Saskatchewan is a province in western Canada, borders Alberta to the west, Northwest Territories to the north, Manitoba to the east, Nunavut to the northeast, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. According to statcan, Saskatchewan population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.26 million, sixth largest populous province, covers area of 651,900 sq.km (251,700 sq mi), seventh largest by area. Nearly half of the population lives in the provincial capital Regina and other cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster which is partially located within Alberta.
According to 2016 census the population is 1,098,352, a five year increase by 64,971, compared to 2011 population census of 1,033,381. Population by age group 0 to 14 years is 215,685, 15 to 64 years is 712,240, 65 years and over is 170,425 and 85 years and over is 26,940.
Age Group
Total
Male
Female
0 to 4 years
73,130
37,335
35,795
5 to 9 years
74,460
38,155
36,305
10 to 14 years
68,095
34,920
33,175
15 to 19 years
67,660
34,675
32,980
20 to 24 years
70,060
36,075
33,985
25 to 29 years
77,525
39,290
38,235
30 to 34 years
77,520
38,610
38,915
35 to 39 years
71,590
35,940
35,650
40 to 44 years
64,950
32,515
32,440
45 to 49 years
63,580
31,780
31,795
50 to 54 years
75,245
37,230
38,015
55 to 59 years
76,195
38,070
38,125
60 to 64 years
67,915
33,935
33,985
65 to 69 years
53,230
26,285
26,945
70 to 74 years
37,740
18,225
19,510
75 to 79 years
29,400
13,415
15,985
80 to 84 years
23,115
9,945
13,170
85 to 89 years
16,280
6,305
9,975
90 to 94 years
8,000
2,515
5,485
95 to 99 years
2,290
520
1,760
100 years and over
375
50
325
Ethnic groups in Saskatchewan
Residents
Population
Male
Female
Canadian citizens
998,035
496,635
501,395
Canadian citizens aged under 18
237,720
121,535
116,185
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over
760,310
375,105
385,210
Not Canadian citizens
72,525
36,750
35,780
People up to third generation are officially termed as non-immigrants and thereon the people inflow is termed as immigrants. Below table indicates Saskatchewan immigration numbers per year:
Immigrants
Population
Male
Female
Non-immigrants
945,810
470,790
475,025
Immigrants
112,490
55,800
56,690
Before 1981
16,650
8,190
8,465
1981 to 1990
5,545
2,670
2,875
1991 to 2000
9,315
4,645
4,665
2001 to 2010
33,045
16,410
16,635
2001 to 2005
8,670
4,165
4,505
2006 to 2010
24,370
12,245
12,130
2011 to 2016
47,935
23,880
24,055
Non-permanent residents
12,255
6,800
5,455
Immigrants by selected place of birth:
The state officially categorizes its population into six groups, they are Native American/Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, African American, European Whites, Asian, and Native Hawaiian. Below table is the Immigrants by selected place of birth:
Place of Birth
Population
Americas
10,765
Brazil
185
Colombia
555
El Salvador
630
Guyana
155
Haiti
65
Jamaica
815
Mexico
1,330
Peru
165
Trinidad and Tobago
210
United States
4,845
Other places of birth in Americas
1,805
Europe
23,640
Bosnia and Herzegovina
455
Croatia
445
France
215
Germany
2,575
Greece
605
Hungary
395
Ireland
845
Italy
570
Netherlands
1,220
Poland
1,395
Portugal
220
Romania
695
Russian Federation
805
Serbia
585
Ukraine
3,280
United Kingdom
7,020
Other places of birth in Europe
2,320
Africa
10,285
Algeria
50
Egypt
435
Ethiopia
635
Kenya
425
Morocco
180
Nigeria
1,695
Somalia
635
South Africa, Republic of
1,775
Other places of birth in Africa
4,455
Asia
67,120
Afghanistan
515
Bangladesh
2,575
China
7,485
Hong Kong
765
India
9,630
Iran
Census data footnote
61"
785
Iraq
1,175
Japan
265
Korea, South
1,120
Lebanon
255
Pakistan
6,860
Philippines
26,860
Sri Lanka
440
Syria
1,155
Taiwan
180
Viet Nam
2,615
Other places of birth in Asia
4,425
Oceania and other places of birth
675
Generation status: Generation status: When used for father and mother in combination with the question on the place of birth of person, they help to derive the generation status, and thereby establish whether the person is in the first, second, or third generation or more.
Immigrants by Generation
Population
Male
Female
First generation
127,720
64,125
63,595
Second generation
129,250
62,550
66,705
Third generation or more
813,580
406,710
406,870
The four main categories of immigrants to Saskatchewan are Economic Immigrants (Canadian experience class, skilled workers and business people), Principal immigrants(people who moved for study purpose), Secondary Immigrants (dependents), the Family Class members (closely related persons of Canadian residents living in Canada), Humanitarian and Compassionate applicants (people accepted as immigrants for humanitarian grounds.
