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Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== {{Further|Demographics of Metro Vancouver}} {{Historical populations |title = Vancouver |type = Canada |align = right |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = |footnote =Source: [[Statistics Canada]] |1891|13709 |1901|26133 |[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|100401 |1921|117217 |1931|246593 |1941|275353 |1951|344833 |1956|365844 |1961|384522 |1966|410375 |1971|426256 |1976|410188 |1981|414281 |1986|431147 |1991|471644 |[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|514008 |[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|545671 |[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|578041 |[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|603502 |[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|631486 |[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|662248 }} In the [[2021 Canadian census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Vancouver had a population of 662,248 living in 305,336 of its 328,347 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:662248-631486}}|631486|1}} from its 2016 population of 631,486, making it the [[List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population|eighth-largest among Canadian cities]]. More specifically, Vancouver is the fourth-largest in [[Western Canada]] after [[Calgary]], [[Edmonton]] and [[Winnipeg]]. With a land area of {{cvt|115.18|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|662248|115.18|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021,<ref name="VancouverCity">{{cite web |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Vancouver, City (CY) [Census subdivision], British Columbia |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915022&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210045727/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915022&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> the most densely populated Canadian municipality with more than 5,000 residents.<ref name=":0" /> At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the [[metropolitan area]] referred to as [[Greater Vancouver]] had a population of 2,642,825 living in 1,043,319 of its 1,104,532 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2642825-2463431}}|2463431|1}} from its 2016 population of 2,463,431, the [[List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada|third-most populous metropolitan area in the country]] and the most populous in [[Western Canada]]. With a land area of {{cvt|2878.93|km2|sqmi}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2642825|2878.93|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="2021censusCMA">{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085922/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 |url-status=live }}</ref> Approximately 75 percent of the people living in Metro Vancouver live outside Vancouver itself. The larger Lower Mainland-Southwest economic region (which includes also the [[Squamish-Lillooet Regional District|Squamish-Lillooet]], [[Fraser Valley Regional District|Fraser Valley]], and [[Sunshine Coast Regional District]]) has a population of over 3.04{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lower Mainland--Southwest [Economic region], British Columbia |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=August 20, 2022 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2021 census reported that [[Immigration to Canada|immigrants]] (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 274,365 persons or 42.2% of the total population of Vancouver. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were China (63,275 persons or 23.1%), Philippines (29,930 persons or 10.9%), Hong Kong (25,480 persons or 9.3%), India (14,640 persons or 5.3%), United Kingdom (12,895 persons or 4.7%), Vietnam (12,120 persons or 4.4%), Taiwan (9,870 persons or 3.6%), United States of America (9,790 persons or 3.6%), Iran (8,775 persons or 3.2%), and South Korea (6,495 persons or 2.4%).<ref name="2021censusB" /> === Ethnicity === {{Further|Demographics of Metro Vancouver#Ethnicity|Chinese Canadians in Greater Vancouver|South Asian Canadians in Greater Vancouver|Chinatown, Vancouver|Japantown, Vancouver|Punjabi Market, Vancouver|Greektown, Vancouver}} {{Pie chart | caption=[[Panethnicity|Pan-ethnic]] breakdown of Vancouver from the [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 census]]<ref name="2021censusB" /> | label1 = European{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}} | value1 = 43.22 | color1 = #8dd3c7 | label2 = East Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on the census.|name="EastAsian"}} | value2 = 29.26 | color2 = #fb8072 | label3 = Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on the census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}} | value3 = 9.1 | color3 = #bebada | label4 = South Asian | value4 = 6.9 | color4 = #fccde5 | label5 = Latin American | value5 = 2.78 | color5 = #ffffb3 | label6 = Middle Eastern{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on the census.|name="MiddleEastern"}} | value6 = 2.44 | color6 = #80b1d3 | label7 = [[Indigenous peoples of Canada|Indigenous]] | value7 = 2.25 | color7 = #fdb462 | label8 = African | value8 = 1.31 | color8 = #b3de69 | label9 = Other{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under the visible minority section on the census.|name="Other"}} | value9 = 2.74 | color9 = #d9d9d9 }} Vancouver has been called a "city of neighbourhoods." Each neighbourhood in Vancouver has a distinct character and ethnic mix.<ref>{{cite web |first=Thomas R. |last=Berger |title=A City of Neighbourhoods: Report of the 2004 Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission |publisher=City of Vancouver |website=vancouver.ca |date=June 8, 2004 |url=http://vancouver.ca/erc/pdf/verc_report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125152652/http://vancouver.ca/erc/pdf/verc_report.