nearly three-fold" from approximately 628 homeless in 2002, to 1,605 homeless in 2011.[159] The strategy goes on to report that SRO rooms are increasingly being lost to conversions and rent increases even though SRO hotels constitute a majority of Vancouver's lowest income housing stock. As Robert Fiedler noted in 2006, "renters are disproportionately located in the City of Vancouver, which contains only 27.8% of the area's total population, but 40.2% of all renters".[156] Furthermore, low vacancy rates in Vancouver's market rental stock, a decreasing new supply of apartments in recent decades, and a widening gap of household incomes and housing prices are just a few challenges that must be overcome. By 2021, the City of Vancouver hopes to enable 5,000 additional social housing units, 11,000 new market rental-housing units, and 20,000 market ownership units.[159]

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Vancouver did not exist as such at the time of the 1871 and 1881 censuses.
  2. ^ 2001–2016: Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  3. ^ 2021: Statistic includes all persons belonging to the non-Indigenous and non-visible minority "White" population group.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  9. ^ Including all subdivisions that comprise contemporary Vancouver; Vancouver City, Vancouver South, Vancouver North, Hastings Townsite, Lot 301, and Point Grey.

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demographics, metro, vancouver, demographics, metro, vancouver, indicate, multicultural, multiracial, region, metro, vancouver, metropolitan, area, with, major, urban, centre, being, vancouver, british, columbia, canada, vancouver, census, metropolitan, area, . The demographics of Metro Vancouver indicate a multicultural and multiracial region Metro Vancouver is a metropolitan area with its major urban centre being Vancouver British Columbia Canada The Vancouver census metropolitan area as defined by Statistics Canada encompasses roughly the same territory as the Metro Vancouver Regional District a regional district in British Columbia The regional district includes 23 local authorities Figures provided here are for the Vancouver census metropolitan area and not for the City of Vancouver Contents 1 Population growth 2 Population by municipality 3 Ethnic diversity 3 1 Metro Vancouver 3 1 1 Visible minorities 3 2 Municipalities 3 2 1 Historic trends 3 3 Federal electoral districts 3 4 Ethnic groups 3 4 1 Indigenous peoples 3 4 2 Europeans 3 4 2 1 British Isles 3 4 2 2 Continental Europeans 3 4 3 East Asians 3 4 3 1 Chinese 3 4 3 2 Koreans 3 4 4 South Asians 3 4 4 1 Punjabis 3 4 5 Other Asians 3 5 Future projections 4 Language 4 1 Knowledge of languages 4 2 Mother tongue 5 Religion 6 Immigration 7 Homelessness 8 Notes 9 Citations 10 References 11 Further readingPopulation growth EditThe following table shows the development of the number of inhabitants according to census data of Statistics Canada The former municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver are not included in the data prior to 1931 1 a VancouverYearPop 189113 709 190126 133 90 6 1911100 401 284 2 1921117 217 16 7 1931246 593 110 4 1941275 353 11 7 1951344 833 25 2 1956365 844 6 1 1961384 522 5 1 1966410 375 6 7 1971426 256 3 9 1976410 188 3 8 1981414 281 1 0 1986431 147 4 1 1991471 644 9 4 1996514 008 9 0 2001545 671 6 2 2006578 041 5 9 2011603 502 4 4 2016631 486 4 6 2021662 248 4 9 Metro VancouverYearPop 189121 887 190142 926 96 1 1911164 020 282 1 1921232 597 41 8 1931347 709 49 5 1941393 898 13 3 1951561 960 42 7 1956665 017 18 3 1961790 165 18 8 1966892 286 12 9 19711 082 352 21 3 19761 166 348 7 8 19811 169 831 0 3 19861 542 745 31 9 19911 602 590 3 9 19961 831 665 14 3 20011 986 965 8 5 20062 116 581 6 5 20112 313 328 9 3 20162 463 431 6 5 20212 642 825 7 3 nbsp Population growth 2 Population by municipality EditThe Metro Vancouver Regional District comprises 23 member authorities 21 municipalities one electoral area and one treaty First Nation 3 Metro Vancouver member populations edit Member Census subdivision Population 2021 Population 2016 change 2016 2021 2021 provincial rankAnmore Village 2 356 2 210 6 6 185thBelcarra Village 687 643 6 8 301stBowen Island Island municipality 4 256 3 680 15 7 118thBurnaby City 249 125 232 755 7 0 3rdCoquitlam City 148 625 139 284 6 7 6thDelta City 108 455 102 238 6 1 10thCity of Langley City 28 963 25 888 11 9 30thTownship of Langley District municipality 132 603 117 285 13 1 8thLions Bay Village 1 390 1 334 4 2 251stMaple Ridge City 90 990 82 256 10 6 15thMetro Vancouver A Regional district electoral area 18 612 16 133 15 4 39thNew Westminster City 78 916 70 996 11 2 17thCity of North Vancouver City 58 120 52 898 9 9 20thDistrict of North Vancouver District municipality 88 168 85 649 2 9 16thPitt Meadows City 19 146 18 573 3 1 37thPort Coquitlam City 61 498 58 612 4 9 19thPort Moody City 33 535 33 551 0 0 28thRichmond City 209 937 198 309 5 9 4thSurrey City 568 322 517 887 9 7 2ndTsawwassen First Nation 2 256 816 176 5 191stVancouver City 662 248 631 486 4 9 1stWest Vancouver District municipality 44 122 42 473 3 9 23rdWhite Rock City 21 939 19 952 10 0 33rdMetro Vancouver 2 642 825 2 463 431 7 3 Source Statistics Canada 4 Metro Vancouver Regional District 5 Ethnic diversity EditThe demographics of Metro Vancouver reveal a multi ethnic society There remains a small population less than 2 of Aboriginal peoples who according to archeological and historical records have inhabited this region for more than 3 000 years citation needed From the time of the region s first non indigenous settlement in the second half of the 19th century people from Britain and Ireland were the largest group of immigrants and collectively remain the largest ethnic grouping in Vancouver to this day The largest non British or Irish ethnic groups situated in Vancouver include Chinese Indians and Germans The metropolitan area has one of the most diverse Chinese speaking communities with several varieties of Chinese being represented Metro Vancouver contains the second largest Chinatown in North America after San Francisco s and many multicultural neighbourhoods such as the Punjabi Market Greektown and Japantown Commercial Drive the core of the historic Little Italy which is also the main Portuguese area has become an alternative culture focus though traditional Italian and Portuguese and other establishments and residents remain in the area Bilingual street signs can be seen in