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Demographics of Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three prairie provinces. Saskatchewan has an area of 651,900 km² (251,700 mi²) and a population of 985,386 (Saskatchewanians) as of 2006. Most of its population lives in the southern half of the province. The most populous city is Saskatoon with a population of 235,800 (July 1, 2005), followed by the province's capital, Regina with a population of 199,000 as of 2005.
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| Year | Population | Five-year % change |
Ten-year % change |
Rank among provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 91,279 | n/a | n/a | 8 |
| 1911 | 492,432 | n/a | 439.5 | 3 |
| 1921 | 757,510 | n/a | 53.8 | 3 |
| 1931 | 921,785 | n/a | 21.7 | 3 |
| 1941 | 895,992 | n/a | -2.8 | 3 |
| 1951 | 831,728 | n/a | -7.2 | 5 |
| 1956 | 880,665 | 5.9 | n/a | 5 |
| 1961 | 925,181 | 5.1 | 11.2 | 5 |
| 1966 | 955,344 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 6 |
| 1971 | 926,242 | -3.0 | 0.1 | 6 |
| 1976 | 921,325 | -0.5 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 1981 | 968,313 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 1986 | 1,009,613 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 6 |
| 1991 | 988,928 | -2.0 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 1996 | 976,615 | -1.2 | -3.3 | 6 |
| 2001 | 978,933 | 0.2 | -1.0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 985,386 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 6 |
Source: Statistics Canada.[1][2]
Note: The following statistics include a combination of individual and multiple responses from the 2001 Census, and therefore do not add up to 100%.[3]
- German 28.6%
- "Canadian" 25.0%
- English 24.5%
- Scottish 17.9%
- Irish 14.5%
- Ukrainian 12.6%
- French 11.4%
- "North American Indian" First Nations 10.6%
- Norwegian 6.3%
- Polish 5.3%
- Métis 4.2%
- Dutch (Netherlands) 3.4%
- Swedish 3.1%
- Russian 2.9%
- Hungarian (Magyar) 2.5%
- Austrian 1.5%
- Welsh 1.4%
- American (USA) 1.2%
- Romanian 1.1%
- Danish 1.0%
- Chinese 1.0%
- ^ The history of Saskatchewan's population from Statistics Canada
- ^ Canada's population. Statistics Canada. Last accessed September 28, 2006.
- ^ Ethnic origins from Statistics Canada
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