Vancouver, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Vancouver	British Columbia	National
Population	694,440	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	5,844	5	4
Median age	39.3	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	66%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	40%	41%	43%
Speak English only	83.3%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Vancouver is 110472% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Vancouver is 7% lower than British Columbia
In Vancouver 28.33% of the population is Chinese
In Vancouver 7.04% of the population is South Asian
In Vancouver 5.37% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Chinese	28.3%
South Asian	7.0%
Filipino	5.4%
Southeast Asian	2.9%
Latin American	2.0%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
China	11.6%
Philippines	5.2%
Hong Kong	3.7%
India	2.3%
United Kingdom	1.9%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Vancouver age breakdown

Source: The Vancouver, BC data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.