Editing Richmond, British Columbia (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
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| footnote    = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Population_Hot_Facts6248.pdf |title=Population Hot Facts |website=City of Richmond |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214195631/https://richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Population_Hot_Facts6248.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1981|96154
|1991|126624
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|148867
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|164345
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|174461
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|190473
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|198309
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|209937
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[[File:Contemporary home in Richmond, BC.JPG|thumb|right| A modern 1970's West Coast-style Richmond home pictured in 2006.]]

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census]] of Population conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Richmond had a population of 209,937 living in 81,080 of its 85,035 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:209937-198309}}|198309|1}} from its 2016 population of 198,309. The average age of the population was 43.3 years old, and the median age of the population was 43.6.<ref name="2021census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=9 February 2022 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Richmond, City (CY) [Census subdivision], British Columbia |url=https://census.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=richmond&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015 |access-date=29 July 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |ref=2021census |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824031346/https://census.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=richmond&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Of the population, 13.3 percent was 0 to 14 years of age, 20 percent was 65 years and over, 2.4 percent was 85 years and over, and 66.7 percent was the age 15 to 64 years old.<ref name="2021census" /> Richmond's 2021 population of 209,937 makes it the [[List of cities in British Columbia|fourth-largest city]] in [[British Columbia]], after [[Vancouver]] (662,248), [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] (568,322) and [[Burnaby]] (249,125).<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2022 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.4568 |access-date=11 February 2022 |website=Statistics Canada}}</ref>

Richmond has a land area of {{cvt|128.87|km2}} and a population density of {{Pop density|209937|128.87|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="2021census" /> The average size of a household in Richmond is 2.6 persons. Most households have a household size of 2 persons, and the least households have 5 or more persons.<ref name="2021census" /> [[Apartment buildings]] are the most common structural type of dwellings, made up of 18,590 apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys, 15,475 apartment in a building that has five or more storeys, and 4,990 apartment or flat in a [[duplex (building)|duplex]].<ref name="2021census" /> [[Single-family detached home|Single-detached houses]] are also popular with 24,435 single-detached houses located in Richmond. Other types of buildings include 1,585, [[Semi-detached|semi-detached houses]] 15,945 [[row houses]], 20 other single-attached houses, and 45 movable dwellings.<ref name="2021census" />

The average price of a detached home in Richmond is $1,581,600.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Much Did Vancouver Home Prices Fall in January? {{!}} Zoocasa |url=https://www.zoocasa.com/blog/vancouver-home-prices-january-2019/ |website=Zoocasa Blog |access-date=14 October 2019 |date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014041149/https://www.zoocasa.com/blog/vancouver-home-prices-january-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Richmond has an immigrant population of 60 percent, the highest in Canada.<ref name="60%immig">{{cite news |title=Richmond has highest percentage of immigrants in Canada |url=http://www.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=add39b4e-452d-454b-b7a8-f35890156593&k=7115 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 December 2007 |archive-date=27 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727145251/http://www.canada.com/richmondnews/news/story.html?id=add39b4e-452d-454b-b7a8-f35890156593&k=7115 }}</ref>

Richmond is also home to two of the largest Buddhist temples in North America, the [[International Buddhist Temple]] and the [[Ling Yen Mountain Temple]].

