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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (158), Generation Status (4), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Number of Non-Official Languages Spoken (5), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

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This table details detailed mother tongue , generation status , knowledge of official languages , number of non-official languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in private households in SaskatchewanFootnote 1
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 2 = 29.3 %
Detailed mother tongue (158) Generation status (4)
Total - Generation status First generationFootnote 3 Second generationFootnote 4 Third generation or moreFootnote 5
Total - Detailed mother tongue 1,008,760 78,615 136,910 793,230
Single responses 999,105 75,360 134,620 789,125
English 864,385 21,505 110,065 732,815
French 14,185 680 1,680 11,825
Non-official languages 120,535 53,180 22,880 44,480
Aboriginal languages 30,610 25 85 30,495
Romance languages 5,050 4,160 705 190
Italian 630 475 155 0
Portuguese 375 320 55 0
Romanian 710 445 210 55
Spanish 3,305 2,905 265 135
Catalan 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0
Germanic languages 22,570 6,160 8,635 7,775
Dutch 1,490 1,125 230 135
Flemish 100 50 50 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0
German 19,120 3,985 7,545 7,595
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 1,240 450 760 40
Danish 385 280 100 0
Icelandic 90 0 75 0
Norwegian 495 85 405 0
Swedish 275 70 170 35
Afrikaans 595 535 55 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 150 95 50 0
Gaelic languages 25 15 0 0
Welsh 55 55 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 75 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,685 5,150 8,125 5,415
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 170 150 0 0
Bulgarian 45 40 0 0
Croatian 300 280 15 0
Czech 265 95 140 40
Macedonian 25 0 0 0
Polish 1,895 935 850 110
Russian 2,265 1,540 465 260
Serbian 330 245 80 0
Serbo-Croatian 40 30 10 0
Slovak 145 65 75 0
Slovenian 55 40 0 0
Ukrainian 12,860 1,460 6,405 5,000
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 285 245 40 0
Baltic languages 55 35 25 0
Latvian 30 20 0 0
Lithuanian 25 15 0 0
Greek 815 505 295 15
Armenian 0 0 0 0
Albanian 155 150 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,650 435 950 270
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 180 40 100 45
Hungarian 1,460 390 845 225
Turkic languages 260 245 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0
Turkish 130 120 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 125 0 0
Mongolian 40 40 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,240 2,910 325 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 510 495 0 0
Oromo 105 105 0 0
Somali 400 390 0 0
Semitic languages 2,725 2,400 320 0
Amharic 295 295 0 0
Arabic 1,770 1,550 215 0
Hebrew 25 20 0 0
Maltese 30 0 0 0
Tigrigna 225 215 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 390 300 85 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 9,875 8,530 1,335 0
Indo-Aryan languages 8,370 7,205 1,155 0
Bengali 965 845 120 0
Gujarati 620 590 30 0
Hindi 885 840 35 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0
Marathi 65 65 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,205 1,940 265 0
Sindhi 65 40 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 100 0 0
Urdu 2,960 2,300 655 0
Nepali 485 465 20 0
Iranian languages 1,330 1,155 175 0
Kurdish 90 75 0 0
Pashto 425 335 90 0
Persian (Farsi) 815 750 70 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 175 165 0 0
Dravidian languages 470 450 15 0
Kannada 45 45 0 0
Malayalam 170 165 0 0
Tamil 150 140 0 0
Telugu 100 100 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Japanese 225 220 0 0
Korean 1,100 1,070 30 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,025 7,505 1,400 115
Chinese languages 8,300 6,810 1,375 110
Cantonese 1,990 1,350 625 15
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,480 1,350 95 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 70 65 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,720 4,005 655 60
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Burmese 190 190 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 525 505 0 0
Tai languages 460 395 65 0
Lao 245 225 20 0
Thai 215 165 45 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,060 1,715 345 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 295 205 90 0
Vietnamese 1,760 1,515 245 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 12,415 11,945 440 35
Bisayan languages 825 820 0 0
Ilocano 385 380 0 0
Malay 75 70 0 0
Pampango 25 25 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10,790 10,330 425 35
Bikol 45 45 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 65 65 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 195 190 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 990 950 35 0
Akan (Twi) 50 45 0 0
Bantu languages 445 425 0 0
Lingala 10 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 50 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Shona 50 50 0 0
Swahili 195 195 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 115 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0
Igbo 95 95 0 0
Wolof 20 25 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 345 330 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 145 145 0 0
Creoles 150 150 0 0
Non-verbal languages 170 20 0 140
American Sign Language 35 0 0 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 135 15 0 110
Other languages 125 125 0 0
Multiple responses 9,650 3,250 2,290 4,115
English and French 725 30 100 600
English and non-official language 8,380 2,885 2,105 3,400
French and non-official language 495 335 90 75
English, French and non-official language 60 0 0 45

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

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Footnote 3

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or have ever been, immigrants to Canada.

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Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

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Footnote 5

'Third generation or more' includes persons who were born in Canada with both parents born in Canada.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011034.

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