Division No. 12, Saskatchewan

Division No. 12
Census division in Saskatchewan
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Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Area
• Total	13,887.42 km^2 (5,361.96 sq mi)
	As of 2016
Population  (2016)
• Total	23,986
• Density	1.7/km^2 (4.5/sq mi)

Division No. 12 is one of the eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the west-central part of the province. The most populous community in this division is Battleford.

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 12 had a population of 23,208 living in 9,119 of its 10,216 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 23,986. With a land area of 13,788.22 km² (5,323.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.7/km² (4.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Knowledge of languages in Division No. 12 (1991−2021)

Language	2021[2]		2011[3][4]		2001[5][6]		1991[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
English	21,750	99.89%	22,900	99.72%	23,300	99.68%	24,115	99.61%
French	595	2.73%	685	2.98%	865	3.7%	1,030	4.25%
Cree[a]	480	2.2%	560	2.44%	915	3.91%	850	3.51%
Tagalog	350	1.61%	170	0.74%	30	0.13%	0	0%
German[b]	245	1.13%	1,170	5.09%	1,210	5.18%	1,185	4.89%
Ukrainian	165	0.76%	200	0.87%	395	1.69%	590	2.44%
Spanish	165	0.76%	65	0.28%	20	0.09%	15	0.06%
Chinese[c]	75	0.34%	30	0.13%	65	0.28%	60	0.25%
Dutch	55	0.25%	55	0.24%	85	0.36%	35	0.14%
Hindustani[d]	55	0.25%	25	0.11%	25	0.11%	30	0.12%
Russian	40	0.18%	60	0.26%	65	0.28%	175	0.72%
Punjabi	40	0.18%	30	0.13%	0	0%	0	0%
Arabic	25	0.11%	10	0.04%	20	0.09%	0	0%
Polish	15	0.07%	20	0.09%	80	0.34%	90	0.37%
Portuguese	15	0.07%	15	0.07%	20	0.09%	0	0%
Hungarian	15	0.07%	10	0.04%	30	0.13%	0	0%
Italian	10	0.05%	10	0.04%	0	0%	10	0.04%
Greek	10	0.05%	5	0.02%	0	0%	0	0%
Vietnamese	0	0%	5	0.02%	10	0.04%	0	0%
Total responses	21,775	93.83%	22,965	98.87%	23,375	98.64%	24,210	98.73%
Total population	23,208	100%	23,228	100%	23,697	100%	24,521	100%

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Saskatchewan's Division No. 12.

Towns

• Battleford
• Biggar
• Delisle
• Rosetown
• Zealandia

Villages

• Asquith
• Conquest
• Dinsmore
• Harris
• Kinley
• Macrorie
• Milden
• Perdue
• Tessier
• Vanscoy
• Wiseton

Rural municipalities

• RM No. 285 Fertile Valley
• RM No. 286 Milden
• RM No. 287 St. Andrews
• RM No. 288 Pleasant Valley
• RM No. 315 Montrose
• RM No. 316 Harris
• RM No. 317 Marriott
• RM No. 318 Mountain View
• RM No. 345 Vanscoy
• RM No. 346 Perdue
• RM No. 347 Biggar
• RM No. 376 Eagle Creek
• RM No. 377 Glenside
• RM No. 378 Rosemount
• RM No. 408 Prairie
• RM No. 438 Battle River

Indian reserves

• Grizzly Bear's Head 110 and Lean Man 111
• Mosquito 109
• Red Pheasant 108
• Sweet Grass 113
• Sweet Grass 113-M16

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See also

• List of census divisions of Saskatchewan
• List of communities in Saskatchewan

Notes

1. Combined responses of the Cree-Innu languages, previously categorized under "Cree" in past censuses.
2. Combined responses of the High German languages, including Standard German, Pennsylvania German, Swiss German, and Yiddish.
3. 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..
4. Combined responses of Hindi and Urdu as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Hindustani 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 15 July 2023.
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (31 May 2016). "Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 July 2023.
8. 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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