=== Ethnicity ===
Approximately half of Richmond residents identify as having [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese ancestry]] with the [[BBC]] calling it "North America's most Asian city" in 2012.<!-- Do not change, remove or add other than "Asian" without consensus, as this follows how the term is used in Canada. -->{{efn|name=Asian|The term "Asian" used according to contemporary Canadian parlance and for Canadian government census purposes describes {{slink|Asian people|Canada}} as a [[East Asians|race]]. Furthermore, the term [[East Asian Canadian|"Asian" in Canada]] is often synonymous with people of [[East Asian people|East Asian ancestry]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |title=Michelle Yeoh Is Oscars' First Asian Best Actress Winner: 'This is a Beacon of Hope and Possibilities' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-best-actress-oscars-2023-1235348487/ |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820165332/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-best-actress-oscars-2023-1235348487/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sun|first=Rebecca|title=Oscars: Michelle Yeoh Makes History as First Asian Best Actress Nominee|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-actress-oscar-nominee-2023-1235308034/|date=24 January 2023|access-date=30 July 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322045146/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-actress-oscar-nominee-2023-1235308034/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ethno-racial groups from other parts of Continental Asia or of Continental Asian origin are not considered "Asian" by Canadian usage.}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Graeme |title=Chinese reach majority in Richmond |url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/chinese-reach-majority-in-richmond-3061235 |agency=Richmond News |date=1 November 2017 |access-date=8 April 2023 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408051642/https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/chinese-reach-majority-in-richmond-3061235 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[East Asian Canadians]] make up a majority of Richmond's population, many of whom immigrated in the late 1980s, mostly from [[Hong Kong]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Mainland China]] on top of the [[Japanese Canadian]] community who immigrated to Canada nearly a century earlier. Almost three quarters of city's population is of Continental Asian descent, where other Continental [[Asian Canadians]] communities residing in Richmond include [[Indo-Canadians]] and [[Filipino Canadians]].<ref name="2021census" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnocultural Hot Facts |url=https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/2006_Ethnicity20987.pdf |website=City of Richmond |access-date=8 April 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607024625/https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/2006_Ethnicity20987.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Richmond's Japanese community has a long history in [[Steveston, British Columbia|Steveston]] dating back to the 1800s. Following Japan's 1941 [[Pearl Harbor attack|attack on Pearl Harbor]], the [[Anti-Japanese sentiment]] grew, and this community was devastated as residents of Japanese descent were relocated to [[Japanese Canadian internment|internment camps]] in the [[Interior Plateau|BC Interior]] and [[Alberta]] and their property sold at auction.