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2011}}</ref> People of English, Scottish, and Irish origins were historically the largest ethnic groups in the city,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo27y-eng.htm |title=Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census) |publisher=Statistics Canada |year=2006 |access-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115171531/http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo27y-eng.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2011}}</ref> and elements of British society and culture are still visible in some areas, particularly [[South Granville Rise|South Granville]] and [[Kerrisdale]]. [[German Canadians|Germans]] are the next-largest European ethnic group in Vancouver and were a leading force in the city's society and economy until the rise of anti-German sentiment with the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914.<ref name="STEV" /> Today the [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] are the largest visible ethnic group in Vancouver; the city has a diverse [[Chinese language|Chinese-speaking]] community with speakers of several dialects, notably [[Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref name="GVB" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Visible minorities, by census metropolitan areas (2006 Census) |url=http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo53g-eng.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810205754/http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo53g-eng.htm |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=December 1, 2009 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> Neighbourhoods with distinct ethnic commercial areas include [[Chinatown, Vancouver|Chinatown]], [[Punjabi Market, Vancouver|Punjabi Market]], [[Little Italy, Vancouver|Little Italy]], [[Greektown, Vancouver|Greektown]], and (formerly) [[Japantown, Vancouver|Japantown]]. Since the 1980s, [[Immigration to Canada|immigration]] increased substantially, making the city more [[Ethnic origins of people in Canada|ethnically]] and linguistically diverse; 49 percent of Vancouver's residents do not speak [[English language|English]] as their first language.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=February 8, 2017 |title=Census Profile 2016 Census Greater Vancouver |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002180520/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=October 2, 2018 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> Over 25 percent of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage.<ref name="VancouverCityMinority2021" /> In the 1980s, an influx of immigrants from [[Hong Kong]] in anticipation of [[Handover of Hong Kong|the transfer of sovereignty]] from the United Kingdom to China, combined with an increase in immigrants from [[mainland China]] and previous immigrants from [[Taiwan]], established in Vancouver one of the highest concentrations of ethnic Chinese residents in North America.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cernetig |first=Miro |date=June 30, 2007 |title=Chinese Vancouver: A decade of change |url=http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/features/newhongkong/story.html?id=011b7438-172c-4126-ba42-2c85828bd6ce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180032/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/features/newhongkong/story.html?id=011b7438-172c-4126-ba42-2c85828bd6ce |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2010 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> Another significant [[Asian Canadians|Asian]] ethnic group in Vancouver includes [[South Asian Canadians|South Asians]], forming approximately 7 percent of the city's inhabitants; while a small community had existed in the city since 1897,<ref>Walton-Roberts, Margaret. "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaret_Walton-Roberts/publication/250171093_THREE_READINGS_OF_THE_TURBAN_SIKH_IDENTITY_IN_GREATER_VANCOUVER/links/53f749e90cf2823e5bd635cf Three Readings of the Turban] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205002355/http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaret_Walton-Roberts/publication/250171093_THREE_READINGS_OF_THE_TURBAN_SIKH_IDENTITY_IN_GREATER_VANCOUVER/links/53f749e90cf2823e5bd635cf |date=February 5, 2016 }}", p. 317.</ref> larger waves of migration began in the 1950s and 1960s,<ref name="SikhsOfVancouver">{{cite thesis |last=Campbell |first=Michael Graeme |date=1977 |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0094087 |title=The Sikhs of Vancouver : a case study in minority-host relations |publisher=University of British Columbia |doi=10.14288/1.0094087 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018184049/https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0094087 |url-status=live }}</ref> prompting new [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] immigrants to establish a ''[[Little India]]'' (known as [[Punjabi Market, Vancouver|Punjabi Market]]) and preside{{clarify|date=September 2023}} over much of the mass construction of the ''[[Vancouver Special]]'' across the southeastern quadrant of the city,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver Special Sunset Project |url=https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Copy-Vancouver-Special.pdf |access-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705063826/http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Final-Copy-Vancouver-Special.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Booming Vancouver: The Beginning of the Vancouver Special |date=September 11, 2013 |url=http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2013/09/11/booming-vancouver-beginning-vancouver-special/ |access-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107004409/http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2013/09/11/booming-vancouver-beginning-vancouver-special/ |url-status=live }}</ref> notably within the [[Sunset, Vancouver|Sunset neighbourhood]] prior to the [[suburbanization]] of the community to outer suburbs such as Surrey or Delta.