Editing Richmond, British Columbia (section)

=== 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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| [[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 }}
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| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
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