{{More information|Demographics of Metro Vancouver#Historic trends}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Richmond (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="indigenous2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=21 September 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=28 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=27 October 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="RichmondCityMinority2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=26 October 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Richmond, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] Visible minority |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=30&SearchText=richmond |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030080248/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=30&SearchText=richmond |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="indigenous2016">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=17 June 2019 |title=Aboriginal Identity (9), Age (20), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110511&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926132326/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110511&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RichmondCityMinority2016">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 October 2021 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census Richmond, 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=5915015&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008082342/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=CD&Code2=5915&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Visible%20minority&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="indigenous2011">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=23 January 2019 |title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables Aboriginal Identity (8), Age Groups (20), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census divisions and Census subdivisions, 2011 National Household Survey |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=107504&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=94&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006094011/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=107504&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=94&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RichmondCityMinority2011">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=27 November 2015 |title=NHS Profile, Richmond, CY, British Columbia, 2011 Visible Minority |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Visible%20minority&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008082342/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=Visible%20minority&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="RichmondCity2006">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=20 August 2019 |title=2006 Community Profiles Richmond British Columbia (City) |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008082343/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="RichmondCity2001">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2 July 2019 |title=2001 Community Profiles Richmond British Columbia (City) |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008082342/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=richmond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="statscan">{{cite web |date=12 March 2002 |title=Richmond at Statistics Canada |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=&SearchText=&SearchType=&SearchPR=&B1=Population |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223215845/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915015&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=&SearchText=&SearchType=&SearchPR=&B1=Population |archive-date=23 February 2009 |access-date=21 July 2012 |publisher=2.statcan.ca}}</ref>
|-
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
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|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 118,980
| {{Percentage | 118980 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 109,415
| {{Percentage | 109415 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 94,180
| {{Percentage | 94180 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 80,245
| {{Percentage | 80245 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 68,785
| {{Percentage | 68785 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an aboriginal identity.|name=euro}}
| 39,465
| {{Percentage | 39465 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 45,050
| {{Percentage | 45050 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 54,050
| {{Percentage | 54050 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 59,335
| {{Percentage | 59335 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 65,845
| {{Percentage | 65845 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 18,435
| {{Percentage | 18435 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 15,530
| {{Percentage | 15530 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 14,820
| {{Percentage | 14820 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 11,035
| {{Percentage | 11035 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 8,445
| {{Percentage | 8445 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 15,370
| {{Percentage | 15370 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 14,360
| {{Percentage | 14360 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 14,515
| {{Percentage | 14515 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 13,860
| {{Percentage | 13860 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 12,120
| {{Percentage | 12120 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 3,875
| {{Percentage | 3875 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 2,715
| {{Percentage | 2715 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 2,205
| {{Percentage | 2205 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 2,115
| {{Percentage | 2115 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 2,030
| {{Percentage | 2030 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 1,540
| {{Percentage | 1540 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 1,595
| {{Percentage | 1595 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 1,935
| {{Percentage | 1935 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 1,275
| {{Percentage | 1275 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 1,165
| {{Percentage | 1165 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 2,155
| {{Percentage | 2155 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 1,585
| {{Percentage | 1585 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 1,680
| {{Percentage | 1680 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 1,265
| {{Percentage | 1265 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 1,165
| {{Percentage | 1165 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Black Canadian|Black African]]
| 1,775
| {{Percentage | 1775 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 1,270
| {{Percentage | 1270 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 1,245
| {{Percentage | 1245 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 1,390
| {{Percentage | 1390 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 1,470
| {{Percentage | 1470 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 6,800
| {{Percentage | 6800 | 208400 | 2 }}
| 5,155
| {{Percentage | 5155 | 196660 | 2 }}
| 4,675
| {{Percentage | 4675 | 189305 | 2 }}
| 3,040
| {{Percentage | 3040 | 173565 | 2 }}
| 2,380
| {{Percentage | 2380 | 163395 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 208,400
! {{Percentage | 208400 | 209937 | 2 }}
! 196,660
! {{Percentage | 196660 | 198309 | 2 }}
! 189,305
! {{Percentage | 189305 | 190473 | 2 }}
! 173,565
! {{Percentage | 173565 | 174461 | 2 }}
! 163,395
! {{Percentage | 163395 | 164345 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 209,937
! {{Percentage | 209937 | 209937 | 2 }}
! 198,309
! {{Percentage | 198309 | 198309 | 2 }}
! 190,473
! {{Percentage | 190473 | 190473 | 2 }}
! 174,461
! {{Percentage | 174461 | 174461 | 2 }}
! 164,345
! {{Percentage | 164345 | 164345 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Languages ===
The 2021 census found that English was spoken as mother tongue by 31.31% of the population. The next most common mother tongue language was [[Cantonese]], spoken by 21.52% of the population, followed by [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] at 21.08%.<ref>{{cite web |title = Richmond |work = Richmond, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Greater Vancouver, Regional district [Census division], British Columbia |publisher = Statistics Canada |date = 29 November 2017 |url = https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=14&SearchText=Richmond |access-date = 21 August 2022 |archive-date = 21 August 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821190457/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=14&SearchText=Richmond |url-status = live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="background:darkGrey;"
! Rank
! Mother tongue
! Population
! Percentage
|-
|1
| English
| 65,440
| 31.31%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|2
| [[Cantonese]]
| 44,985
| 21.52%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|3
| [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
| 44,060
| 21.08%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|4
| [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
| 7,735
| 3.70%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|5
| [[French language|French]]
| 4,990
| 2.39%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|6
| [[Southern Min]]
| 2,360
| 1.13%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|7
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| 2,170
| 1.04%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|8
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| 2,055
| 0.98%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|9
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| 1,920
| 0.92%
|- style="background:#efefef; color:black"
|10
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| 1,555
| 0.74%
|}
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=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Richmond included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=26 October 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Richmond, City (CY) British Columbia [Census subdivision] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=30&SearchText=richmond |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030080250/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00055915015&HEADERlist=30&SearchText=richmond |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (111,140 persons or 53.3%)
*[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (64,405 persons or 30.9%)
*[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (11,590 persons or 5.6%)
*[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (7,630 persons or 3.7%)
*[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (6,985 persons or 3.4%)
*[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (2,605 persons or 1.3%)
*[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (2,515 persons or 1.2%)
*[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous spirituality]] (40 persons or <0.1%)