Iranian origins on the North Shore and in Richmond Hill
Iranian origin is reported by 10.0 percent of the population in private households in West Vancouver and 10.1 percent in Richmond Hill, at opposite ends of the country.
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About 39,000 people in the Vancouver census metropolitan area reported Iranian origin. · West
Iranian is reported by 10.0 percent of the population in private households in West Vancouver, 9.6 percent in the city of North Vancouver, 7.0 percent in the district of North Vancouver and 10.1 percent in Richmond Hill, against 0.4 percent across Canada.
Within North Vancouver one dissemination area reaches 47.6 percent of the 420 people in private households counted there.
In the Vancouver census metropolitan area the share is 1.5 percent and in the Toronto census metropolitan area 1.2 percent.
Across Canada 8 dissemination areas report Iranian above 30 percent of the population in private households.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
Iranian and Persian are separate responses in the census. They are never added together here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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