Tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (158), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Number of Non-Official Languages Spoken (5), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

• Knowledge of official languages (5): Total - Knowledge of official languages
• Number of non-official languages spoken (5): Total - Number of non-official languages spoken
• Age groups (10): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details detailed mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , knowledge of official languages , number of non-official languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Saskatchewan^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 29.3 %

Detailed mother tongue (158)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration	Non-immigrants^Footnote 3	Immigrants^Footnote 4	Before 1971	1971 to 1980	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2011^Footnote 5	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2011	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 6
Total - Detailed mother tongue	1,008,760	931,715	68,775	12,720	6,295	6,020	8,860	34,880	7,955	26,920	8,275
Single responses	999,105	925,265	66,065	12,570	6,200	5,880	8,570	32,840	7,505	25,330	7,780
English	864,385	844,220	18,425	5,985	3,165	1,740	2,190	5,350	1,600	3,755	1,735
French	14,190	13,520	560	150	45	80	110	175	70	105	100
Non-official languages	120,535	67,520	47,075	6,435	2,990	4,065	6,270	27,310	5,840	21,475	5,940
Aboriginal languages	30,605	30,580	20	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	5,045	900	3,675	515	565	625	650	1,325	345	980	475
Italian	630	155	470	385	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	375	55	275	90	50	0	30	90	0	80	45
Romanian	710	265	410	0	0	140	85	185	80	110	35
Spanish	3,305	410	2,505	40	450	455	535	1,020	225	790	390
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	30	0	20	0	0	0	0	20	20	0	0
Germanic languages	22,575	16,465	5,795	3,385	440	430	380	1,150	360	795	310
Dutch	1,490	365	1,095	670	150	60	115	100	35	60	35
Flemish	105	50	50	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	19,120	15,175	3,800	2,410	215	330	215	640	205	430	145
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	1,240	805	435	250	65	40	35	40	0	25	0
Danish	385	105	275	150	60	15	30	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	90	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	495	415	75	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	275	205	65	40	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	595	60	405	0	0	0	25	375	95	275	130
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	150	55	90	45	0	0	35	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	20	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	60	0	50	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	18,685	13,545	4,795	1,045	130	350	620	2,645	420	2,225	350
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	170	0	155	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	35	0	15	0
Croatian	300	20	280	70	50	20	95	55	45	0	0
Czech	265	175	80	35	0	40	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	1,900	960	905	440	50	250	85	80	0	75	25
Russian	2,270	735	1,370	0	0	20	105	1,235	190	1,045	160
Serbian	330	85	200	0	0	0	95	90	0	85	0
Serbo-Croatian	40	15	25	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Slovak	145	75	65	50	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Slovenian	55	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	12,860	11,400	1,350	380	0	0	40	920	125	795	105
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	285	40	245	20	0	0	15	200	0	200	0
Baltic languages	55	25	25	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	30	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	25	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	815	310	490	275	110	55	25	30	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albanian	155	0	155	0	0	0	15	125	0	115	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	1,650	1,215	410	250	0	0	35	95	55	35	20
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	180	145	40	15	0	0	0	25	0	15	0
Hungarian	1,460	1,070	365	225	0	0	35	70	45	25	20
Turkic languages	255	0	225	0	0	0	0	185	0	180	25
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	125	0	100	0	0	0	0	65	0	55	20
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	130	0	125	0	0	0	0	125	0	125	0
Mongolian	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	40	0	40	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	3,245	330	2,590	35	70	210	450	1,820	385	1,440	320
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	505	0	495	0	0	0	150	320	0	310	0
Oromo	105	0	105	0	0	0	0	100	0	95	0
Somali	405	0	390	0	0	0	145	225	0	215	0
Semitic languages	2,725	320	2,080	35	65	180	295	1,495	370	1,125	320
Amharic	295	0	285	0	0	25	0	240	80	160	0
Arabic	1,765	220	1,240	30	45	75	200	885	260	630	310
Hebrew	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	15	0	15	0
Maltese	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	225	0	215	0	0	50	35	120	0	120	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	385	85	300	0	15	0	40	225	30	195	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	9,875	1,350	7,420	150	330	250	1,275	5,415	2,395	3,020	1,100
