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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saskatoon, CYFootnote 1
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 218,670 213,270 2,930 540 1,930 3,200 1.5
Single responses 212,955 207,800 2,790 425 1,925 3,005 1.4
English 196,180 194,220 1,960 0 0 1,965 1.0
French 865 75 785 0 0 790 91.3
Non-official languages 15,905 13,505 45 425 1,925 255 1.6
Aboriginal languages 350 340 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 285 275 0 5 5 5 1.8
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 250 245 0 0 5 5 2.0
Cree, n.o.s. 250 245 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Athapaskan languages 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,015 830 10 60 115 45 4.4
Italian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 90 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Romanian 170 135 0 15 20 10 5.9
Spanish 715 595 10 40 75 30 4.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 415 360 0 30 25 15 3.6
Dutch 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 315 270 0 25 20 10 3.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,510 1,295 0 55 160 25 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Croatian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 120 100 0 5 20 5 4.2
Russian 465 400 0 25 40 10 2.2
Serbian 105 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 570 480 0 10 80 5 0.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Albanian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 125 100 0 5 25 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hungarian 120 90 0 5 25 0 0.0
Turkic languages 90 80 5 0 5 5 5.6
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 55 5 0 0 5 8.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,485 1,065 5 70 350 35 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 130 85 0 15 30 5 3.8
Oromo 55 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Somali 75 50 5 15 5 10 13.3
Semitic languages 1,355 980 5 55 320 30 2.2
Amharic 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 840 590 5 40 210 20 2.4
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 85 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 370 265 0 10 100 10 2.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,755 3,300 5 105 345 55 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 3,225 2,850 5 80 285 45 1.4
Bengali 705 630 0 30 40 15 2.1
Gujarati 170 155 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 215 190 0 5 20 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 500 420 0 5 70 0 0.0
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,395 1,235 5 45 115 25 1.8
Nepali 110 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Iranian languages 465 400 0 15 50 5 1.1
Kurdish 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 380 325 0 15 40 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 10 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 165 155 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kannada 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 235 200 5 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,110 2,440 5 35 635 20 0.6
Chinese languages 2,875 2,310 0 35 530 15 0.5
Cantonese 465 320 0 5 135 5 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 610 510 0 5 90 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,780 1,455 5 20 300 15 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Burmese 90 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 140 60 0 0 80 0 0.0
Tai languages 85 60 0 5 15 5 5.9
Lao 65 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 505 405 0 15 80 5 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 480 385 5 20 80 10 2.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,485 2,400 5 20 60 15 0.6
Bisayan languages 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,330 2,250 0 15 60 15 0.6
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 155 130 5 15 5 10 6.5
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 125 95 10 15 10 15 12.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 65 55 5 0 5 5 7.7
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 5 5 10 0 5 33.3
Non-verbal languages 95 70 0 0 20 5 5.3
American Sign Language 40 25 0 5 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Other languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,715 5,465 135 115 0 195 3.4
English and French 245 95 85 60 0 115 46.9
English and non-official language 5,290 5,285 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 105 65 40 0 0 35 33.3
English, French and non-official language 75 20 5 50 0 35 46.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

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