Chinatown and the Punjabi Market and commercial signs in a wide array of languages can be seen all over the metropolitan area Metro Vancouver Edit Ethnic origin Population 2016 6 Percent of 2016 population 2 426 235 Population 2006 7 Percent of 2006 population 2 097 960 Cornish 245 0 225 0 02 English 470 340 19 4 500 340 24 09 Irish 275 355 11 3 251 695 12 00 Manx 770 0 640 0 03 Scottish 341 075 14 1 337 230 16 07 Welsh 44 935 1 9 41 805 1 99 British n i e 55 695 2 3 35 505 1 69 Acadians 1 520 0 1 1 280 0 06 French 147 835 6 1 137 270 6 54 Inuit 600 0 580 0 03 Metis 24 505 1 17 110 0 82 North American Indian 52 305 2 2 43 190 2 06 American 32 115 1 3 27 000 1 29 Canadian 331 205 13 7 278 350 13 27 Newfoundlander 660 0 390 0 02 Nova Scotian 75 0 120 0 01 Ontarian 35 0 20 less than 0 01 Quebecois 750 0 350 0 02 Other North American provincial or regional groups 170 0 150 0 01 Antiguan 130 0 105 0 01 Bahamian 160 0 50 less than 0 01 Barbadian 1 310 0 1 925 0 04 Bermudan 155 0 100 less than 0 01 Carib 60 0 85 less than 0 01 Cuban 870 0 640 0 03 Dominican n o s 535 0 295 0 01 Grenadian 280 0 175 0 01 Guyanese 1 240 0 1 825 0 04 Haitian 635 0 405 0 02 Jamaican 6 455 0 3 4 645 0 22 Kittitian Nevisian 95 0 15 less than 0 01 Martinican 20 0 40 less than 0 01 Montserratian 15 0 20 less than 0 01 Puerto Rican 280 0 260 0 01 St Lucian 115 0 80 less than 0 01 Trinidadian Tobagonian 3 120 0 1 2 185 0 10 Vincentian Grenadinian 325 0 120 0 01 West Indian 1 440 0 1 1 245 0 06 Caribbean n i e 1 485 0 1 620 0 03 Aboriginal from Central South America 1 790 0 1 830 0 04 Argentines 1 360 0 1 790 0 04 Belizean 35 0 160 less than 0 01 Bolivian 185 0 190 less than 0 01 Brazilian 4 065 0 2 1 115 0 05 Chilean 3 840 0 2 2 935 0 14 Colombian 4 600 0 2 2 125 0 10 Costa Rican 460 0 355 0 02 Ecuadorian 740 0 225 0 01 Guatemalan 1 985 0 1 1 405 0 07 Hispanic 1 200 0 555 0 03 Honduran 1 120 0 745 0 04 Maya 620 0 575 0 03 Mexican 15 115 0 6 7 680 0 37 Nicaragua 1 060 0 860 0 04 Panamanian 195 0 145 0 01 Paraguayan 285 0 170 0 01 Peruvian 3 100 0 1 1 910 0 09 Salvadoran 5 310 0 2 5 760 0 27 Uruguayan 285 0 60 less than 0 01 Venezuelan 1 555 0 1 535 0 03 Latin Central or South American n i e 2 450 0 1 1 225 0 06 Austrian 21 260 0 9 21 500 1 02 Belgian 8 205 0 3 6 555 0 31 Dutch Netherlands 77 635 3 2 71 710 3 42 Flemish 955 0 815 0 04 Frisian 195 0 155 0 01 German 222 025 9 2 203 715 9 71 Luxembourger 330 0 235 0 01 Swiss 11 340 0 5 10 130 0 48 Finnish 14 085 0 6 12 745 0 61 Danish 23 025 0 9 22 800 1 09 Icelandic 11 055 0 5 9 630 0 46 Norwegian 49 335 2 46 260 2 20 Swedish 40 690 1 7 39 920 1 90 Northern European n i e 5 320 0 2 3 830 0 18 Estonian 2 540 0 1 2 590 0 12 Latvian 2 455 0 1 2 160 0 10 Lithuanian 4 155 0 2 3 100 0 15 Belarusian 1 825 0 1 820 0 04 Czech 11 710 0 5 10 385 0 50 Czechoslovak 2 560 0 1 2 810 0 13 Slovak 6 345 0 3 5 700 0 27 Hungarian Magyar 25 860 1 1 23 365 1 11 Polish 70 590 2 9 60 715 2 89 Romanian 17 490 0 7 14 055 0 67 Russian 58 535 2 4 47 935 2 28 Ukrainian 94 400 3 9 81 725 3 90 Albanian 1 330 0 1 650 0 03 Bosnian 2 675 0 1 2 535 0 12 Bulgaria 2 940 0 1 1 960 0 09 Croatian 15 670 0 6 12 475 0 59 Cypriot 345 0 270 0 01 Greek 16 085 0 7 15 025 0 72 Italian 87 875 3 6 76 345 3 64 Kosovar 170 0 85 less than 0 01 Macedonian 865 0 600 0 03 Maltese 1 185 0 990 0 05 Montenegrin 600 0 370 0 02 Portuguese 24 575 1 20 335 0 97 Serbian 10 160 0 4 7 690 0 37 Sicilian 210 0 180 0 01 Slovenian 3 050 0 1 2 475 0 12 Spanish 43 990 1 8 36 000 1 72 Yugoslavs 3 275 0 1 5 525 0 26 Basque 475 0 405 0 02 Gypsy Roma 325 0 250 0 01 Jewish 11 230 0 5 21 465 1 02 misc Slav European 505 0 760 0 04 Other European n i e 6 470 0 3 3 975 0 19 Afrikaner 365 0 290 0 01 Akan 30 0 25 less than 0 01 Amhara 115 0 65 less than 0 01 Angolan 55 0 70 less than 0 01 Ashanti 65 0 65 less than 0 01 Bantu 235 0 170 0 01 Black 1 460 0 1 3 005 0 14 Burundian 195 0 90 less than 0 01 Congolese Zairian people 675 0 75 less than 0 01 Congolese n o s 400 0 85 less than 0 01 Dinka 15 0 25 less than 0 01 East African people 1 390 0 1 610 0 03 Eritrean 950 0 335 0 02 Ethiopian 2 020 0 1 1 625 0 08 Gabonese 10 0 10 less than 0 01 Gambian 20 0 15 less than 0 01 Ghanaian 1 270 0 1 1 100 less than 0 01 Guinean n o s 125 0 95 less than 0 01 Ibo 200 0 15 less than 0 01 Ivoirian 45 0 15 less than 0 01 Kenyan 1 170 0 765 0 04 Malagasay 80 0 35 less than 0 01 Mauritian 760 0 325 0 02 Nigerian 1 680 0 1 880 0 04 Oromo 120 0 145 0 01 Rwandan 305 0 225 0 01 Senegalese 45 0 20 less than 0 01 Seychellois 15 0 20 less than 0 01 Sierra Leonean 90 0 115 0 01 Somali 2 105 0 1 1 320 0 06 South African 6 485 0 3 4 120 0 20 Sudanese 940 0 705 less than 0 01 Tanzanian 425 0 135 0 01 Tigrian 180 0 50 less than 0 01 Togolese 80 0 15 less than 0 01 Ugandan 595 0 360 0 02 Yoruba 130 0 80 less than 0 01 Zambian 120 0 40 less than 0 01 Zimbabwean 565 0 230 0 01 Zulu 65 0 70 less than 0 01 African n i e 10 325 0 4 6 490 0 31 Egyptian 3 405 0 1 2 120 0 10 Iraqi 5 205 0 2 1 805 0 09 Jordanian 585 0 300 0 01 Kuwaiti 100 0 75 less than 0 01 Lebanese 5 320 0 2 6 175 0 29 Libyan 210 0 25 less than 0 01 Algerian 615 0 390 0 02 Berber 185 0 150 0 01 Moroccan 1 480 0 1 635 0 03 Tunisian 380 0 70 less than 0 01 Maghrebi origins n i e 170 0 160 0 01 Palestinian 2 245 0 1 1 050 0 05 Saudi Arabian 550 0 255 0 01 Syrian 2 780 0 1 925 0 04 Yemeni 255 0 75 less than 0 01 Arab n i e 4 655 0 2 3 075 0 15 Afghan 7 500 0 3 4 620 0 22 Armenian 2 845 0 1 2 700 0 15 Assyrian 450 0 355 0 02 Azeribaijani 890 0 405 0 02 Georgian 550 0 240 0 01 Iranian 44 355 1 8 27 155 1 29 Israeli 2 075 0 1 765 0 04 Kurd 1 980 0 1 1 145 0 05 Pashtun 325 0 170 0 01 Tatar 650 0 235 0 01 Turk 5 185 0 2 3 380 0 16 West Asian n i e 2 135 0 1 1 350 0 06 Bangladeshi 1 510 0 1 785 0 04 Bengali 755 0 415 0 02 Indian 243 135 10 181 895 8 67 Goan 320 0 280 0 01 Gujarati 615 0 515 0 02 Kashmiri 145 0 70 less than 0 01 Nepali 1 155 0 460 0 02 Pakistani 10 825 0 4 6 875 0 33 Punjabi 30 670 1 3 13 735 0 65 Sinhalese 530 0 415 0 02 Sri Lankan 5 065 0 2 3 740 0 18 Tamil 1 060 0 740 0 04 South Asian n i e 7 200 0 3 6 495 0 31 Burmese 1 970 0 1 865 0 04 Cambodian 2 510 0 1 1 525 0 07 Chinese 499 175 20 6 402 000 19 16 Filipino 133 925 5 5 83 760 3 99 Hmong 115 0 75 less than 0 01 Indonesian 4 935 0 2 3 140 0 15 Japanese 37 630 1 6 30 230 1 44 Khmer 0 0 135 0 01 Korean 55 505 2 3 46 040 2 19 Laotian 1 775 0 1 1 065 0 05 Malaysian 4 230 0 2 3 365 0 16 Mongolian 1 000 0 680 0 03 Singaporean 895 0 515 0 02 Taiwanese 20 345 0 8 9 810 0 47 Thai 3 330 0 1 1 565 0 07 