In recent years Asian, rather than European, countries have become the predominant source of immigrants. Graph 5 looks at the change in the country of origin of the City's newcomers. Households Household size in the City of North Vancouver tends to be somewhat smaller than the average in the Greater Vancouver area, or even in comparison to other North Shore municipalities. This may be due in part to the comparatively higher proportion of multi-family rental housing in the City. Tables 4 and 5 look at the City's household and family sizes.
Family size refers to the number of family members of the survey respondent.
Household size refers to the number of persons living in the survey respondent's household as of December 31 of the reference year, irrespective of their relationship with the respondent. Census Income Levels Incomes in the City of North Vancouver are consistently higher than most communities in Canada. Table 6 looks at a range of income indicators from the1996 census. Census Graph 6 shows the incidence of Low Income in Private Households for the City of North Vancouver. Low income levels are established by Statistics Canada.