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/08/02/Punjabi-Market-Vancouver-Past-Present-Future-50-Anniversary/ |title=Punjabi Market β Past, Present and Future |date=August 2, 2019 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230603/https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/08/02/Punjabi-Market-Vancouver-Past-Present-Future-50-Anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2013 |title=Can Vancouver's Little India District Survive |work=News 1130 |url=https://www.citynews1130.com/2013/02/04/can-vancouvers-little-india-district-survive/ |access-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609233003/https://www.citynews1130.com/2013/02/04/can-vancouvers-little-india-district-survive/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thethunderbird.ca/2008/11/13/vancouver%E2%80%99s-punjabi-market-falls-on-hard-times/ |title=Vancouver's Punjabi Market falls on hard times |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230603/https://thethunderbird.ca/2008/11/13/vancouver%E2%80%99s-punjabi-market-falls-on-hard-times/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other Asian-origin groups that reside in Vancouver include [[Filipino Canadians|Filipinos]] (5.9%), [[Japanese Canadians|Japanese]] (1.7%), [[Korean Canadians|Korean]] (1.7%), [[West Asian Canadians|West Asians]] (1.9%), as well as sizable communities of [[Vietnamese Canadians|Vietnamese]], [[Indonesian Canadians|Indonesians]], and [[Cambodian Canadians|Cambodians]].<ref name="VancouverCityMinority2021" /> Despite increases in [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]] immigration to Vancouver in the 1980s and 1990s, recent immigration has been comparatively low. However, growth in the Latino population{{snd}}which largely consists of [[Mexican Canadian|Mexicans]] and [[Salvadoran Canadian|Salvadorans]]{{snd}}rose in the late 2010s and early 2020s. African immigration has been similarly stagnant (3.6% and 3.3% of total immigrant population, respectively).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hiebert |first=Daniel |date=June 2009 |title=The Economic Integration of Immigrants in Metropolitan Vancouver |url=http://www.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol15no7.pdf |journal=Choices |publisher=[[Institute for Research on Public Policy]] |volume=15 |issue=7 |page=6 |eissn=0711-0677 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130181145/http://www.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol15no7.pdf |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=July 13, 2009}}</ref> The [[Black Canadians|black]] population of Vancouver is small in comparison to other Canadian major cities, making up 1.3 percent of the city. [[Hogan's Alley, Vancouver|Hogan's Alley]], a small area adjacent to Chinatown, just off Main Street at Prior, was once home to a significant black community. The Black population consists of [[Somali Canadian|Somalis]], Jamaicans/Caribbeans, and other groups, including those who descended from African Americans. The neighbourhood of [[Strathcona, Vancouver|Strathcona]] was the core of the city's [[History of the Jews in Canada|Jewish]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2019 |title=North of the Colour Line: Sleeping Car Porters and the Battle Against Jim Crow on Canadian Rails, 1880-1920 {{!}} History Cooperative |url=https://historycooperative.org/north-colour-line-sleeping-car-porters-battle-jim-crow-canadian-rails-1880-1920/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=historycooperative.org |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925211205/https://historycooperative.org/north-colour-line-sleeping-car-porters-battle-jim-crow-canadian-rails-1880-1920/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2006 |title=Community Profiles |url=http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/strathcona/history.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930171154/http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/strathcona/history.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=City of Vancouver}}</ref> In 1981, approximately 24 percent of the city population belonged to a [[visible minority]] group;<ref name="population1981">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=April 3, 2013 |title=1981 Census of Canada : volume 2 β provincial series : population; language, ethnic origin, religion, place of birth, schooling British Columbia. |url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.838030/publication.html |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122164607/https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.838030/publication.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|127}} at the same time, this proportion was roughly 14 percent for the entire [[Greater Vancouver|metropolitan area]].<ref name="Minority1981to2001">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=January 21, 2003 |title=Canada's Ethnocultural Portrait: The Changing Mosaic, 2001 Census β ARCHIVED |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/96F0030X2001008 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210132003/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/96F0030X2001008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Visible Minorities and Aboriginal Peoples in Vancouver's Labour Market |url=http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/lp/lo/lswe/we/special_projects/RacismFreeInitiative/Pendakur.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016204636/http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/lp/lo/lswe/we/special_projects/RacismFreeInitiative/Pendakur.shtml |archive-date=October 16, 2008 |first=Krishna |last=Pendakur |date=December 13, 2005 |publisher=Human Resources and Skills Development Canada |access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref> By 2016, the proportion in the city had grown to 52 percent.