Demographics of Saskatchewan
Language 2006 % 2001 %
1 English 811,275 85.7% 817,955 85.8%
2 German 28,555 3.0% 32,515 3.4%
3 Algonquian languages 26,525 2.8% 23,735 2.5%
Cree 24,255 2.6% 22,055 2.1%
Ojibway 1,745 0.2% 1,375 0.1%
4 Ukrainian 16,350 1.7% 19,650 2.1%
5 French 16,060 1.7% 17,775 1.9%
6 Chinese 7,475 0.8% 6,015 0.6%
Cantonese 1,720 0.2% 1,425 0.2%
Mandarin 715 0.1% 395 < 0.1%
7 Athapaskan languages 7,145 0.8% 6,315 0.7%
Dene 7,135 0.8% 6,310 0.7%
8 Polish 2,510 0.4% 3,015 0.3%
9 Hungarian 2,190 0.2% 2,700 0.3%
10 Tagalog ( Filipino/Pilipino ) 2,170 0.2% 1,545 0.2%
11 Dutch 1,785 0.2% 1,930 0.20%
12 Scandinavian languages 1,690 0.2% 2,320 0.2%
Norwegian 830 0.1% 1,260 0.1%
Danish 420 < 0.1% 430 0.1%
Swedish 355 < 0.1% 525 0.1%
Languages -- Mother tongue
Languages of Saskatchewan ( 2016 ) : [ 12 ] English ( 82.4% ) French ( 1.4% ) Other language ( 14.5% ) Multiple ( 1.7% ) The 2006 census showed a population of 968,157 . Of the 946,250 singular responses to the census question concerning mother tongue the languages most commonly reported were :
Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three Prairie Provinces. It has an area of 651,900 km² (251,700 mi²) and a population of 1,117,503 (Saskatchewanians) as of January 2014. Most of its population lives in the southern half of the province. The most populous city is Saskatoon with a population of 260,600 (2011) in the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), followed by the province's capital, Regina with a population of 210,556 (2011) in the CMA. The province's population makeup is also notable for German being the largest European ethnic group and also for the largest proportion of people of indigenous descent of any of the provinces.