Publications
2007
Catherine Murray, Sherry Yu and Daniel Ahadi. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Media in BC. A Report to Department of Canadian Heritage, Western Region. SFU: Center for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities. 144 pp.
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Appendix of the final report has been updated upon request up to December 31, 2007
The recently released 2006 Census on Language, Immigration and Citizenship, and Mobility and Migration (December 4, 2007) confirm the growing presence of ethnic population in Vancouver.
- From 1996 to 2006, the population of Vancouver grew by 284,916 (from 1,831,665 to 2,116,581).
- 4 out of every 10 people are immigrants.
- 4 out of every 10 people have a non-official language as a mother tongue.
- 3 out of every 10 people speak non-official language at home (547,660 out of 2,097,965).
- Among the non-official languages, Chinese is most spoken at home (47%) followed by Punjabi (16%) and Korean (7%)
The project team will wait until April 2008 for the release of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities data and revise the publication accordingly. Thank you for your patience (updated on December 11, 2007).