Tibetan 445 0 100 Less than 0 01 Vietnamese 34 915 1 4 26 115 1 24 East or Southeast Asian n i e 630 0 1 170 0 06 Asian n o s 1 805 0 1 80 less than 0 01 Australian 8 360 0 3 5 525 0 26 New Zealander 3 340 0 1 2 390 0 11 Fijian 13 085 0 5 8 920 0 43 Hawaiian 865 0 660 0 03 Maori 565 0 375 0 02 Polynesia 345 0 265 0 01 Samoan 245 0 160 0 01 Pacific Islander n i e 680 210 0 01 Note Percentages total more than 100 due to multiple responses e g German East Indian Norwegian Irish PolishPanethnic groups in Metro Vancouver 1981 2021 Panethnic group 2021 8 9 2016 10 11 2011 12 13 2006 14 2001 15 1996 16 17 18 1981 17 18 19 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European b c 1 124 475 43 13 1 179 100 48 6 1 197 985 52 53 1 182 355 56 36 1 204 970 61 24 1 218 195 67 16 1 066 460 85 28 East Asian d 606 920 23 28 557 745 22 99 488 240 21 41 451 790 21 53 395 540 20 1 318 005 17 53 98 895 7 91 South Asian 369 295 14 17 291 005 11 99 252 405 11 07 207 165 9 87 164 365 8 35 120 140 6 62 34 820 2 78 Southeast Asian e 198 940 7 63 168 075 6 93 156 315 6 85 112 365 5 36 85 485 4 34 61 085 3 37 17 270 1 38 Middle Eastern f 87 090 3 34 62 440 2 57 48 870 2 14 35 590 1 7 27 340 1 39 18 155 1 4 525 0 36 Indigenous 63 345 2 43 61 455 2 53 52 375 2 3 40 310 1 92 36 855 1 87 31 140 1 72 10 850 0 87 Latin American 51 500 1 98 34 805 1 43 29 125 1 28 22 695 1 08 18 715 0 95 13 830 0 76 3 025 0 24 African 41 180 1 58 29 830 1 23 23 545 1 03 20 670 0 99 18 405 0 94 16 400 0 9 2 570 0 21 Other multiracial g 65 350 2 51 41 780 1 72 31 835 1 4 25 035 1 19 15 810 0 8 16 990 0 94 12 195 0 98 Total visible minority 1 420 275 54 48 1 185 680 48 87 1 030 335 45 18 875 310 41 72 725 660 36 88 564 600 31 13 173 300 13 86 Total responses 2 607 015 98 65 2 426 235 98 49 2 280 695 98 59 2 097 965 99 12 1 967 480 99 02 1 813 935 99 03 1 250 610 98 61 Total population 2 642 825 100 2 463 431 100 2 313 328 100 2 116 581 100 1 986 965 100 1 831 665 100 1 268 183 100 Note Totals greater than 100 due to multiple origin responses Visible minorities Edit In the city of Vancouver and four adjacent municipalities Surrey Burnaby Richmond and Coquitlam there is no visible majority Hence the term visible minority is used here in contrast to the overall Canadian population which remains predominantly of European descent In Metro Vancouver at the 2021 census 54 5 of the population were members of non European ethnic groups 43 1 were members of European ethnic groups and 2 4 of the population identified as Indigenous Greater Vancouver has more interracial couples than Canada s two largest cities Toronto and Montreal In 2011 9 6 of married and common law couples in Greater Vancouver are interracial double the Canadian average of 4 6 20 and higher than in the Toronto CMA 8 2 and the Greater Montreal 5 2 Vancouver has less residential segregation of its ethnic minorities compared to Canadian cities like Montreal 21 However residential segregation in Greater Vancouver continues to persist in certain parts of the metropolitan area Population statistics for visible minorities in Greater Vancouver Population group 2021 8 9 1981 22 17 Pop Pop Total European population 1 124 475 43 1 1 066 460 85 3 Total Indigenous population 63 345 2 4 10 850 0 9 Visible minority group Chinese 512 260 19 6 83 845 6 7 South Asian 369 295 14 2 34 820 2 8 Filipino 142 125 5 5 12 830 1 Korean 63 465 2 4 3 335 0 3 West Asian 64 645 2 5 2 220 0 2 Southeast Asian 56 815 2 2 4 440 0 4 Latin American 51 500 2 3 025 0 2 Japanese 31 195 1 2 11 715 0 9 Black 41 180 1 6 2 570 0 2 Arab 22 445 0 9 2 305 0 2 Visible minority n i e 14 745 0 6 N A N AMultiple visible minorities 50 605 1 9 N A N ATotal visible minority population 1 420 275 54 5 173 300 19 13 9 Total responses 2 607 015 98 6 1 250 610 98 6 Total population 2 642 825 100 1 268 183 100 Note Totals greater than 100 due to multiple origin responses Municipalities Edit Panethnic origins by Metro Vancouver municipalities 2021 census Municipality Total population European h East Asian d South Asian Southeast Asian e Middle Eastern f Indigenous Latin American African Other g Metro Vancouver 2 642 825 43 13 23 28 14 17 7 63 3 34 2 43 1 98 1 58 2 51 Vancouver 662 248 43 22 29 26 6 90 9 10 2 44 2 25 2 78 1 31 2 74 Surrey 568 322 30 78 10 91 37 81 9 71 2 24 2 16 1 57 2 29 2 53 Burnaby 249 125 30 46 38 62 9 42 8 37 3 65 1 70 2 50 2 03 3 24 Richmond 209 937 18 94 57 09 7 38 8 85 1 86 0 74 1 03 0 85 3 26 Coquitlam 23 148 625 41 51 31 45 5 02 5 2 8 19 1 98 2 27 1 45 2 92 Langley Township 24 132 603 69 53 10 94 6 66 4 15 1 10 3 85 1 31 1 11 1 35 Delta 25 108 455 51 71 10 29 26 09 4 12 0 83 2 96 0 96 1 02 1 99 Maple Ridge 26 90 990 73 70 5 81 4 72 4 31 2 52 4 68 1 46 1 60 1 20 North Vancouver district 27 88 168 69 11 10 27 3 18 2 90 9 04 1 81 1 44 0 54 1 72 New Westminster 28 78 916 50 07 14 19 10 38 10 33 2 27 3 11 3 28 3 45 2 91 Port Coquitlam 29 61 498 57 35 16 16 5 78 6 52 4 90 2 97 1 91 2 05 2 36 North Vancouver city 30 58 120 61 59 9 03 3 65 7 34 11 32 2 14 2 10 0 96 1 87 West Vancouver 44 122 55 77 23 03 3 24 1 77 12 24 0 98 0 99 0 43 1 54 Port Moody 33 535 64 25 17 23 3 00 2 85 4 74 3 08 1 73 1 18 1 96 Langley City 28 963 69 60 4 10 6 99 6 26 2 09 5 69 1 82 2 16 1 27 Historic trends Edit Panethnic groups in Vancouver 1911 2021 Panethnic group 2021 8 31 2016 10 32 2011 12 33 2006 34 2001 35 1996 36 1991 37 38 1986 39 40 41 111 1981 42 127 43 44 1971 45 74 46 129 1961 47 60 48 99 1931 49 486 amp 498 1911 50 170 amp 343 i Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 281 105 43 22 285 295 46 15 272 645 46 19 268 715 46 49 264 695 49 05 269 535 53 07 268 595 57 73 295 265 69 53 302 720 74 18 372 320 87 34 357 915 93 08 223 887 90 79 111 731 86 58 East Asian d 190 270 29 26 186 855 30 23 182 090 30 85 186 725 32 3 175 520 32 53 152 020 29 93 117 415 25 23 78 205 18 42 64 845 15 89 35 685 8 37 18 355 4 77 21 339 8 65 6 480 5 02 Southeast Asian e 59 190 9 1 53 580 8 67 53 360 9 04 43 455 7 52 36 755 6 81 29 095 5 73 23 785 5 11 8 080 1 9 9 970 2 44 South Asian 44 850 6 9 37 130 6 01 35 140 5 95 32 515 5 63 30 655 5 68 26 040 5 13 23 000 4 94 17 410 4 1 14 175 3 47 7 870 1 85 1 560 0 41 529 0 21 843 0 65 Latin American 18 080 2 78 10 935 1 77 9 595 1 63 8 225 1 42 6 490 1 2 5 665 1 12 5 530 1 19 4 170 0 98 2 580 0 63 Middle Eastern f 15 885 2 44 11 595 1 88 9 860 1 67 7 230 1 25 4 625 0 86 3 810 0 75 3 610 0 78 2 430 0 57 1 605 0 39 Indigenous 14 660 2 25 13 905 2 25 11 945 2 02 11 145 1 93 10 440 1 93 10 965 2 16 13 400 2 88 10 840 2 55 6 285 1 