Indo-Aryan languages	8,370	1,170	6,235	140	315	190	1,085	4,505	2,040	2,465	970
Bengali	965	125	770	0	0	0	50	690	240	445	80
Gujarati	620	35	350	25	35	0	0	265	180	75	235
Hindi	880	35	665	0	65	0	85	485	135	355	175
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	60	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	2,210	270	1,630	75	125	45	270	1,110	360	750	315
Sindhi	60	0	40	0	0	0	0	35	35	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	110	0	90	0	15	0	0	55	15	40	15
Urdu	2,960	660	2,235	15	40	70	625	1,490	1,050	435	60
Nepali	490	20	385	0	0	0	0	365	0	350	80
Iranian languages	1,335	175	1,025	0	0	65	180	775	305	480	130
Kurdish	90	0	75	0	0	0	40	30	0	0	0
Pashto	425	90	305	0	0	0	85	215	100	115	0
Persian (Farsi)	820	70	650	0	0	55	55	535	195	340	100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	175	0	170	0	0	0	0	130	50	80	0
Dravidian languages	470	20	300	30	40	35	55	150	35	115	145
Kannada	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	40	0	30	0
Malayalam	170	0	90	30	0	0	0	55	0	55	75
Tamil	155	0	120	0	20	30	40	35	0	30	20
Telugu	100	0	55	0	20	0	0	25	20	0	45
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	225	30	120	0	10	0	0	85	45	40	70
Korean	1,100	35	760	0	30	0	80	640	90	555	305
Sino-Tibetan languages	9,020	1,560	6,140	525	530	885	1,025	3,175	860	2,315	1,325
Chinese languages	8,295	1,525	5,500	530	520	880	995	2,580	855	1,730	1,270
Cantonese	1,990	650	1,320	135	225	440	250	270	60	210	20
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	1,480	140	1,000	0	0	0	115	830	250	575	340
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	70	0	65	0	0	0	0	25	0	25	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	4,720	735	3,075	385	240	380	620	1,450	535	915	905
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	190	0	180	0	0	0	30	140	0	135	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	530	0	450	0	0	0	0	450	0	450	55
Tai languages	460	65	365	0	95	130	40	100	0	100	25
Lao	250	15	225	0	80	120	20	0	0	0	0
Thai	215	50	140	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	25
Austro-Asiatic languages	2,065	345	1,650	0	290	595	275	495	75	420	60
Khmer (Cambodian)	300	95	175	0	0	145	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	1,765	250	1,475	0	285	455	260	480	70	400	35
Malayo-Polynesian languages	12,420	475	10,710	120	315	375	1,020	8,880	480	8,400	1,235
Bisayan languages	825	0	795	45	0	0	145	555	30	530	25
Ilocano	380	0	315	0	0	0	60	225	0	220	70
Malay	75	0	50	0	0	0	0	35	15	20	15
Pampango	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	20	0	20	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	10,790	460	9,205	65	280	315	780	7,760	430	7,330	1,120
Bikol	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	45	0	45	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	70	0	70	0	0	0	0	65	0	65	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	190	0	195	0	0	0	0	165	0	165	0
Niger-Congo languages	990	40	835	0	0	55	190	575	190	385	115
Akan (Twi)	50	0	40	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0
Bantu languages	440	0	390	0	0	25	65	300	120	180	30
Lingala	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	0	50	0	0	0	20	30	0	35	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	35	0	35	0
Swahili	200	0	185	0	0	0	0	180	90	95	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	115	0	90	0	0	25	30	40	30	15	20
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	90	0	80	0	0	0	0	75	0	75	0
Wolof	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	345	0	260	0	0	0	100	135	40	100	65
African languages, n.i.e.	145	0	140	0	0	0	20	115	60	50	0
Creoles	150	0	150	0	0	0	20	115	0	115	0
Non-verbal languages	170	155	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	135	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	125	0	125	0	0	0	0	125	0	125	0
Multiple responses	9,655	6,445	2,710	150	95	140	285	2,040	450	1,595	495
English and French	725	695	30	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
English and non-official language	8,385	5,540	2,400	130	70	110	245	1,845	395	1,450	440
French and non-official language	495	160	270	20	0	30	0	190	55	140	60
English, French and non-official language	55	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

Non-immigrant refers to a person who is a Canadian citizen by birth.

Footnote 4

Immigrant refers to a person who is or has ever been a landed immigrant/permanent resident. This person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others have arrived recently. Some immigrants are Canadian citizens, while others are not. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number are born in Canada. In the 2011 National Household Survey, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to May 10, 2011.

Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to May 10, 2011.

Footnote 6

Non-permanent resident refers to a person from another country who has a work or study permit, or who is a refugee claimant, and any non-Canadian-born family member living in Canada with them.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011033.