Demographics of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three Prairie provinces. It has an area of 651,900 km2 and a population of 1,132,505 as of 2021. Saskatchewan's population is made of 50.3% women and 49.7% men. Most of its population lives in the Southern half of the province.
The most populous city is Saskatoon, with a population of 317,480 in the Census Metropolitan Area, followed by the province's capital, Regina, with a population of 249,217 in the CMA. The province's population makeup is also notable for German Canadians being the largest European ethnic group and for the second-largest proportion of people of indigenous descent of any of the provinces, after Manitoba.
Population history
| 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 |
| 2011 | 1,053,960 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1,098,352 | 6.3 | 11.4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1,132,505 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 6 |
† 1901 population for District of Saskatchewan and District of Athabasca, parts of the then-named North-West Territories.
''Source: Statistics Canada.''
Languages
Knowledge of languages
The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses, and first appeared on the 1991 Canadian census.Mother tongue
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:Note: "n.i.e.": not included elsewhere
There were also 175 single-language responses for Non-verbal languages (Sign languages); 170 for Amharic; 155 for Turkish; 140 for Sinhala; 135 for Slavic languages n.i.e.; 130 for Slovenian; 120 for Pashto; 115 for Malay; 115 for Malayalam; 115 for Thai; 110 for Ilocano; 110 for Khmer; 100 for Celtic languages; and 100 for Sino-Tibetan languages n.i.e. In addition there were also 6,080 responses of both English and a non-official language; 245 of both French and a non-official language; 1,130 of both English and French; and 140 of English, French and a non-official language. Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.
Migration
Immigration
The 2021 census reported that immigrants comprise 137,620 persons or 12.5 percent of the total population of Saskatchewan.Recent immigration
The 2021 Canadian census counted a total of 43,120 people who immigrated to Saskatchewan between 2016 and 2021.Interprovincial migration
Interprovincial migration has long been a demographic challenge for Saskatchewan, and it was often said that "Saskatchewan's most valuable export its young people". The trend reversed in 2006 as the nascent oil fracking industry started growing in the province, but returned to negative net migration starting in 2013. Most people migrating from Saskatchewan move west to Alberta or British Columbia.| In-migrants | Out-migrants | Net migration | |
| 2008–09 | 18,127 | 15,144 | 2,983 |
| 2009–10 | 17,237 | 15,084 | 2,153 |
| 2010–11 | 16,602 | 16,057 | 545 |
| 2011–12 | 19,386 | 17,508 | 1,878 |
| 2012–13 | 16,982 | 16,590 | 392 |
| 2013–14 | 16,371 | 18,210 | −1,839 |
| 2014–15 | 15,346 | 19,874 | −4,528 |
| 2015–16 | 15,260 | 19,532 | −4,272 |
| 2016–17 | 13,130 | 18,890 | −5,760 |
| 2017–18 | 11,637 | 20,112 | −8,475 |
| 2018–19 | 11,637 | 23,607 | −9,688 |
''Source: Statistics Canada''