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 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 , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saskatoon, CY
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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 4 242,805 237,305 5,500
Official languages 196,865 191,370 5,500
English 193,540 188,125 5,415
French 4,025 3,240 780
Non-official languages 50,865 45,935 4,925
Aboriginal languages 1,635 1,265 370
Algonquian languages 1,335 1,015 320
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 1,150 860 290
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 5 0
Northern East Cree 5 10 5
Plains Cree 365 250 115
Southern East Cree 5 0 0
Swampy Cree 55 45 5
Woods Cree 90 65 20
Cree, n.o.s. 630 480 145
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 185 160 30
Algonquin 0 0 0
Ojibway 185 155 30
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 230 195 40
Northern Athabaskan languages 230 190 40
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Dene 230 195 40
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. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 5
Cayuga 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Michif 35 25 10
Salish languages 5 5 0
Comox 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages 25 20 0
Dakota 15 15 0
Stoney 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 5 0
Tsimshian 0 0 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. 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 49,225 44,670 4,555
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,585 3,360 225
Berber languages 5 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 415 385 30
Bilen 25 25 0
Oromo 160 140 15
Somali 215 200 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0
Semitic languages 3,145 2,955 190
Amharic 140 135 0
Arabic 2,075 1,940 135
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 290 280 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 165 150 15
Harari 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 25 5
Maltese 10 5 0
Tigrigna 300 290 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 130 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,215 1,130 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 70 10
Vietnamese 1,140 1,065 75
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,220 7,840 1,385
Bikol 35 30 0
Cebuano 560 515 40
Fijian 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 75 70 5
Ilocano 260 240 15
Malagasy 5 0 0
Malay 60 55 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 55 55 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,045 6,750 1,295
Waray-Waray 30 30 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 95 95 5
Creole languages 80 65 15
Haitian Creole 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 55 45 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5
Dravidian languages 625 520 110
Kannada 40 30 5
Malayalam 265 235 25
Tamil 180 150 30
Telugu 135 90 40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 24,655 22,530 2,125
Albanian 90 80 5
Armenian 45 45 5
Balto-Slavic languages 5,985 5,575 410
Baltic languages 60 55 5
Latvian 45 45 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0
Slavic languages 5,920 5,515 410
Belarusan 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 110 5
Bulgarian 25 25 0
Croatian 140 135 5
Czech 65 60 5
Macedonian 40 45 0
Polish 635 590 45
Russian 1,060 1,020 45
Serbian 170 170 5
Serbo-Croatian 75 70 5
Slovak 30 35 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 20 0
Ukrainian 3,460 3,170 285
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 5
Celtic languages 25 20 5
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0
Welsh 5 10 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5
Germanic languages 3,955 3,655 300
Afrikaans 165 150 20
Danish 65 65 5
Dutch 340 320 25
Frisian 5 5 0
German 3,205 2,970 235
Icelandic 15 15 0
Norwegian 90 75 15
Swedish 40 35 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 20 0
Yiddish 10 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Greek 235 210 25
Indo-Iranian languages 11,405 10,245 1,160
Indo-Aryan languages 10,055 8,970 1,085
Bengali 1,825 1,665 165
Gujarati 845 740 105
Hindi 660 550 110
Kashmiri 5 10 0
Konkani 5 5 0
Marathi 65 60 5
Nepali 340 325 15
Oriya (Odia) 15 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,120 1,960 160
Sindhi 105 95 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 230 215 15
Urdu 3,835 3,340 500
Iranian languages 1,195 1,125 70
Kurdish 60 60 5
Pashto 320 290 30
Persian (Farsi) 815 775 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 160 150 10
Italic (Romance) languages 2,915 2,705 210
Catalan 0 0 0
Italian 215 195 15
Portuguese 360 335 25
Romanian 390 365 25
Spanish 1,940 1,800 145
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0
Japanese 160 145 10
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0
Korean 460 445 15
Mongolic languages 35 30 5
Mongolian 40 35 5
Niger-Congo languages 1,055 865 200
Akan (Twi) 90 75 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0
Ewe 20 15 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 10 0
Ga 15 15 5
Ganda 5 5 0
Igbo 95 65 30
Lingala 0 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 35 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 55 50 5
Shona 50 45 0
Swahili 210 165 45
Wolof 0 0 0
Yoruba 270 215 55
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 190 160 35
Nilo-Saharan languages 140 130 5
Dinka 45 40 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0
Sign languages 125 80 45
American Sign Language 50 35 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 45 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,985 6,710 275
Chinese languages 6,630 6,385 240
Cantonese 1,945 1,840 105
Hakka 15 20 0
Mandarin 4,195 4,075 115
Min Dong 5 5 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 95 90 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 35 35 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 340 325 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 360 330 30
Burmese 115 95 20
Karenic languages 225 215 10
Tibetan 10 10 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages 210 195 15
Lao 150 130 15
Thai 65 60 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0
Turkic languages 190 175 10
Azerbaijani 20 20 5
Turkish 140 135 10
Uyghur 10 5 0
Uzbek 10 15 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Uralic languages 415 395 25
Estonian 15 15 0
Finnish 35 30 5
Hungarian 365 345 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 70 45 20

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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-X2016060.

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