<ref name="VancouverCityMinority2016">{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Vancouver, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Greater Vancouver, Regional district [Census division], British Columbia Visible Minority |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006094003/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the Hong Kong diaspora of the 1990s, the largest non-British ethnic groups in the city were [[Irish Canadians|Irish]] and [[German Canadians|German]], followed by [[Scandinavia]]n, [[Italian Canadians|Italian]], [[Ukrainian Canadians|Ukrainian]], Chinese, and [[Punjabi Canadians|Punjabi]]. From the mid-1950s until the 1980s, many [[Portuguese Canadians|Portuguese]] immigrants came to Vancouver, and the city had the third-largest Portuguese population in Canada in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |first=Henrique |last=Santos |title=Portuguese-Canadians and Their Academic Underachievement in High School in British Columbia: The Case of an Invisible Minority |url=https://www.sfu.ca/mpp-old/pdf_news/Capstone/Santos_Rick.pdf |year=2006 |publisher=Simon Fraser University |access-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613034148/http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/navres/1/1-n_eng.asp?category=106 |archive-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> Eastern Europeans, including [[Russians]], [[Czechs]], [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Romanians]] and [[Hungarians]] began immigrating after the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe after [[World War II]].<ref name="STEV" /> [[Greeks|Greek]] immigration increased in the late 1960s and early '70s, with most settling in the [[Kitsilano]] area. Vancouver also has a significant [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|aboriginal]] community of about 15,000 people.<ref name="indigenous2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810026601 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027012129/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810026601 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VancouverCityMinority2021"/> Vancouver has a large [[LGBT community]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay U.S. couples can't get divorces for Canadian marriages |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gay-u-s-couples-can-t-get-divorces-for-canadian-marriages-1.852393 |date=September 25, 2009 |work=CBC News |access-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929083016/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gay-u-s-couples-can-t-get-divorces-for-canadian-marriages-1.852393 |archive-date=September 29, 2009}}</ref> with a recognized [[Gay village|gay male enclave]] focused in the West End neighbourhood of the downtown core, particularly along Davie Street, officially designated as [[Davie Village]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay clubs build community in Vancouver |url=https://www.straight.com/article-155715/gay-clubs-build-community |first=Matthew |last=Burrows |date=July 31, 2008 |work=[[The Georgia Straight]] |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127224034/http://www.straight.com/article-155715/gay-clubs-build-community |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> though the gay community is omnipresent throughout West End and Yaletown areas. Vancouver is host to one of the country's largest annual [[pride parade]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Milk protΓ©gΓ© praises Vancouver Pride celebration |first=Andrew |last=Weichel |work=CTV News |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/milk-prot-g-praises-vancouver-pride-celebration-1.422070 |date=August 2, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810060032/http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090802/bc_pride_parade_090802/20090802/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> === Language === According to the 2021 Canadian census, 612,215 persons, or 94.1% of Vancouver's population, know the [[English language]]; 96,965 persons or 14.9% of the population, know the [[Cantonese language]], followed by [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (74,695 or 11.5%), [[French language|French]] (60,990 or 9.4%), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (30,430 or 4.7%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (19,130 or 2.9%), [[Hindi]] (15,025 or 2.3%), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (14,905 or 2.3%), [[Persian language]]s (12,330 or 1.9%), [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (12,075 or 1.9%), [[German language|German]] (11,050 or 1.7%), [[Korean language|Korean]] (10,480 or 1.6%), [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (8,715 or 1.3%), [[Italian language|Italian]] (7,740 or 1.2%), and [[Russian language|Russian]] (7,620 or 1.2%).<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=vancouver&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610042605/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915022&SearchText=vancouver |url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, the 2021 census stated 332,135 persons or 50.7% of Vancouver's population have [[English language|English]] as a [[mother tongue]]; Cantonese is the [[mother tongue]] of 77,435 persons or 11.8% of the population, followed by Mandarin (41,695 or 6.4%), Tagalog (18,675 or 2.9%), Spanish (16,735 or 2.6%), Punjabi (13,305 or 2.0%), Vietnamese (11,870 or 1.8%), Persian languages (10,315 or 1.6%), Korean (8,605 or 1.3%), Japanese (7,150 or 1.1%), Portuguese (6,740 or 1.0%), Russian (5,155 or 0.8%), German (4,725 or 0.7%), Hindi (4,355 or 0.7%), and Italian (4,000 or 0.6%).