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 Saskatchewan
Data quality
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 1,083,235 1,023,400 530 51,355 7,940
Single responses 1,064,680 1,007,240 480 49,080 7,880
Official languages 907,715 861,830 370 45,325 190
English 892,620 859,605 20 32,800 190
French 15,100 2,220 350 12,520 0
Non-official languages 156,965 145,410 110 3,755 7,685
Aboriginal languages 28,345 27,950 10 115 270
Algonquian languages 19,965 19,785 5 85 90
Blackfoot 10 10 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 19,015 18,840 5 80 90
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 30 0 0 0
Plains Cree 2,080 2,055 0 10 15
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 250 245 0 5 5
Woods Cree 785 780 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,865 15,725 5 60 75
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 930 925 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 925 920 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 7,860 7,675 5 10 170
Northern Athabaskan languages 7,855 7,670 5 10 175
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 7,860 7,675 5 5 175
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages 30 30 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 15 0 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 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 235 210 0 15 5
Salish languages 5 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) 5 5 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 230 230 0 0 0
Dakota 190 195 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 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. 5 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 128,620 117,465 95 3,645 7,415
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,770 4,980 10 355 1,425
Berber languages 5 0 0 10 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,050 920 0 15 115
Bilen 55 45 0 0 5
Oromo 195 175 0 5 15
Somali 775 675 0 15 85
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Semitic languages 5,690 4,040 15 325 1,305
Amharic 290 280 0 5 10
Arabic 4,040 2,620 10 285 1,135
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 305 245 0 10 45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 155 115 5 5 30
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 75 70 0 5 0
Maltese 10 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 685 600 0 0 75
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 130 100 0 15 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,555 2,090 0 90 380
Khmer (Cambodian) 135 125 0 0 15
Vietnamese 2,415 1,965 5 85 365
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 23,415 22,955 0 275 180
Bikol 80 80 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,540 1,525 0 10 15
Fijian 25 25 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 255 0 5 0
Ilocano 790 775 0 5 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 125 110 0 5 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 180 180 0 0 0
Pangasinan 45 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20,045 19,645 0 255 145
Waray-Waray 65 65 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 265 255 0 0 10
Creole languages 220 60 5 150 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 150 15 5 125 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 45 0 20 0
Dravidian languages 1,560 1,495 0 15 55
Kannada 60 60 0 0 0
Malayalam 855 815 0 5 40
Tamil 350 335 0 10 5
Telugu 290 280 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 73,165 68,510 30 2,015 2,620
Albanian 380 340 0 10 30
Armenian 75 60 0 0 10
Balto-Slavic languages 18,460 17,600 10 420 435
Baltic languages 175 165 0 10 5
Latvian 100 85 0 10 5
Lithuanian 75 75 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,280 17,435 5 415 430
Belarusan 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 225 225 0 0 5
Bulgarian 65 60 0 5 0
Croatian 460 430 0 15 10
Czech 235 225 0 10 0
Macedonian 55 50 0 5 0
Polish 1,865 1,760 0 75 25
Russian 3,040 2,720 0 125 200
Serbian 465 440 0 15 10
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 5 0
Slovak 110 110 0 5 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 80 75 0 0 5
Ukrainian 11,265 10,950 0 145 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 285 270 0 5 10
Celtic languages 60 50 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 25 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages 24,455 23,610 5 420 420
Afrikaans 880 855 0 15 5
Danish 260 250 0 0 0
Dutch 1,380 1,295 0 75 10
Frisian 30 30 0 5 0
German 21,320 20,625 5 290 400
Icelandic 50 55 0 0 0
Norwegian 310 305 0 5 0
Swedish 145 135 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 60 40 0 20 0
Yiddish 20 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 935 880 0 35 25
Indo-Iranian languages 22,330 20,365 10 545 1,415
Indo-Aryan languages 19,995 18,265 0 485 1,240
Bengali 2,795 2,545 0 130 120
Gujarati 2,510 2,350 0 20 140
Hindi 1,550 1,475 0 25 40
Kashmiri 20 15 0 0 0
Konkani 30 25 0 0 5
Marathi 140 130 0 5 0
Nepali 770 570 0 15 185
Oriya (Odia) 25 25 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,250 4,790 0 65 400
Sindhi 120 115 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 270 260 0 5 5
Urdu 6,515 5,960 5 220 340
Iranian languages 2,070 1,860 5 55 150
Kurdish 140 120 0 5 20
Pashto 555 500 0 5 45
Persian (Farsi) 1,370 1,240 0 45 80
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 275 235 5 5 30
Italic (Romance) languages 6,475 5,605 5 565 295
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Italian 705 625 0 75 5
Portuguese 610 535 0 60 10
Romanian 850 725 5 95 30
Spanish 4,290 3,710 0 330 250
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Japanese 325 300 0 10 15
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0 5 0
Korean 1,670 1,490 0 45 135
Mongolic languages 40 35 0 0 5
Mongolian 40 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,310 1,830 40 350 90
Akan (Twi) 185 180 0 5 5
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Edo 40 35 0 0 0
Ewe 50 40 0 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 25 10 0 10 0
Ga 20 20 0 0 0
Ganda 40 40 0 0 0
Igbo 215 210 0 10 0
Lingala 30 10 0 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 145 25 10 80 35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 115 60 5 50 0
Shona 95 90 0 0 0
Swahili 430 295 15 65 45
Wolof 20 0 0 15 0
Yoruba 465 450 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 430 365 5 55 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 335 320 0 0 15
Dinka 110 110 0 0 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 220 210 0 0 10
Sign languages 200 105 0 0 95
American Sign Language 65 45 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 135 65 0 0 70
Sino-Tibetan languages 13,495 10,905 5 255 2,335
Chinese languages 12,460 10,090 5 250 2,120
Cantonese 3,780 2,965 0 80 735
Hakka 35 20 0 0 10
Mandarin 7,235 5,940 0 135 1,155
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 210 175 0 10 25
Wu (Shanghainese) 60 40 0 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,135 945 0 25 165
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,040 815 0 10 215
Burmese 180 155 0 0 20
Karenic languages 805 610 0 0 190
Tibetan 15 10 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 525 485 0 15 20
Lao 345 320 0 10 15
Thai 185 170 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 360 320 5 20 20
Azerbaijani 25 20 0 0 5
Turkish 290 250 0 15 15
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 30 25 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,555 1,500 0 35 25
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0
Finnish 205 200 0 5 0
Hungarian 1,330 1,280 0 30 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 10 10
Multiple responses 18,560 16,160 55 2,280 65
English and French 2,045 595 10 1,440 0
English and non-official language 15,920 15,415 5 440 65
French and non-official language 315 85 40 185 5
English, French and non-official language 280 65 0 210 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Saskatchewan

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.8%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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