54 2 995 0 7 530 0 14 104 0 04 700 0 54 African 8 515 1 31 6 345 1 03 5 720 0 97 5 290 0 92 4 780 0 89 4 965 0 98 3 355 0 72 1 280 0 3 910 0 22 785 0 18 572 0 15 257 0 1 170 0 13 Other g 17 825 2 74 12 570 2 03 9 855 1 67 8 310 1 44 5 665 1 05 5 830 1 15 6 610 1 42 6 990 1 65 4 995 1 22 6 610 1 55 5 590 1 45 477 0 19 9 119 7 07 Total responses 650 380 98 21 618 210 97 9 590 205 97 8 571 600 98 89 539 630 98 89 507 930 98 82 465 300 98 61 424 670 98 5 408 085 100 426 265 100 384 522 100 246 593 100 129 043 100 Total population 662 248 100 631 486 100 603 502 100 578 041 100 545 671 100 514 008 100 471 844 100 431 147 100 408 085 100 426 265 100 384 522 100 246 593 100 129 043 100 Panethnic groups in Surrey 1981 2021 Panethnic group 2021 8 51 2016 10 52 2011 12 53 2006 54 2001 55 1996 36 1991 37 38 1986 39 40 41 109 1981 42 126 43 44 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop South Asian 212 680 37 81 168 040 32 85 142 445 30 74 107 810 27 47 75 680 21 89 49 805 16 36 24 000 9 86 9 070 5 03 4 465 3 05 European h 173 155 30 78 198 835 38 87 208 625 45 03 203 815 51 93 211 870 61 27 210 530 69 14 190 960 78 45 160 190 88 85 131 795 90 16 East Asian d 61 360 10 91 52 025 10 17 39 270 8 48 29 965 7 64 23 600 6 83 16 845 5 53 8 650 3 55 2 885 1 6 2 565 1 75 Southeast Asian e 54 635 9 71 44 875 8 77 39 560 8 54 25 795 6 57 16 440 4 75 10 210 3 35 5 295 2 18 950 0 53 1 525 1 04 African 12 870 2 29 9 455 1 85 6 150 1 33 5 015 1 28 3 810 1 1 2 670 0 88 1 440 0 59 415 0 23 N A N AMiddle Eastern f 12 620 2 24 9 485 1 85 5 615 1 21 3 595 0 92 2 300 0 67 1 790 0 59 1 015 0 42 380 0 21 255 0 17 Indigenous 12 175 2 16 13 460 2 63 10 955 2 36 7 630 1 94 6 895 1 99 5 070 1 67 7 330 3 01 4 315 2 39 1 855 1 27 Latin American 8 830 1 57 7 065 1 38 5 340 1 15 3 785 0 96 3 315 0 96 2 140 0 7 1 670 0 69 790 0 44 615 0 42 Other g 14 240 2 53 8 315 1 63 5 385 1 16 5 050 1 29 1 880 0 54 3 695 1 21 3 065 1 26 1 290 0 72 3 105 2 12 Total responses 562 565 98 99 511 540 98 77 463 340 98 95 392 450 99 36 345 780 99 41 302 750 99 43 243 425 99 29 180 285 99 36 146 180 99 35 Total population 568 322 100 517 887 100 468 251 100 394 976 100 347 825 100 304 477 100 245 173 100 181 447 100 147 138 100 Panethnic groups in Burnaby 1981 2021 Panethnic group 2021 8 56 2016 10 57 2011 12 58 2006 59 2001 60 1996 36 1991 37 38 1986 39 40 41 93 1981 42 120 43 44 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop East Asian d 94 895 38 62 89 470 38 89 79 205 35 96 71 435 35 57 59 090 30 88 45 825 25 92 25 070 16 03 11 490 8 06 9 635 7 2 European h 74 860 30 46 79 575 34 59 86 015 39 05 86 560 43 1 95 165 49 73 104 735 59 23 111 210 71 1 117 070 82 08 112 765 84 27 South Asian 23 155 9 42 18 735 8 14 17 480 7 94 16 840 8 38 14 960 7 82 10 695 6 05 7 945 5 08 6 170 4 33 3 880 2 9 Southeast Asian e 20 560 8 37 17 620 7 66 16 850 7 65 10 915 5 43 7 965 4 16 4 390 2 48 3 060 1 96 570 0 4 1 385 1 03 Middle Eastern f 8 975 3 65 6 660 2 89 5 975 2 71 3 700 1 84 3 580 1 87 2 400 1 36 1 245 0 8 1 775 1 24 770 0 58 Latin American 6 155 2 5 4 630 2 01 3 765 1 71 2 785 1 39 3 020 1 58 1 825 1 03 1 425 0 91 890 0 62 335 0 25 African 4 985 2 03 3 670 1 6 3 445 1 56 2 450 1 22 2 480 1 3 2 605 1 47 1 030 0 66 545 0 38 385 0 29 Indigenous 4 175 1 7 4 195 1 82 3 295 1 5 3 005 1 5 3 145 1 64 2 500 1 41 3 745 2 39 2 635 1 85 1 305 0 98 Other g 7 965 3 24 5 530 2 4 4 220 1 92 3 170 1 58 1 975 1 03 1 835 1 04 1 685 1 08 1 490 1 04 3 360 2 51 Total responses 245 725 98 64 230 080 98 85 220 255 98 67 200 855 99 04 191 380 98 67 176 825 98 67 156 415 98 46 142 635 98 26 133 820 98 04 Total population 249 125 100 232 755 100 223 218 100 202 799 100 193 954 100 179 209 100 158 858 100 145 161 100 136 494 100 Panethnic groups in Richmond 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 8 61 2016 10 62 2011 12 63 2006 64 2001 65 66 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop East Asian d 118 980 57 09 109 415 55 64 94 180 49 75 80 245 46 23 68 785 42 1 European h 39 465 18 94 45 050 22 91 54 050 28 55 59 335 34 19 65 845 40 3 Southeast Asian e 18 435 8 85 15 530 7 9 14 820 7 83 11 035 6 36 8 445 5 17 South Asian 15 370 7 38 14 360 7 3 14 515 7 67 13 860 7 99 12 120 7 42 Middle Eastern f 3 875 1 86 2 715 1 38 2 205 1 16 2 115 1 22 2 030 1 24 Indigenous 1 540 0 74 1 595 0 81 1 935 1 02 1 275 0 73 1 165 0 71 Latin American 2 155 1 03 1 585 0 81 1 680 0 89 1 265 0 73 1 165 0 71 African 1 775 0 85 1 270 0 65 1 245 0 66 1 390 0 8 1 470 0 9 Other g 6 800 3 26 5 155 2 62 4 675 2 47 3 040 1 75 2 380 1 46 Total responses 208 400 99 27 196 660 99 17 189 305 99 39 173 565 99 49 163 395 99 42 Total population 209 937 100 198 309 100 190 473 100 174 461 100 164 345 100 Panethnic groups in Coquitlam 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 23 2016 10 67 2011 12 68 2006 69 2001 70 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 61 220 41 51 65 730 47 6 67 655 54 12 68 120 59 99 71 755 64 4 East Asian d 46 375 31 45 40 400 29 26 30 715 24 57 26 710 23 52 25 030 22 46 Middle Eastern f 12 080 8 19 9 140 6 62 7 375 5 9 4 885 4 3 2 965 2 66 Southeast Asian e 7 675 5 2 7 205 5 22 6 415 5 13 4 110 3 62 3 710 3 33 South Asian 7 405 5 02 6 220 4 5 5 245 4 2 4 185 3 69 3 280 2 94 Latin American 3 345 2 27 2 190 1 59 1 895 1 52 1 530 1 35 1 110 1 Indigenous 2 915 1 98 3 095 2 24 2 610 2 09 1 565 1 38 1 480 1 33 African 2 135 1 45 1 515 1 1 1 265 1 01 1 005 0 88 1 130 1 01 Other g 4 300 2 92 2 590 1 88 1 840 1 47 1 455 1 28 970 0 87 Total responses 147 465 99 22 138 095 99 15 125 015 98 56 113 560 99 12 111 425 98 7 Total population 148 625 100 139 284 100 126 840 100 114 565 100 112 890 100 Panethnic groups in Langley Township 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 24 2016 10 71 2011 12 72 2006 73 2001 74 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 91 055 69 53 89 920 77 63 85 840 83 23 81 310 87 39 78 195 90 69 East Asian d 14 330 10 94 9 255 7 99 6 470 6 27 4 820 5 18 3 000 3 48 South Asian 8 720 6 66 5 140 4 44 2 765 2 68 1 445 1 55 1 485 1 72 Southeast Asian e 5 435 4 15 3 515 3 03 2 455 2 38 1 475 1 59 905 1 05 Indigenous 5 045 3 85 4 310 3 72 3 495 3 39 2 450 2 63 1 950 2 26 Latin American 1 715 1 31 1 100 0 95 650 0 63 395 0 42 190 0 22 African 1 450 1 11 1 205 1 04 470 0 46 575 0 62 275 0 32 Middle Eastern f 1 440 1 1 715 0 62 410 0 4 295 0 32 60 0 07 Other g 1 770 1 35 680 0 59 600 0 58 280 0 3 170 0 2 Total responses 130 960 98 76 115 835 98 76 103 140 99 93 040 99 27 86 220 99 22 Total population 132 603 100 117 285 100 104 177 