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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 Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 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
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 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 256,905 250,995 3,330 570 2,005 3,620 1.4
Single responses 250,900 245,255 3,190 450 2,010 3,410 1.4
English 233,130 230,875 2,255 0 0 2,255 1.0
French 1,020 130 890 0 0 890 87.3
Non-official languages 16,750 14,245 45 450 2,005 270 1.6
Aboriginal languages 375 365 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 290 280 0 5 5 5 1.7
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 255 255 0 0 5 5 2.0
Cree, n.o.s. 255 250 0 5 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 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
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 30 25 0 0 5 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 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
Athapaskan languages 65 60 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 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
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 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
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 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
Inuktitut 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
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 1,055 855 10 70 120 50 4.7
Italian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 105 80 0 5 15 5 4.8
Romanian 180 140 5 20 20 10 5.6
Spanish 735 600 10 45 80 35 4.8
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 935 820 0 40 75 15 1.6
Dutch 40 30 0 5 0 5 12.5
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 795 700 5 20 70 15 1.9
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 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
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 85 75 0 5 5 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 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
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 1,590 1,360 0 55 175 25 1.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 140 115 0 5 20 0 0.0
Russian 480 410 0 20 45 10 2.1
Serbian 120 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 50 40 0 5 5 5 10.0
Slovak 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 615 510 0 15 90 10 1.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 155 125 0 5 25 5 3.2
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 130 100 0 5 25 0 0.0
Turkic languages 90 80 5 0 10 5 5.6
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 55 0 5 0 5 8.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,495 1,075 5 70 350 40 2.7
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 10 10 13.3
Semitic languages 1,365 985 5 50 320 30 2.2
Amharic 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 845 595 5 40 210 20 2.4
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 90 80 0 0 5 5 5.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 265 0 10 100 5 1.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,825 3,355 5 105 355 55 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 3,290 2,910 5 85 295 45 1.4
Bengali 710 635 0 30 40 15 2.1
Gujarati 175 155 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 220 200 0 5 20 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 530 445 0 5 75 5 0.9
Sindhi 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,415 1,255 5 40 110 25 1.8
Nepali 110 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Iranian languages 465 395 0 15 55 10 2.2
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 380 325 0 15 35 10 2.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 165 150 5 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 65 65 5 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 235 200 0 5 30 5 2.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,140 2,465 0 35 635 20 0.6
Chinese languages 2,905 2,335 0 35 535 15 0.5
Cantonese 470 330 0 10 135 5 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 610 515 0 5 95 5 0.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,805 1,480 0 20 305 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 5 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 80 60 0 5 15 0 0.0
Lao 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 510 410 0 25 80 15 2.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 485 385 5 20 80 10 2.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,520 2,430 5 20 65 15 0.6
Bisayan languages 80 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,360 2,280 5 20 55 10 0.4
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 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 160 135 5 15 10 15 9.4
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 125 100 5 15 5 15 12.0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
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. 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
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. 115 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 20 10 5 5 0 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 105 75 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0 10 5 7.7
Other languages 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,000 5,740 145 115 0 200 3.3
English and French 275 115 90 70 0 125 45.5
English and non-official language 5,545 5,530 10 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 105 70 35 0 0 35 33.3
English, French and non-official language 80 20 5 50 0 35 43.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011036.

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