Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saskatoon, CY
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Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 242,805 223,155 135 16,055 3,460
Single responses 237,305 218,465 115 15,285 3,435
Official languages 191,365 177,555 80 13,645 80
English 188,125 177,130 5 10,910 80
French 3,245 430 80 2,740 0
Non-official languages 45,935 40,910 35 1,635 3,355
Aboriginal languages 1,265 1,235 0 15 15
Algonquian languages 1,015 995 0 10 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 860 835 0 10 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Plains Cree 250 240 0 5 10
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 50 45 0 0 0
Woods Cree 65 65 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 485 475 0 5 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 155 155 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 155 155 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 190 190 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 190 190 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 190 190 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 25 20 0 5 0
Salish languages 0 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Dakota 15 15 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 44,675 39,675 35 1,625 3,345
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,360 2,500 5 180 680
Berber languages 5 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 385 345 0 5 35
Bilen 25 25 0 0 5
Oromo 145 130 0 0 10
Somali 205 180 0 5 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Semitic languages 2,960 2,140 5 175 645
Amharic 140 130 0 5 5
Arabic 1,940 1,280 5 130 525
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 280 220 0 10 45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 150 115 0 10 30
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 25 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 290 260 0 0 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 95 0 20 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,130 895 0 35 195
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 65 0 0 5
Vietnamese 1,065 835 5 40 190
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 7,840 7,655 5 125 65
Bikol 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 515 510 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 70 65 0 5 0
Ilocano 240 230 0 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 55 50 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 55 55 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,750 6,585 0 115 50
Waray-Waray 25 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 5
Creole languages 65 20 0 45 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 50 10 0 40 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 515 485 0 10 20
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 235 215 0 0 20
Tamil 150 145 0 0 0
Telugu 90 90 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 22,525 20,570 15 895 1,050
Albanian 85 70 0 5 10
Armenian 45 35 0 0 5
Balto-Slavic languages 5,570 5,230 5 170 170
Baltic languages 55 50 0 5 0
Latvian 45 40 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 5 0
Slavic languages 5,515 5,175 5 165 165
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 110 0 0 5
Bulgarian 30 25 0 0 0
Croatian 135 120 0 5 5
Czech 60 55 0 5 0
Macedonian 45 40 0 0 0
Polish 585 540 0 35 5
Russian 1,020 890 0 55 70
Serbian 165 155 0 10 5
Serbo-Croatian 70 65 0 5 0
Slovak 30 30 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 3,175 3,055 5 45 60
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 5
Celtic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,655 3,505 0 140 10
Afrikaans 150 140 0 10 0
Danish 65 60 0 5 0
Dutch 320 290 0 25 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 2,970 2,875 0 85 10
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 75 70 0 0 0
Swedish 35 30 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 10 0 10 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 210 190 0 5 10
Indo-Iranian languages 10,245 9,210 5 315 715
Indo-Aryan languages 8,975 8,070 5 280 625
Bengali 1,660 1,515 0 75 70
Gujarati 740 675 0 15 50
Hindi 550 515 0 15 20
Kashmiri 5 10 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 55 55 0 5 0
Nepali 325 235 0 5 90
Oriya (Odia) 15 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,965 1,745 0 20 195
Sindhi 95 90 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 215 210 0 0 5
Urdu 3,340 3,010 0 140 185
Iranian languages 1,125 1,015 0 35 75
Kurdish 60 55 0 0 5
Pashto 290 265 0 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 775 695 5 30 50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 150 125 5 5 20
Italic (Romance) languages 2,705 2,310 0 255 135
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 195 170 0 30 0
Portuguese 340 300 0 35 5
Romanian 365 300 0 45 20
Spanish 1,800 1,540 0 145 110
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 150 140 0 0 5
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 445 395 0 20 25
Mongolic languages 35 25 0 5 0
Mongolian 35 30 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 860 715 5 140 0
Akan (Twi) 75 75 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 10 0 5 0
Ga 15 10 0 0 0
Ganda 10 5 0 5 0
Igbo 60 60 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 5 0 25 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 25 0 20 0
Shona 45 40 0 5 0
Swahili 165 130 0 35 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 215 205 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 160 125 0 25 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 135 130 0 0 5
Dinka 35 40 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 0 0
Sign languages 85 45 0 0 35
American Sign Language 35 20 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 45 20 0 0 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,710 5,350 0 135 1,225
Chinese languages 6,390 5,085 0 130 1,170
Cantonese 1,840 1,435 0 45 360
Hakka 15 15 0 0 5
Mandarin 4,075 3,275 0 70 735
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 90 75 0 5 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 35 25 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 325 265 0 10 50
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 325 265 0 0 60
Burmese 95 90 0 0 5
Karenic languages 215 160 0 5 55
Tibetan 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 195 180 0 5 10
Lao 135 120 0 5 5
Thai 60 60 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 160 0 15 10
Azerbaijani 25 20 0 0 5
Turkish 130 110 0 10 5
Uyghur 10 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 395 375 0 10 10
Estonian 10 10 0 0 5
Finnish 30 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 350 330 0 10 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 5
Multiple responses 5,500 4,690 20 770 25
English and French 575 125 5 445 0
English and non-official language 4,720 4,525 0 175 20
French and non-official language 80 20 15 55 0
English, French and non-official language 130 20 0 105 0

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n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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