100 93 726 100 86 896 100 Panethnic groups in Delta 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 25 2016 75 2011 76 2006 77 2001 78 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 55 465 51 71 61 835 61 32 66 630 67 48 68 400 71 19 72 375 75 1 South Asian 27 990 26 09 20 485 20 31 17 030 17 25 14 220 14 8 12 035 12 49 East Asian d 11 040 10 29 9 320 9 24 7 065 7 16 7 280 7 58 6 675 6 93 Southeast Asian e 4 420 4 12 3 240 3 21 3 165 3 21 2 280 2 37 2 060 2 14 Indigenous 3 180 2 96 2 710 2 69 2 290 2 32 1 700 1 77 1 495 1 55 African 1 095 1 02 795 0 79 595 0 6 495 0 52 610 0 63 Latin American 1 035 0 96 815 0 81 710 0 72 710 0 74 490 0 51 Middle Eastern f 890 0 83 515 0 51 240 0 24 280 0 29 220 0 23 Other g 2 140 1 99 1 120 1 11 1 010 1 02 715 0 74 420 0 44 Total responses 107 270 98 91 100 845 98 64 98 740 98 88 96 075 99 33 96 370 99 4 Total population 108 455 100 102 238 100 99 863 100 96 723 100 96 950 100 Panethnic groups in Maple Ridge 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 26 2016 79 2011 80 2006 81 2001 82 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 66 230 73 7 65 040 80 33 63 550 84 58 58 970 86 52 55 795 89 44 East Asian d 5 225 5 81 3 750 4 63 2 800 3 73 2 545 3 73 1 760 2 82 South Asian 4 245 4 72 2 480 3 06 1 785 2 38 1 675 2 46 1 375 2 2 Indigenous 4 205 4 68 3 815 4 71 2 695 3 59 1 870 2 74 1 555 2 49 Southeast Asian e 3 870 4 31 2 515 3 11 1 960 2 61 1 365 2 550 0 88 Middle Eastern f 2 265 2 52 900 1 11 465 0 62 360 0 53 250 0 4 African 1 440 1 6 945 1 17 940 1 25 695 1 02 635 1 02 Latin American 1 310 1 46 875 1 08 480 0 64 385 0 56 200 0 32 Other g 1 075 1 2 660 0 82 470 0 63 290 0 43 255 0 41 Total responses 89 860 98 76 80 970 98 44 75 140 98 8 68 160 98 86 62 380 98 75 Total population 90 990 100 82 256 100 76 052 100 68 949 100 63 169 100 Panethnic groups in North Vancouver District 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 27 2016 83 2011 84 2006 85 2001 86 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 60 390 69 11 61 770 72 77 64 095 76 71 62 950 76 85 65 110 79 72 East Asian d 8 975 10 27 8 720 10 27 7 555 9 04 8 260 10 08 7 450 9 12 Middle Eastern f 7 900 9 04 5 705 6 72 4 680 5 6 3 755 4 58 3 505 4 29 South Asian 2 780 3 18 3 060 3 61 2 245 2 69 2 605 3 18 2 310 2 83 Southeast Asian e 2 530 2 9 2 250 2 65 2 285 2 73 1 765 2 15 1 165 1 43 Indigenous 1 580 1 81 1 360 1 6 1 080 1 29 755 0 92 830 1 02 Latin American 1 255 1 44 780 0 92 790 0 95 740 0 9 660 0 81 African 475 0 54 470 0 55 235 0 28 455 0 56 295 0 36 Other g 1 505 1 72 765 0 9 595 0 71 630 0 77 355 0 43 Total responses 87 385 99 11 84 880 98 77 83 555 98 98 81 910 99 21 81 675 99 23 Total population 88 168 100 85 935 100 84 412 100 82 562 100 82 310 100 Panethnic groups in New Westminster 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 28 2016 87 2011 88 2006 89 2001 90 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 39 080 50 07 40 400 57 79 40 225 61 8 38 920 67 28 38 805 72 11 East Asian d 11 075 14 19 9 465 13 54 7 475 11 48 5 270 9 11 3 850 7 15 South Asian 8 105 10 38 5 790 8 28 5 500 8 45 4 660 8 06 4 220 7 84 Southeast Asian e 8 065 10 33 6 550 9 37 5 415 8 32 3 680 6 36 2 795 5 19 African 2 695 3 45 1 740 2 49 1 155 1 77 1 370 2 37 1 120 2 08 Latin American 2 560 3 28 1 275 1 82 1 155 1 77 815 1 41 350 0 65 Indigenous 2 425 3 11 2 295 3 28 2 240 3 44 1 835 3 17 1 590 2 95 Middle Eastern f 1 775 2 27 1 300 1 86 1 315 2 02 890 1 54 680 1 26 Other g 2 275 2 91 1 085 1 55 610 0 94 405 0 7 400 0 74 Total responses 78 055 98 91 69 905 98 46 65 090 98 66 57 850 98 81 53 810 98 45 Total population 78 916 100 70 996 100 65 976 100 58 549 100 54 656 100 Panethnic groups in Port Coquitlam 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 29 2016 91 2011 92 2006 93 2001 94 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 34 635 57 35 37 125 64 12 38 070 68 25 37 900 72 56 38 440 75 66 East Asian d 9 760 16 16 8 420 14 54 7 250 13 6 755 12 93 5 635 11 09 Southeast Asian e 3 940 6 52 3 090 5 34 2 345 4 2 1 595 3 05 1 245 2 45 South Asian 3 490 5 78 2 790 4 82 2 815 5 05 2 445 4 68 2 285 4 5 Middle Eastern f 2 960 4 9 1 745 3 01 1 155 2 07 1 030 1 97 830 1 63 Indigenous 1 795 2 97 1 985 3 43 1 790 3 21 905 1 73 1 030 2 03 African 1 235 2 05 885 1 53 845 1 51 550 1 05 710 1 4 Latin American 1 155 1 91 925 1 6 955 1 71 440 0 84 285 0 56 Other g 1 425 2 36 940 1 62 560 1 605 1 16 330 0 65 Total responses 60 390 98 2 57 895 98 78 55 780 99 52 230 99 13 50 805 99 12 Total population 61 498 100 58 612 100 56 342 100 52 687 100 51 257 100 Panethnic groups in North Vancouver city 2001 2021 Panethnic group 2021 30 2016 95 2011 96 2006 97 2001 98 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop European h 35 420 61 59 34 695 66 48 32 800 68 78 32 160 71 69 32 960 75 03 Middle Eastern f 6 510 11 32 4 575 8 77 3 655 7 66 3 155 7 03 3 015 6 86 East Asian d 5 195 9 03 4 260 8 16 3 775 7 92 3 995 8 91 3 255 7 41 Southeast Asian e 4 220 7 34 3 715 7 12 3 470 7 28 2 150 4 79 1 650 3 76 South Asian 2 100 3 65 1 840 3 53 1 475 3 09 1 340 2 99 980 2 23 Indigenous 1 230 2 14 1 150 2 2 970 2 03 925 2 06 1 015 2 31 Latin American 1 210 2 1 840 1 61 585 1 23 430 0 96 470 1 07 African 550 0 96 485 0 93 390 0 82 315 0 7 315 0 72 Other g 1 075 1 87 630 1 21 575 1 21 385 0 86 275 0 63 Total responses 57 505 98 94 52 185 98 65 47 685 98 94 44 860 99 32 43 930 99 16 Total population 58 120 100 52 898 100 48 196 100 45 165 100 44 303 100 Federal electoral districts Edit Panethnic origins by federal electoral districts in Metro Vancouver 2021 census Riding Total population European h East Asian d South Asian Southeast Asian e Middle Eastern f Indigenous Latin American African Other g Langley Aldergrove 99 133 168 69 04 10 04 8 34 3 73 1 11 3 93 1 31 1 16 1 33 Coquitlam Port Coquitlam 100 132 004 46 03 27 02 4 75 5 17 8 52 2 21 2 15 1 47 2 69 Surrey Centre 101 131 670 22 19 7 45 40 04 14 46 4 17 2 82 2 27 3 5 3 12 Cloverdale Langley City 102 130 665 53 12 6 48 21 26 7 97 1 5 3 66 1 72 2 15 2 13 Vancouver Centre 103 126 995 56 77 17 66 5 04 3 43 6 79 2 1 4 54 1 39 2 27 New Westminster Burnaby 104 125 253 40 74 20 98 11 34 11 06 3 48 2 53 2 92 3 73 3 2 Fleetwood Port Kells 105 124 987 22 28 17 97 34 56 14 97 2 13 1 59 1 46 1 96 3 1 North Vancouver 106 123 025 64 42 9 69 3 46 4 95 11 04 2 2 1 77 0 66 1 81 Surrey Newton 107 122 264 15 05 2 97 66 73 5 85 1 97 1 63 1 24 2 3 2 25 Burnaby South 108 120 305 25 18 43 09 10 66 9 01 3 12 1 48 2 65 1 53 3 29 South Surrey White Rock 109 119 672 60 