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Language Highlight Tables, 2011 Census

PopulationFootnote 1 by Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Aboriginal language spoken on a regular basis at home, for Canada, provinces and territories

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Table Summary

This table presents Aboriginal languages. The column headings are: Aboriginal languages, mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and language spoken on a regular basis at home (but not most often). The rows are the Aboriginal languages and their corresponding data values.

PopulationFootnote 1 by Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Aboriginal language spoken on a regular basis at home, for Canada, provinces and territories
Aboriginal languages Mother tongue Language spoken most often at home Other language spoken regularly at home
Total - Aboriginal languages 18,425 7,790 12,310
  Algonquian languages 16,595 7,040 10,855
    Algonquin 110 45 105
    Atikamekw 0 0 0
    Blackfoot 20 5 5
    Cree languages 4,240 2,275 2,165
      Cree, n.o.s. 4,220 2,265 2,145
      Swampy Cree 10 5 0
      Plains Cree 5 0 5
      Woods Cree 0 5 0
      Cree, n.i.e. 5 0 5
    Malecite 10 0 0
    Mi'kmaq 85 25 50
    Innu/Montagnais 10 10 5
    Naskapi 15 10 0
    Ojibway 8,920 3,470 6,590
    Oji-Cree 3,125 1,165 1,845
    Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 55 30 80
  Michif 50 30 55
  Athapaskan languages 120 50 65
    Carrier 10 0 5
    Wetsuweten 0 0 0
    Chilcotin 5 0 0
    Dene 25 5 20
    Tlicho (Dogrib) 30 5 20
    Gwich'in 5 5 0
    North Slavey (Hare) 5 0 5
    South Slavey 0 0 0
    Slavey, n.o.s. 5 0 5
    Sarcee 30 25 15
    Beaver 0 0 0
    Sekani 0 0 0
    Kaska (Nahani) 5 0 0
    Tahltan 5 0 0
    Northern Tutchone 0 0 0
    Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
    Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0
    Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10
  Haida 5 0 0
  Iroquoian languages 860 325 785
    Mohawk 400 190 470
    Cayuga 240 80 170
    Oneida 170 35 110
    Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 55 10 35
  Kutenai 0 0 0
  Salish languages 10 10 25
    Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 10
    Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 5
    Halkomelem 5 0 5
    Lillooet 0 0 0
    Okanagan 0 0 0
    Squamish 0 0 0
    Straits 0 0 0
    Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0
  Siouan languages 25 5 10
    Dakota 10 5 5
    Stoney 0 0 0
    Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5
  Tlingit 5 5 0
  Tsimshian languages 5 0 0
    Gitksan 0 0 0
    Nisga'a 5 5 0
    Tsimshian 0 0 0
  Wakashan languages 25 10 15
    Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 20 5 15
    Haisla 0 5 0
    Heiltsuk 0 0 0
    Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0
    Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Inuit languages 415 165 270
    Inuktitut 350 155 230
    Inuinnaqtun 5 0 5
    Inuvialuktun 10 0 5
    Inuit languages, n.i.e. 45 10 35
  Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 305 150 230

Note(s):

Footnote 1

Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of an Aboriginal language as well as multiple responses of an Aboriginal language with English and/or French.

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