Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saskatchewan
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 1,083,235 1,023,405 530 51,360 7,945
Single responses 1,064,675 1,007,240 480 49,075 7,880
Official languages 907,715 861,830 370 45,320 190
English 892,615 859,605 20 32,805 185
French 15,095 2,225 350 12,520 0
Non-official languages 156,960 145,410 110 3,755 7,690
Aboriginal languages 28,340 27,950 10 110 270
Algonquian languages 19,965 19,785 5 85 90
Blackfoot 15 10 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 19,020 18,840 10 80 90
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 30 0 0 0
Plains Cree 2,080 2,060 0 10 15
Southern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 250 240 0 5 0
Woods Cree 785 780 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,860 15,725 5 60 75
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 935 930 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 925 915 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 7,865 7,675 5 10 175
Northern Athabaskan languages 7,860 7,675 5 10 170
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 7,860 7,670 5 10 175
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Haida 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages 30 30 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 235 210 0 15 5
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 230 225 0 0 0
Dakota 195 195 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 128,620 117,465 100 3,645 7,415
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,775 4,980 10 355 1,425
Berber languages 10 0 0 10 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 1,050 920 0 15 115
Bilen 55 45 0 0 10
Oromo 190 175 0 0 15
Somali 775 680 0 15 85
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Semitic languages 5,690 4,040 15 330 1,305
Amharic 290 280 0 0 10
Arabic 4,045 2,620 15 285 1,135
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 305 250 0 10 45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 150 120 5 10 25
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 70 70 0 0 5
Maltese 10 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 680 605 0 5 80
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 125 100 0 20 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,555 2,090 0 90 380
Khmer (Cambodian) 135 125 0 5 15
Vietnamese 2,415 1,970 0 85 370
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 23,415 22,955 0 280 180
Bikol 85 80 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,545 1,525 0 5 15
Fijian 25 25 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 250 0 5 5
Ilocano 790 775 0 5 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 125 110 0 5 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 180 175 0 0 0
Pangasinan 40 45 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20,045 19,645 0 255 145
Waray-Waray 60 65 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 260 260 0 0 5
Creole languages 220 55 10 150 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 150 15 5 125 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 40 0 20 0
Dravidian languages 1,560 1,490 0 15 55
Kannada 65 60 0 0 0
Malayalam 855 810 0 0 40
Tamil 350 335 0 10 5
Telugu 285 275 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 73,165 68,510 30 2,010 2,615
Albanian 380 340 0 10 30
Armenian 70 60 0 0 10
Balto-Slavic languages 18,460 17,595 5 425 435
Baltic languages 175 165 0 10 0
Latvian 95 85 0 5 0
Lithuanian 80 75 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,285 17,435 5 410 425
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 225 220 0 0 5
Bulgarian 65 60 5 5 0
Croatian 460 430 0 20 10
Czech 235 225 0 10 0
Macedonian 55 50 0 5 5
Polish 1,865 1,765 0 75 25
Russian 3,040 2,720 0 125 195
Serbian 465 435 0 15 15
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 5 0
Slovak 110 105 0 5 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 80 80 0 0 0
Ukrainian 11,265 10,950 5 145 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 285 275 0 5 10
Celtic languages 60 50 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 25 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 10 0
Germanic languages 24,455 23,610 5 420 415
Afrikaans 880 855 0 15 5
Danish 260 250 0 5 0
Dutch 1,380 1,295 0 75 10
Frisian 30 25 0 5 0
German 21,320 20,625 5 290 400
Icelandic 50 50 0 0 0
Norwegian 305 305 0 0 0
Swedish 145 140 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 55 45 0 15 0
Yiddish 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 935 875 0 30 20
Indo-Iranian languages 22,335 20,365 5 545 1,415
Indo-Aryan languages 19,995 18,270 0 485 1,235
Bengali 2,800 2,545 0 130 120
Gujarati 2,510 2,355 5 20 135
Hindi 1,550 1,475 0 30 45
Kashmiri 20 20 0 0 0
Konkani 30 30 0 5 0
Marathi 140 130 0 5 0
Nepali 775 570 0 15 190
Oriya (Odia) 25 20 0 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,250 4,790 0 60 400
Sindhi 125 110 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 270 260 0 5 5
Urdu 6,515 5,960 0 215 340
Iranian languages 2,065 1,865 5 55 150
Kurdish 145 120 0 0 25
Pashto 555 500 0 5 45
Persian (Farsi) 1,370 1,235 0 45 85
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 275 240 5 5 25
Italic (Romance) languages 6,470 5,605 5 565 295
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 705 625 0 75 5
Portuguese 615 540 0 60 10
Romanian 850 720 5 95 30
Spanish 4,290 3,710 0 330 245
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 320 300 0 10 10
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 1,665 1,490 0 45 135
Mongolic languages 40 35 0 0 5
Mongolian 40 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,310 1,830 35 350 90
Akan (Twi) 185 175 0 5 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0
Ewe 50 45 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 25 15 0 10 5
Ga 20 25 0 5 0
Ganda 40 35 0 0 0
Igbo 220 210 0 10 0
Lingala 35 10 5 20 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 150 25 15 85 35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 115 55 0 55 5
Shona 95 90 0 5 0
Swahili 430 295 15 70 45
Wolof 20 5 0 15 0
Yoruba 465 450 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 425 365 5 55 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 340 320 0 5 15
Dinka 115 110 0 0 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 225 210 5 0 10
Sign languages 205 105 0 0 95
American Sign Language 70 40 0 5 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 135 60 0 0 70
Sino-Tibetan languages 13,495 10,905 5 255 2,335
Chinese languages 12,460 10,090 5 250 2,115
Cantonese 3,775 2,965 0 80 735
Hakka 35 20 0 0 10
Mandarin 7,230 5,940 5 135 1,155
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 210 175 0 10 25
Wu (Shanghainese) 60 40 0 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,135 945 5 25 170
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,035 815 0 5 215
Burmese 180 155 0 5 15
Karenic languages 805 610 0 0 190
Tibetan 15 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 525 485 0 20 25
Lao 345 315 0 15 15
Thai 180 165 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 360 320 0 25 20
Azerbaijani 20 25 0 0 0
Turkish 290 250 0 20 15
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 25 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,550 1,500 0 35 20
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0
Finnish 205 205 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,330 1,280 0 30 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 10 10
Multiple responses 18,560 16,160 50 2,280 65
English and French 2,045 595 10 1,440 0
English and non-official language 15,920 15,415 5 440 60
French and non-official language 315 90 40 185 5
English, French and non-official language 280 65 0 210 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Saskatchewan

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.8%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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