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins)
115,995
Danish
11,530
Finnish
5,400
Icelandic
8,255
Norwegian
68,640
Swedish
32,815
Northern European origins, n.i.e.
3,530
Eastern European origins
243,055
Bulgarian
355
Byelorussian
290
Czech
4,960
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.
2,765
Estonian
265
Hungarian
27,885
Latvian
535
Lithuanian
1,045
Moldovan
345
Polish
59,950
Romanian
12,730
Russian
39,395
Slovak
1,390
Ukrainian
143,700
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.
255
Southern European origins
27,415
Albanian
605
Bosnian
515
Catalan
15
Croatian
2,570
Cypriot
45
Greek
2,880
Italian
11,310
Kosovar
30
Macedonian
110
Maltese
125
Montenegrin
85
Portuguese
1,885
Serbian
1,300
Sicilian
100
Slovenian
640
Spanish
5,670
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.
1,065
Southern European origins, n.i.e.
35
Other European origins
3,885
Basque
50
Jewish
1,725
Roma (Gypsy)
165
Slavic, n.o.s.
200
Other European origins, n.i.e.
1,755
Caribbean origins
3,810
Bahamian
15
Barbadian
110
Bermudan
20
Carib
10
Cuban
185
Dominican
115
Grenadian
60
Haitian
110
Jamaican
2,250
Puerto Rican
55
St. Lucian
45
Trinidadian/Tobagonian
415
Vincentian/Grenadinian
30
West Indian, n.o.s.
355
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.
190
Latin, Central and South American origins
6,695
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya)
300
Argentinian
160
Belizean
55
Bolivian
45
Brazilian
305
Chilean
860
Colombian
705
Costa Rican
50
Ecuadorian
105
Guatemalan
270
Guyanese
185
Hispanic
125
Honduran
95
Maya
140
Mexican
2,125
Nicaraguan
140
Panamanian
15
Paraguayan
40
Peruvian
295
Salvadorean
765
Uruguayan
65
Venezuelan
55
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.
320
African origins
16,170
Central and West African origins
4,440
Akan
115
Angolan
10
Ashanti
10
Burkinabe
20
Cameroonian
205
Congolese
530
Edo
40
Ewe
10
Gambian
40
Ghanaian
555
Guinean
25
Ibo
485
Ivorian
75
Liberian
85
Malian
30
Nigerian
1,715
Senegalese
20
Sierra Leonean
40
Togolese
55
Yoruba
520
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.
235
North African origins
2,190
Algerian
70
Berber
55
Coptic
40
Dinka
35
Egyptian
535
Libyan
205
Moroccan
220
Sudanese
935
Tunisian
105
North African origins, n.i.e.
40
Southern and East African origins
6,320
Afrikaner
60
Amhara
20
Bantu, n.o.s.
45
Burundian
300
Djiboutian
10
Eritrean
1,130
Ethiopian
675
Kenyan
190
Malagasy
10
Mauritian
205
Oromo
140
Rwandan
80
Seychellois
10
Somali
1,275
South African
1,295
Tanzanian
55
Tigrian
45
Ugandan
90
Zambian
190
Zimbabwean
260
Zulu
35
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.
535
Other African origins
3,605
Black, n.o.s.
345
Other African origins, n.i.e.
3,290
Asian origins
99,125
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins
9,415
Afghan
780
Arab, n.o.s.
1,175
Armenian
240
Assyrian
215
Azerbaijani
50
Georgian
35
Hazara
25
Iranian
1,345
Iraqi
1,290
Israeli
120
Jordanian
75
Kazakh
30
Kurd
200
Kuwaiti
10
Kyrgyz
30
Lebanese
1,360
Palestinian
120
Pashtun
175
Saudi Arabian
110
Syrian
1,365
Tajik
10
Tatar
60
Turk
860
Turkmen
20
Uzbek
70
Yemeni
45
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.
265
South Asian origins
29,830
Bangladeshi
2,040
Bengali
600
Bhutanese
210
East Indian
18,695
Goan
45
Gujarati
195
Kashmiri
115
Nepali
565
Pakistani
6,255
Punjabi
1,425
Sinhalese
65
Sri Lankan
515
Tamil
120
South Asian origins, n.i.e.
1,075
East and Southeast Asian origins
60,010
Burmese
465
Cambodian (Khmer)
305
Chinese
19,075
Filipino
33,630
Indonesian
220
Japanese
1,220
Karen
585
Korean
2,025
Laotian
705
Malaysian
160
Mongolian
205
Singaporean
10
Taiwanese
265
Thai
420
Tibetan
50
Vietnamese
3,690
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.
