Division No. 6
Census division in Saskatchewan
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Area
 • Total17,548.18 km2 (6,775.39 sq mi)
 As of 2016
Population
 (2016)
 • Total262,837
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)

Division No. 6 is one of eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the south-central part of the province. The most populous community in this division is Regina, the provincial capital.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 6 had a population of 276,564 living in 111,468 of its 122,908 total private dwellings, a change of 5.2% from its 2016 population of 262,837. With a land area of 17,363.04 km2 (6,703.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.9/km2 (41.3/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

Knowledge of languages in Division No. 6 (1991−2021)
Language 2021[2] 2011[3][4] 2001[5][6] 1991[7]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
English 268,710 98.86% 233,365 99.31% 215,485 99.69% 215,085 99.5%
French 15,120 5.56% 12,425 5.29% 12,035 5.57% 11,540 5.34%
Hindustani[a] 11,730 4.32% 2,900 1.23% 645 0.3% 515 0.24%
Tagalog 10,050 3.7% 3,865 1.64% 750 0.35% 460 0.21%
Punjabi 6,085 2.24% 1,575 0.67% 500 0.23% 275 0.13%
Chinese[b] 5,470 2.01% 3,385 1.44% 2,325 1.08% 2,475 1.14%
Spanish 2,895 1.07% 2,500 1.06% 1,855 0.86% 1,390 0.64%
Arabic 2,690 0.99% 845 0.36% 505 0.23% 200 0.09%
German[c] 2,125 0.78% 3,995 1.7% 6,600 3.05% 10,080 4.66%
Vietnamese 2,065 0.76% 1,015 0.43% 955 0.44% 855 0.4%
Ukrainian 1,845 0.68% 1,845 0.79% 2,835 1.31% 4,185 1.94%
Russian 1,700 0.63% 1,140 0.49% 410 0.19% 405 0.19%
Cree[d] 1,020 0.38% 670 0.29% 1,195 0.55% 975 0.45%
Greek 810 0.3% 675 0.29% 705 0.33% 435 0.2%
Italian 615 0.23% 620 0.26% 785 0.36% 795 0.37%
Polish 430 0.16% 620 0.26% 1,030 0.48% 1,280 0.59%
Persian[e] 420 0.15% 220 0.09% 180 0.08% 230 0.11%
Portuguese 350 0.13% 135 0.06% 70 0.03% 115 0.05%
Hungarian 325 0.12% 550 0.23% 975 0.45% 1,340 0.62%
Dutch 325 0.12% 315 0.13% 485 0.22% 680 0.31%
Total responses 271,810 98.28% 234,990 98.84% 216,160 98.59% 216,165 98.88%
Total population 276,564 100% 237,746 100% 219,250 100% 218,612 100%

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Saskatchewan's Division No. 6.

City

Towns

Villages

Resort villages

Rural municipalities

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Indian reserves

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Combined responses of Hindi and Urdu as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Hindustani language.
  2. ^ Combined responses of the Chinese languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, Hakka, Wu (Shanghainese), Min Dong, Chinese, n.o.s., and Chinese languages, n.i.e..
  3. ^ Combined responses of the High German languages, including Standard German, Pennsylvania German, Swiss German, and Yiddish.
  4. ^ Combined responses of the Cree-Innu languages, previously categorized under "Cree" in past censuses.
  5. ^ Combined responses of Iranian Persian, Dari, and Persian (Farsi), n.o.s., as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Persian language

References

  1. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (17 August 2022). "Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (31 May 2016). "Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (23 December 2013). "2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Various Non-official Languages Spoken (76), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (23 December 2013). "2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (29 March 2019). "1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part B". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b Statistics Canada. 2002 2001 Community Profiles. Archived 2005-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE. Page accessed January 5, 2007

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