Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saskatchewan
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Mother Tongue (263) Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 1 Single mother tongue responsesFootnote 2 Multiple mother tongue responsesFootnote 3
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 4 1,083,235 1,064,675 18,560
Official languages 926,280 907,720 18,560
English 910,865 892,615 18,245
French 17,735 15,095 2,635
Non-official languages 173,480 156,960 16,515
Aboriginal languages 31,365 28,340 3,025
Algonquian languages 22,460 19,965 2,495
Blackfoot 10 10 5
Cree-Montagnais languages 21,385 19,015 2,370
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 30 5
Plains Cree 2,350 2,080 270
Southern East Cree 5 5 0
Swampy Cree 310 250 60
Woods Cree 885 780 105
Cree, n.o.s. 17,790 15,860 1,925
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 1,055 930 125
Algonquin 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,050 925 120
Oji-Cree 10 10 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 8,245 7,860 390
Northern Athabaskan languages 8,245 7,860 390
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Dene 8,245 7,860 385
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Inuit languages 40 30 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0
Inuktitut 25 20 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5
Iroquoian languages 0 5 5
Cayuga 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 5
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Michif 330 235 95
Salish languages 5 5 0
Comox 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages 270 230 40
Dakota 225 195 30
Stoney 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 40 35 10
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 5 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 10 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 142,105 128,615 13,490
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,305 6,770 530
Berber languages 10 10 5
Kabyle 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,145 1,050 90
Bilen 55 55 0
Oromo 220 190 25
Somali 840 775 65
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0
Semitic languages 6,120 5,685 435
Amharic 305 295 15
Arabic 4,380 4,045 335
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 320 305 15
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 165 150 15
Harari 5 0 0
Hebrew 80 75 5
Maltese 10 10 0
Tigrigna 720 680 40
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 140 130 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,710 2,555 150
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 135 15
Vietnamese 2,560 2,420 140
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 27,780 23,415 4,370
Bikol 85 80 5
Cebuano 1,685 1,545 140
Fijian 30 25 5
Hiligaynon 280 260 20
Ilocano 850 790 60
Malagasy 5 0 5
Malay 135 125 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 190 180 10
Pangasinan 45 45 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,125 20,045 4,080
Waray-Waray 75 65 15
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 275 265 15
Creole languages 300 220 80
Haitian Creole 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 195 150 45
Creole languages, n.i.e. 95 65 35
Dravidian languages 1,795 1,565 240
Kannada 75 60 15
Malayalam 950 850 100
Tamil 410 350 60
Telugu 350 285 65
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 79,555 73,165 6,390
Albanian 400 380 25
Armenian 75 75 5
Balto-Slavic languages 20,020 18,460 1,560
Baltic languages 185 175 5
Latvian 100 100 5
Lithuanian 80 80 5
Slavic languages 19,840 18,280 1,550
Belarusan 0 0 0
Bosnian 235 225 10
Bulgarian 70 65 5
Croatian 485 455 25
Czech 250 235 10
Macedonian 55 55 0
Polish 2,040 1,860 175
Russian 3,220 3,040 180
Serbian 490 465 25
Serbo-Croatian 125 120 5
Slovak 115 115 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 80 10
Ukrainian 12,355 11,265 1,090
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 300 290 10
Celtic languages 85 60 25
Scottish Gaelic 20 10 5
Welsh 35 25 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10
Germanic languages 26,105 24,455 1,650
Afrikaans 955 880 75
Danish 265 255 10
Dutch 1,475 1,385 95
Frisian 35 30 5
German 22,690 21,320 1,375
Icelandic 55 50 0
Norwegian 360 305 55
Swedish 170 145 25
Vlaams (Flemish) 65 55 10
Yiddish 25 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Greek 1,050 935 115
Indo-Iranian languages 24,815 22,335 2,485
Indo-Aryan languages 22,345 19,990 2,355
Bengali 3,025 2,795 235
Gujarati 2,780 2,510 270
Hindi 1,840 1,545 290
Kashmiri 20 20 0
Konkani 35 30 5
Marathi 150 140 10
Nepali 805 770 35
Oriya (Odia) 35 20 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,690 5,250 445
Sindhi 135 120 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 295 270 25
Urdu 7,530 6,515 1,010
Iranian languages 2,180 2,065 115
Kurdish 150 140 5
Pashto 585 555 35
Persian (Farsi) 1,440 1,370 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 290 275 15
Italic (Romance) languages 7,005 6,475 530
Catalan 0 5 0
Italian 775 705 70
Portuguese 655 610 40
Romanian 915 855 60
Spanish 4,645 4,290 355
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Japanese 360 320 40
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0
Korean 1,735 1,670 70
Mongolic languages 45 40 5
Mongolian 45 40 5
Niger-Congo languages 2,855 2,310 545
Akan (Twi) 215 190 30
Bamanankan 5 0 0
Edo 40 40 5
Ewe 60 50 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 30 25 0
Ga 30 25 5
Ganda 45 35 5
Igbo 315 220 95
Lingala 45 30 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 155 145 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 120 115 5
Shona 115 90 25
Swahili 530 425 105
Wolof 20 20 0
Yoruba 615 465 150
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 520 430 90
Nilo-Saharan languages 365 335 30
Dinka 130 115 15
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 230 225 10
Sign languages 310 205 110
American Sign Language 115 65 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 200 135 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 14,120 13,495 620
Chinese languages 13,005 12,460 545
Cantonese 4,030 3,775 250
Hakka 35 35 0
Mandarin 7,455 7,235 225
Min Dong 5 5 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 225 210 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 60 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,185 1,135 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,115 1,040 75
Burmese 210 180 30
Karenic languages 845 805 40
Tibetan 20 10 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0
Tai-Kadai languages 595 525 65
Lao 400 345 55
Thai 195 185 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0
Turkic languages 395 365 30
Azerbaijani 25 20 0
Turkish 315 285 25
Uyghur 5 10 0
Uzbek 30 25 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 5
Uralic languages 1,725 1,555 170
Estonian 20 20 0
Finnish 230 205 25
Hungarian 1,480 1,330 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 145 105 45

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

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Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

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Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

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Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016061.

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