95
Other Asian origins
735
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.
735
Oceania origins
1,430
Australian
890
New Zealander
265
Pacific Islands origins
310
Fijian
110
Hawaiian
25
Maori
45
Polynesian, n.o.s.
25
Samoan
55
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.
60
Languages in Saskatchewan
Language
Population
English only
1,023,400
French only
535
English and French
51,360
Neither English nor French
7,945
Language spoken at Home
Language Spoken at Home
Population
English
964,640
French
3,985
Non-official languages
80,505
Aboriginal languages
16,605
Algonquian languages
10,145
Cree-Montagnais languages
10,000
Plains Cree
1,195
Swampy Cree
95
Woods Cree
180
Cree, n.o.s.
8,525
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages
140
Ojibway
145
Athabaskan languages
6,360
Northern Athabaskan languages
6,365
Dene
6,360
Inuit languages
5
Inuktitut
5
Inuit languages, n.i.e.
5
Michif
45
Siouan languages
50
Dakota
35
Siouan languages, n.i.e.
15
Non-Aboriginal languages
63,905
Afro-Asiatic languages
4,625
Kabyle
5
Cushitic languages
720
Bilen
30
Oromo
140
Somali
530
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.
15
Semitic languages
3,900
Amharic
150
Arabic
2,890
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
225
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
115
Hebrew
25
Tigrigna
430
Semitic languages, n.i.e.
70
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
5
Austro-Asiatic languages
1,740
Khmer (Cambodian)
40
Vietnamese
1,700
Austronesian languages
12,515
Bikol
15
Cebuano
580
Hiligaynon
110
Ilocano
240
Malay
35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)
70
Pangasinan
10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
11,345
Waray-Waray
15
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.
95
Creole languages
95
Creole, n.o.s.
65
Creole languages, n.i.e.
35
Dravidian languages
845
Kannada
20
Malayalam
525
Tamil
155
Telugu
145
Indo-European languages
31,235
Albanian
205
Armenian
45
Balto-Slavic languages
5,170
Baltic languages
80
Latvian
40
Lithuanian
40
Slavic languages
5,090
Bosnian
85
Bulgarian
35
Croatian
170
Czech
30
Macedonian
35
Polish
480
Russian
1,725
Serbian
270
Serbo-Croatian
45
Slovak
30
Slovene (Slovenian)
5
Ukrainian
2,010
Slavic languages, n.i.e.
170
Celtic languages
10
Scottish Gaelic
5
Welsh
5
Germanic languages
8,110
Afrikaans
530
Danish
10
Dutch
200
Frisian
5
German
7,290
Norwegian
10
Swedish
10
Yiddish
5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.
45
Greek
395
Indo-Iranian languages
14,385
Indo-Aryan languages
12,960
Bengali
1,915
Gujarati
1,585
Hindi
880
Kashmiri
5
Konkani
10
Marathi
55
Nepali
570
Punjabi (Panjabi)
3,485
Sindhi
55
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
140
Urdu
4,265
Iranian languages
1,280
Kurdish
65
Pashto
345
Persian (Farsi)
865
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
150
Italic (Romance) languages
2,920
Italian
155
Portuguese
220
Romanian
315
Spanish
2,220
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.
10
Japanese
120
Korean
1,180
Mongolic languages
25
Mongolian
25
Niger-Congo languages
735
Akan (Twi)
55
Edo
10
Ewe
5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)
20
Ganda
10
Igbo
40
Lingala
15
Rundi (Kirundi)
85
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
35
Shona
35
Swahili
200
Yoruba
115
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
100
Nilo-Saharan languages
135
Dinka
65
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.
70
Sign languages
285
American Sign Language
50
Sign languages, n.i.e
230
Sino-Tibetan languages
9,700
Chinese languages
8,925
Cantonese
2,400
Hakka
5
Mandarin
5,645
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)
80
Wu (Shanghainese)
30
Chinese, n.o.s.
760
Tibeto-Burman languages
775
Burmese
115
Karenic languages
640
Tibetan
10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.
5
Tai-Kadai languages
190
Lao
125
Thai
70
Turkic languages
195
Azerbaijani
5
Turkish
170
Uzbek
10
Turkic languages, n.i.e.
5
Uralic languages
240
Estonian
10
Finnish
15
Hungarian
215
Other languages, n.i.e.
45
Multiple responses
34,110
English and French
1,210
English and non-official language
32,250
French and non-official language
150
English, French and non-official language
495
Population projection
Saskatchewan population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.14 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.139 million, Population of Saskatchewan in 2021 is estimated to be 1.132 million.