08 18 65 12 09 2 69 0 84 2 12 1 02 1 14 1 37 Vancouver East 110 118 675 51 5 22 49 3 38 8 15 1 5 5 22 2 93 1 9 2 92 Port Moody Coquitlam 111 114 853 52 24 23 73 5 07 5 17 4 89 2 65 2 03 1 64 2 58 Delta 112 110 721 51 7 10 46 25 68 4 13 0 86 3 15 0 97 1 02 2 01 Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge 113 110 416 73 24 5 92 4 82 4 51 2 47 4 76 1 47 1 48 1 32 Vancouver Granville 114 109 799 46 17 34 77 4 6 5 16 1 81 1 62 2 22 1 12 2 52 Vancouver South 115 109 339 18 68 38 14 17 84 16 1 1 41 2 33 1 25 3 35 Vancouver Quadra 116 109 328 53 96 31 58 3 46 2 37 2 42 1 87 1 59 0 8 1 96 Burnaby North Seymour 117 108 794 49 05 29 13 4 94 4 69 3 48 2 51 2 16 1 42 2 6 Vancouver Kingsway 118 108 054 27 58 35 53 7 29 19 4 0 99 1 73 2 69 1 31 3 46 Richmond Centre 119 107 707 17 2 62 92 4 91 7 38 1 83 0 77 1 08 0 73 3 17 Steveston Richmond East 120 102 230 20 76 50 98 9 95 10 38 1 89 0 71 0 99 0 98 0 71 Ethnic groups Edit Indigenous peoples Edit As of around 2009 3 of residents of Vancouver state that they have at least some ancestry from the First Nations and of that 3 over half state that they also have non First Nations ancestry A person with some First Nations ancestry may not necessarily identify as someone who is First Nations 121 There is a small community of aboriginal people in Vancouver as well as in the surrounding metropolitan region with the result that Vancouver constitutes the largest native community in the province albeit an unincorporated one i e not as a band government citation needed There is an equally large or larger Metis contingent Indigenous peoples who make up less than two percent of the city s population are not considered a visible minority group by Statistics Canada Indigenous Population in Vancouver 122 123 Aboriginal group First Nations 7 865 1 3 7 510 1 3 Metis 3 595 0 6 3 235 0 6 Inuit 70 0 45 0 Aboriginal n i e 305 0 1 210 0 Multiple Aboriginal identities 100 0 140 0 Total Aboriginal population 11 945 2 11 145 1 9 Total population 590 210 100 571 600 100 Europeans Edit British Isles Edit Much of the ethnic white population consists of persons whose origins go back to Britain or Ireland and until recently British Columbians with British or Irish ancestry most likely came directly from those islands rather than via Ontario or the Maritime Provinces Until the 1960s it was easier to purchase the Timesof London and The Guardian in Vancouver than it was to find the Toronto Globe and MailorMontreal Gazette Continental Europeans Edit Other large and historically important European ethnic groups consist of Germans Dutch French of both European and Canadian origin Ukrainians Scandinavians Finns Italians Croats Hungarians Greeks and lately numerous Romanians Russians Portuguese Serbs and Poles Non visible minorities such as newly arrived Eastern Europeans and the new wave of Latin Americans are also a feature of the city s ethnic landscape Prior to the Hong Kong influx of the 1980s the largest non British Isles ethnic group in the city was German followed by Ukrainian and the Scandinavian ethnicities Most of these earlier East European immigrant are fully assimilated or intermarried with other groups although a new generation of East Europeans form a distinct linguistic and social community East Asians Edit Chinese Edit Main article Chinese Canadians in Greater Vancouver The first Chinese immigrants to British Columbia were men who came to the British Colonies of Canada as they called British Columbia for the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858 and a decade later to work on building the Canadian Pacific Railway Koreans Edit Main article Korean Canadians As of 2014 there are about 70 000 ethnic Koreans in the Vancouver area 124 An H Mart and several Korean restaurants are located on Robson Street 125 As of 2008 there are many Korean national students at the university and primary secondary levels studying English 126 Other areas with Korean businesses include Kingsway in Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster other areas in Vancouver North Road in Burnaby and Coquitlam and areas of Port Coquitlam 127 As of 2011 Coquitlam is a popular area of settlement for Koreans 128 Rimhak Ree Yi Yimhak came to Vancouver to study mathematics at the University of British Columbia in 1953 making him the first known ethnic Korean to live in the city 129 There were about 50 ethnic Koreans in Vancouver in the mid 1960s The first Korean United Church congregation in the city opened in 1965 Numbers of Korean immigration to Canada increased due to more permissive immigration laws established in the 1960s as well as the home country s political conflict and poverty There were 1 670 ethnic Koreans in Vancouver by 1975 making up 16 of all ethnic Koreans in Canada and a 3000 increase from the mid 1960s population 130 Korean immigration to Canada decreased after a more restrictive immigration law was enacted in 1978 131 Christianity is a popular religion among ethnic Koreans About 200 Korean churches are in the Vancouver area 124 In 1986 Greater Vancouver had fewer than 5 000 ethnic Koreans In 1991 the number had increased to 8 330 The number of ethnic Koreans in the Vancouver area increased by 69 in the period 1996 through 2001 132 The number of university students from Korea choosing to study in Vancouver had become most of the Korean students studying in Canada by the late 1990s 126 The first Korean grocery store in the North Road area opened in 2000 127 In 2001 28 850 ethnic Koreans live in Greater Vancouver and this increased to 44 825 according to the 2006 census 132 Canwest Global does a co venture with the Canada Express a Korean publication to serve ethnic Koreans It previously published a Korean edition of the Vancouver Sun but later stopped Daniel Ahadi and Catherine A Murray authors of Urban Mediascapes and Multicultural Flows Assessing Vancouver s Communication Infrastructure wrote that the Korean edition of the Vancouver Sun was error fraught 133 South Asians Edit Main article South Asian Canadians in Greater Vancouver Punjabis Edit Punjabi immigrants first arrived in Vancouver during the late 19th century 134 Most ethnic South Asians in the Lower Mainland are Punjabi Sikhs Surrey has the largest ethnic South Asian population in Metro Vancouver at 32 4 The Newton neighbourhood in Surrey contains the highest percentage of ethnic Indians in a neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver 135 Other Asians Edit Other significant Asian ethnic groups in Vancouver