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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 5,800 2,565 2,760
  Algonquian languages 155 20 65
    Algonquin 0 0 0
    Atikamekw 0 0 0
    Blackfoot 0 0 0
    Cree languages 140 20 60
      Cree, n.o.s. 140 20 60
      Swampy Cree 0 0 0
      Plains Cree 0 0 0
      Woods Cree 0 0 0
      Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0
    Malecite 0 0 0
    Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
    Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0
    Naskapi 0 0 0
    Ojibway 15 0 5
    Oji-Cree 0 0 0
    Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Michif 15 5 10
  Athapaskan languages 4,710 2,360 2,240
    Carrier 0 0 0
    Wetsuweten 0 0 0
    Chilcotin 0 0 0
    Dene 470 190 235
    Tlicho (Dogrib) 2,000 1,270 915
    Gwich'in 260 40 100
    North Slavey (Hare) 205 65 135
    South Slavey 400 165 215
    Slavey, n.o.s. 1,370 625 630
    Sarcee 0 5 0
    Beaver 0 0 0
    Sekani 0 0 0
    Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0
    Tahltan 0 0 0
    Northern Tutchone 0 0 0
    Southern Tutchone 0 0 0
    Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0
    Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Haida 0 0 0
  Iroquoian languages 0 0 0
    Mohawk 5 0 5
    Cayuga 0 0 0
    Oneida 0 0 0
    Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Kutenai 0 0 0
  Salish languages 0 0 0
    Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0
    Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
    Halkomelem 0 0 0
    Lillooet 0 0 0
    Okanagan 0 0 0
    Squamish 0 0 0
    Straits 0 0 0
    Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Siouan languages 0 0 0
    Dakota 0 0 0
    Stoney 0 0 0
    Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Tlingit 0 0 0
  Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
    Gitksan 5 0 0
    Nisga'a 0 0 0
    Tsimshian 0 0 0
  Wakashan languages 0 0 0
    Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0
    Haisla 0 0 0
    Heiltsuk 0 0 0
    Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0
    Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
  Inuit languages 905 170 440
    Inuktitut 240 60 125
    Inuinnaqtun 90 20 70
    Inuvialuktun 545 90 240
    Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 5 5
  Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5

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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