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Topic-based tabulation: Various Languages Spoken (147), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-555-XCB2006010
Release date :December 4, 2007
Topic :Language
Data dimensions :

Note

Note: Data quality - Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)

When comparing the census results to those of the 2001 Census, it appears that there is some overestimation of persons reporting Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in British Columbia and, as a result, also at the Canada level. Although it affects a relatively small population, it is best to apply caution when analysing the census data for Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in these geographies.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

Note: Data on knowledge of official languages

According to studies on data certification, the 2006 Census statistics on knowledge of official languages could underestimate the category 'English and French' and overestimate the category 'French only,' particularly for the francophone population, but also for the whole population in general. More information on the subject will be available in the Languages Reference Guide, to be published in 2008.

Note: Knowledge of various languages

Official and non-official languages are included in this table.

Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in SaskatchewanFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 950,100 467,670 482,435
French 47,935 21,415 26,515
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 25 15 10
Cree 30,250 14,745 15,505
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 2,080 1,015 1,065
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 700 365 335
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 10 0 0
Dene 7,795 3,825 3,970
Dogrib 10 0 10
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 0 10
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 10 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 615 310 305
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 55 25 35
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 45 20 25
Italian 1,210 620 585
Portuguese 735 380 355
Romanian 930 440 490
Spanish 6,530 3,100 3,430
Romance languages, n.i.e. 65 40 25
Dutch 2,030 1,085 950
Flemish 90 40 50
Frisian 30 20 10
German 30,895 14,700 16,195
Yiddish 40 35 0
Danish 450 255 195
Icelandic 75 35 35
Norwegian 865 400 470
Swedish 465 195 265
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 760 375 380
Gaelic languages 95 50 45
Welsh 60 20 40
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 0 10
Bosnian 295 150 145
Bulgarian 50 35 15
Croatian 500 230 265
Czech 325 185 140
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 3,065 1,345 1,715
Russian 2,270 1,090 1,185
Serbian 355 130 225
Serbo-Croatian 250 140 110
Slovak 200 115 85
Slovenian 135 85 50
Ukrainian 20,355 9,190 11,165
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 140 75 65
Latvian 35 20 15
Lithuanian 50 20 30
Estonian 30 15 15
Finnish 385 180 205
Hungarian 2,415 1,225 1,190
Greek 1,390 695 695
Armenian 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 10 0 0
Turkish 220 130 95
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 45 10 35
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 10
Oromo 10 0 0
Somali 230 105 125
Amharic 175 95 80
Arabic 2,290 1,195 1,095
Hebrew 100 45 50
Maltese 10 0 10
Tigrigna 210 90 115
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 35 55
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Bengali 185 95 85
Gujarati 320 170 150
Hindi 1,370 685 685
Konkani 10 0 10
Marathi 60 30 30
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,210 645 560
Sindhi 15 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 165 85 80
Urdu 640 345 295
Kurdish 30 25 10
Pashto 145 70 70
Persian (Farsi) 885 435 450
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 45 55
Kannada 95 55 40
Malayalam 185 105 75
Tamil 390 165 230
Telugu 80 50 35
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 760 300 460
Korean 735 320 415
Cantonese 2,000 990 1,005
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 10 0 10
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,205 530 675
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 60 30 30
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 5,045 2,700 2,345
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 80 35
Lao 425 210 210
Thai 255 125 125
Khmer (Cambodian) 120 70 45
Vietnamese 1,675 830 840
Bisayan languages 175 65 115
Ilocano 145 70 75
Malay 255 125 130
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,810 1,095 1,720
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 80 45 35
Akan (Twi) 85 45 40
Lingala 15 0 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 10 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 10
Shona 20 10 10
Swahili 225 90 135
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 275 140 130
Edo 0 10 0
Igbo 15 15 0
Wolof 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 505 305 200
African languages, n.i.e. 530 270 260
Creoles 100 75 30
American Sign Language 235 95 135
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 1,125 415 710
Other languages 195 110 85

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Footnote 2

The 2006 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' includes responses of 'Chinese' as well as all Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese. Data for the 'Chinese, n.o.s.' category in 2001 and 2006 are not directly comparable. The 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' is equivalent to the sum of the 2006 categories 'Chinese, n.o.s.' and 'Chaochow (Teochow),' 'Fukien,' 'Shanghainese' and Taiwanese.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006010.

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