<ref name="2021censusB" /> === Religion === According to the [[2021 Canadian census]], religious groups in Vancouver included:<ref name="2021censusB" /> *[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (362,925 persons or 55.8%) *[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (194,365 persons or 29.9%) *[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (26,245 persons or 4.0%) *[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (17,910 persons or 2.8%) *[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (16,535 persons or 2.5%) *[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (12,585 persons or 1.9%) *[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (11,675 persons or 1.8%) *[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous spirituality]] (480 persons or 0.1%) *Other (7,665 persons or 1.2%) {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Religious groups in Vancouver (1991β2021) ! rowspan="2" |Religious group ! colspan="2" |[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]<ref name="2021censusB" /> ! colspan="2" |[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |title=NHS Profile, Vancouver, CY, British Columbia, 2011 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date=May 8, 2013 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926093208/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> ! colspan="2" |[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |title=2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008030600/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915022&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref> ! colspan="2" |[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]<ref name="1991census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |title=1991 Census of Canada: Census Area Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=33332&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=30&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114212656/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census91/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=33332&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=30&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1991&THEME=113&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]] !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | [[Christianity in Canada|Christian]] | 194,365 | {{Percentage | 194,365| 650,380| 2 }} | 213,855 | {{Percentage | 213,855 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 229,015 | {{Percentage | 229,015| 539,630 | 2 }} | 238,460 | {{Percentage | 238,460| 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhist]] | 26,245 | {{Percentage | 26,245| 650,380| 2 }} | 33,450 | {{Percentage | 33,450 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 37,140 | {{Percentage | 37,140 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 20,595 | {{Percentage | 20,595 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Islam in Canada|Muslim]] | 17,910 | {{Percentage | 17,910| 650,380| 2 }} | 13,255 | {{Percentage | 13,255 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 9,345 | {{Percentage | 9,345 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 5,785 | {{Percentage | 5,785 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikh]] | 16,535 | {{Percentage | 16,535| 650,380| 2 }} | 16,815 | {{Percentage | 16,815 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 15,200 | {{Percentage | 15,200 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 12,935 | {{Percentage | 12,935 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Hinduism in Canada|Hindu]] | 12,585 | {{Percentage | 12,585| 650,380| 2 }} | 8,220 | {{Percentage | 8,220 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 7,670 | {{Percentage | 7,670 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 6,745 | {{Percentage | 6,745 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Judaism in Canada|Jewish]] | 11,675 | {{Percentage | 11,675| 650,380| 2 }} | 10,350 | {{Percentage | 10,350 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 9,620 | {{Percentage | 9,620 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 8,675 | {{Percentage | 8,675 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | Other religion | 8,145 | {{Percentage | 8,145| 650,380| 2 }} | 5,820 | {{Percentage | 5,820| 590,205 | 2 }} | 3,705 | {{Percentage | 3,705| 539,630 | 2 }} | 3,190 | {{Percentage | 3,190 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- | [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligious]] | 362,925 | {{Percentage | 362,925| 650,380| 2 }} | 288,435 | {{Percentage | 288,435 | 590,205 | 2 }} | 227,925 | {{Percentage | 227,925 | 539,630 | 2 }} | 168,910 | {{Percentage | 168,910 | 465,300 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" ! Total responses ! 650,380 ! {{Percentage | 650,380| 662,248| 2 }} ! 590,205 ! {{Percentage | 590,205 | 603,502 | 2 }} ! 539,630 ! {{Percentage | 539,630 | 545,671 | 2 }} ! 465,300 ! {{Percentage | 465,300 | 471,844 | 2 }} |- |} === Homelessness === {{Main|Homelessness in Vancouver}} Homelessness is a significant and persistent issue in Vancouver. A 2019 count found that at least 2,223 people in the city were experiencing homelessness, the highest number recorded since counts began in 2005. Of those surveyed, 28 percent reported having no physical shelter. Indigenous people accounted for 39 percent of all respondents. Three-fifths of respondents said at least two health concerns, and 67 percent said an addiction to at least one substance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver Homeless Count 2019 |publisher=City of Vancouver |date=2019 |url=https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/vancouver-homeless-count-2019-final-report.pdf |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182131/https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/vancouver-homeless-count-2019-final-report.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page