are Vietnamese Filipino Cambodian and Japanese In Vancouver the term Asian is normally used to refer only to East Asian and Southeast Asian peoples while South Asians are usually referred to as Indo Canadian or East Indians Technically though the term Asian may refer to either group and also to the large Persian and other Middle Eastern populations as well as elements from Central Asia Future projections Edit Panethnic origin projections 2041 2041 136 137 138 139 Population European h 1 243 500 30 62 East Asian d 1 054 000 25 95 South Asian 757 000 18 64 Southeast Asian e 385 000 9 48 Middle Eastern f 202 000 4 97 Latin American 112 000 2 76 Indigenous 105 500 2 6 African 90 000 2 22 Other multiracial 112 000 2 76 Projected Metro Vancouver population 4 061 000 100 Language EditKnowledge of languages Edit The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian census and lists languages that were selected by at least 1 000 respondents Knowledge of Languages in Metro Vancouver Language 2021 140 Pop English 2 465 855 94 59 Mandarin 292 725 11 23 Punjabi 239 205 9 18 Cantonese 233 745 8 97 French 171 640 6 58 Hindi 110 490 4 24 Tagalog 109 935 4 22 Spanish 94 555 3 63 Korean 61 165 2 35 Iranian Persian 52 290 2 01 German 35 110 1 35 Vietnamese 34 655 1 33 Japanese 31 765 1 22 Russian 29 885 1 15 Arabic 28 450 1 09 Italian 24 325 0 93 Portuguese 23 835 0 91 Min Nan 22 615 0 87 Urdu 21 970 0 84 Serbo Croatian 17 080 0 66 Polish 13 165 0 5 Gujarati 12 615 0 48 Ilocano 9 645 0 37 Romanian 8 735 0 34 Tamil 8 440 0 32 Dutch 8 285 0 32 Dari 7 840 0 3 Turkish 7 840 0 3 Ukrainian 7 515 0 29 Greek 7 010 0 27 Indonesian 5 895 0 23 Hebrew 5 655 0 22 Bengali 5 330 0 2 Hungarian 5 250 0 2 Czech 4 785 0 18 Afrikaans 4 765 0 18 Malayalam 4 615 0 18 Wu Chinese 4 550 0 17 Cebuano 4 315 0 17 Telugu 3 940 0 15 Swahili 3 930 0 15 Kurdish 3 720 0 14 Thai 3 500 0 13 Hakka 3 385 0 13 Tigrigna 3 095 0 12 Sinhala 3 045 0 12 Malay 2 955 0 11 Marathi 2 935 0 11 Slovak 2 835 0 11 Kacchi 2 750 0 11 Hiligaynon 2 655 0 1 Amharic 2 590 0 1 Swedish 2 540 0 1 Pashto 2 445 0 09 Danish 2 255 0 09 Aramaic 2 125 0 08 Somali 1 970 0 08 Bulgarian 1 960 0 08 Finnish 1 695 0 07 Khmer language 1 690 0 06 Nepali 1 640 0 06 Albanian 1 585 0 06 Burmese 1 560 0 06 Azerbaijani 1 475 0 06 Norwegian 1 440 0 06 Kannada 1 430 0 05 Armenian 1 385 0 05 Irish 1 360 0 05 Pampangan language 1 310 0 05 Lao 1 175 0 05 Bisayan languages 1 145 0 04 Yoruba 1 130 0 04 Akan language 1 015 0 04 Total responses 2 607 010 98 64 Total population 2 642 825 100 Mother tongue Edit The following figures come from the 2021 census profile for Vancouver the census metropolitan area 141 Population by mother tongue Vancouver CMA Identified languages with 10 000 speakers Population English 1 340 995 51 2English non official language 117 335 4 5Mandarin 191 475 7 3Cantonese 182 910 7 0Panjabi Punjabi 180 355 6 9Tagalog Filipino 67 790 2 6Persian incl Dari Farsi 54 350 2 0Korean 52 525 2 0Spanish 36 625 1 5Hindi 27 990 1 0Vietnamese 26 850 1 0French 24 710 0 9Russian 20 685 0 8Portuguese 18 185 0 7Arabic 18 130 0 7German 18 090 0 7Japanese 17 340 0 7Serbo Croatian Bosnian Croatian Serbian Montenegrin 13 295 0 5Italian 13 285 0 5Minnan Chinese e g Hokkien Teochew 11 195 0 4Polish 10 645 0 4Urdu 10 495 0 4Notes The figures for Cantonese Mandarin and Minnan do not include 1 125 speakers of Chinese not otherwise specified some of whom may speak Cantonese Mandarin or Minnan The total number of speakers of all varieties of Chinese is 393 030 15 0 of the population For the separate figures of Hindi and Urdu see Hindi Urdu controversy The number of native speakers of both English and French only is 8 240 and with a non official language too 2 190 This means the self identified mother tongue speakers of both official languages amount to 10 430 0 4 of the population The 2021 census identified 1 800 individuals who had knowledge of an indigenous language of Canada Religion EditReligion in Metro Vancouver 2021 Irreligious 47 1 Christian 33 1 Sikh 8 5 Muslim 4 2 Buddhist 2 7 Hindu 2 6 Jewish 0 8 Other faiths 1 0 Vancouver like the rest of British Columbia has a low rate of church attendance compared with the rest of the continent and the majority of the population does not practice religion 142 143 As of the 2021 Canadian census 33 1 percent of Greater Vancouver is Christian the largest percentage of any religion 13 7 percent are Catholic 8 7 percent are Christians of unspecified denomination 7 2 percent are Protestant 1 4 percent are Christian Orthodox and 2 2 percent are other Christian or Christian related traditions Greater Vancouver has a notable Sikh 8 5 percent and Buddhist 2 7 percent population mostly adherents of South Asian and East Asian ancestry 144 There is also a significant minority of Muslim residents 4 2 percent Religious groups in Metro Vancouver 1981 2021 Religious group 2021 145 2011 146 2001 147 1991 148 149 1981 150 151 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Irreligion 1 227 760 47 09 945 405 41 45 692 765 35 21 493 220 31 14 283 965 22 71 Christianity 863 055 33 11 950 170 41 66 992 115 50 43 949 530 59 94 899 615 71 93 Sikhism 222 160 8 52 155 945 6 84 99 000 5 03 49 625 3 13 22 390 1 79 Islam 110 645 4 24 73 215 3 21 52 590 2 67 23 335 1 47 10 885 0 87 Buddhism 70 670 2 71 78 465 3 44 74 550 3 79 31 645 2 8 310 0 66 Hinduism 66 530 2 55 40 030 1 76 27 410 1 39 14 880 0 94 6 865 0 55 Judaism 20 125 0 77 18 730 0 82 17 270 0 88 14 360 0 91 12 865 1 03 Indigenous spirituality 1 865 0 07 1 550 0 07 Other 24 205 0 93 17 185 0 75 11 775 0 6 7 520 0 47 2 950 0 24 Total responses 2 607 010 98 64 2 280 695 98 59 1 967 480 99 02 1 584 115 98 85 1 250 605 98 61 Total population 2 642 825 100 2 313 328 100 1 986 965 100 1 602 502 100 1 268 183 100 Immigration EditImmigrants to Vancouver by place of birth 2011 to 2016 152 Rank Country Population of immigrants1 China 35 890 25 2 2 India 21 380 15 0 3 Philippines 20 200 14 2 4 Iran 8 310 5 8 5 South Korea 6 635 4 7 6 United States 4 065 2 9 7 United Kingdom 3 855 2 7 8 Taiwan 2 325 1 6 9 Mexico 2 295 1 6 10 Iraq 1 850 1 3 11 Japan 1 845 1 3 12 Syria 1 785 1 3 13 Hong Kong 1 695 1 2 14 Pakistan 1 670 1 2 15 Vietnam 1 505 1 1 Homelessness EditMain article Homelessness in Vancouver The 2011 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count revealed that there were at least 2 650 people found to be homeless in Metro Vancouver 153 This particular homeless count is and continues to be conducted once every three years taking place over a brief 24 hour period The report published on these results stated It is important to note that all Homeless Counts are inherently undercounts and that the 2011 Metro Vancouver Count was no exception 153 Nonetheless these counts can be used as indicators to determine homelessness trends within Metro Vancouver Between 2002 and 2005 the count revealed that homelessness in the region nearly doubled from 1121 to 2174 persons 154 From 2005 to 2008 the count revealed a much smaller increase in homelessness from 2174 to 2660 persons Thus the count conducted in 2011 implies that the homeless population has remained relatively stable between 2008 and 2011 Of the homeless people surveyed in 2011 71 were sheltered in either an emergency shelter safe house transition house or temporary facility such as a hospital jail or detoxification centre while 29 slept in outdoor locations or at someone else s place 153 74 of the 2 650 homeless persons counted were children those under the age of 19 who accompanied a parent who was also homeless Furthermore of the homeless youth surveyed 102 individuals were under the age of 19 221 between the ages of 19 and 24 and 74 whose ages could not be identified for a total of 397 homeless Adults constituted the largest cohort of homeless in Metro Vancouver with 275 individuals between the ages of 25 and 34 328 between the ages of 35 and 44 and 397 between the ages of 45 and 54 for a total of 1 000 homeless Lastly seniors those above the age of 55 constituted 268 homeless people Of the 2 650 people identified in the count ages for 985 people could not be provided Homelessness doesn t occur suddenly rather it is a progression wherein an individual becomes part of the group of at risk individuals remains in this group for some time and then finally becomes homeless due to economic hardships and social dislocation 155 Contemporary definitions split homelessness into two broad groups absolute homelessness which refers to persons or households literally without physical shelter and relative homelessness which includes a range of housing situations characterized as being at risk of homelessness 154 Indeed being classified as at risk of homelessness does not imply that an individual or household will become homeless in the future only that various pre conditions exist that may lead to this 156 These pre conditions include but are not restricted to the following people living in SROs Single Room Occupancy people living in rooming houses and people paying more than 50 of their net income towards housing costs 155 Two thirds of responses from homeless individuals enumerated in a recent homeless count in Greater Vancouver cited economic reasons for their being homeless with lack of income and cost of housing accounting for 44 and 22 of responses respectively 156 Housing affordability has and continues to be the top priority housing issue Vancouverites must resolve In 1996 a study published by BC Housing revealed that 25 of renter households in Vancouver pay 50 or more of their incomes to rent 155 The core housing need model developed by the CMHC uses a threshold of households spending at least 30 of their income on shelter costs to illuminate households experiencing acute housing affordability needs Moving from the 30 shelter cost to income ratio STIR used in the core housing need model to a 50 threshold typically reduces the number of households identified by more than half 154 In 2001 Statistics Canada published a study using both the 30 and 50 thresholds to identify renters and homeowners facing unaffordable housing costs in Metro Vancouver This study revealed that 8 1 of homeowners and 27 8 of renters exceeded the 30 threshold while 4 0 of homeowners and 10 8 of renters exceeded the 50 threshold More in depth still this study also found that 18 5 of immigrants living in Vancouver exceeded the 30 threshold and 8 0 exceed the 50 threshold Only 11 3 and 4 8 of Canadian born households exceeded the 30 and 50 thresholds respectively Heather Smith and David Ley found that in Canada s gateway cities the appreciable growth of the low income population during the 1990s was almost entirely attributable to the growing poverty of recent immigrants 157 They go on to state adult immigrants who had landed in the previous decade endured a poverty rate of 37 percent in Vancouver 157 Immigrants recent and old therefore constitute a large proportion of households in Metro Vancouver considered to be at risk of homelessness Analysis conducted by Robert Fiedler revealed that in 2001 29 1 of persons in households in Greater Vancouver are below more than one CMHC housing standard indicating that some households not only must spend an unsustainably high proportion of their income on shelter costs but must also live in overcrowded and or substandard conditions to access housing 156 Although many new immigrants to Canada come from educated backgrounds many having bachelor s degrees they are paid less on average than Canadian born individuals and Over the past 25 years the incomes of recent immigrants to Canada have progressively declined relative to the native born 158 Recently the City of Vancouver released a new strategy targeting homelessness and affordable housing The strategy will be enacted in 2012 and will run until 2021 with the goal of ending street homelessness completely by 2015 as well as increasing affordable housing choices for all Vancouverites The City of Vancouver indicates that from 2002 to 2011 homelessness has increased nearly three fold from approximately 628 homeless in 2002 to 1 605 homeless in 2011 159 The strategy goes on to report that SRO rooms are increasingly being lost to conversions and rent increases even though SRO hotels constitute a majority of Vancouver s lowest income housing stock As Robert Fiedler noted in 2006 renters are disproportionately located in the City of Vancouver which contains only 27 8 of the area s total population but 40 2 of all renters 156 Furthermore low vacancy rates in Vancouver s market rental stock a decreasing new supply of apartments in recent decades and a widening gap of household incomes and housing prices are just a few challenges that must be overcome By 2021 the City of Vancouver hopes to enable 5 000 additional social housing units 11 000 new market rental housing units and 20 000 market ownership units 159 Notes Edit Vancouver did not exist as such at the time of the 1871 and 1881 censuses 2001 2016 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