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Selected Language Characteristics (165), Registered Indian Status (3), Age Groups (7) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Selected language characteristics (165)

Definition

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Values

  1. Total population by detailed mother tongue Footnote 1
  2. Total - Single responses Footnote 2
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Non-official languages
  6. Aboriginal languages
  7. Algonquian languages
  8. Algonquin
  9. Atikamekw
  10. Blackfoot
  11. Cree
  12. Malecite
  13. Mi'kmaq
  14. Montagnais-Naskapi
  15. Ojibway
  16. Oji-Cree
  17. Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
  18. Athapaskan languages
  19. Carrier
  20. Chilcotin
  21. Chipewyan
  22. Dene
  23. Dogrib
  24. Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
  25. North Slave (Hare)
  26. South Slave
  27. Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
  28. Haida
  29. Iroquoian languages
  30. Mohawk
  31. Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
  32. Kutenai
  33. Salish languages
  34. Shuswap
  35. Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
  36. Salish languages, n.i.e.
  37. Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
  38. Tlingit
  39. Tsimshian languages
  40. Gitksan
  41. Nisga'a
  42. Tsimshian
  43. Wakashan languages
  44. Nootka
  45. Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
  46. Inuktitut
  47. Inuinnaqtun
  48. Inuktitut, n.i.e.
  49. Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
  50. Other single responses
  51. Total multiple responses Footnote 51
  52. English and Aboriginal language Footnote 52
  53. French and Aboriginal language Footnote 53
  54. English, French and Aboriginal language Footnote 54
  55. Other multiple responses
  56. Total population by detailed language spoken most often at home Footnote 56
  57. Total - Single responses Footnote 57
  58. English
  59. French
  60. Non-official languages
  61. Aboriginal languages
  62. Algonquian languages
  63. Algonquin
  64. Atikamekw
  65. Blackfoot
  66. Cree
  67. Malecite
  68. Mi'kmaq
  69. Montagnais-Naskapi
  70. Ojibway
  71. Oji-Cree
  72. Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
  73. Athapaskan languages
  74. Carrier
  75. Chilcotin
  76. Chipewyan
  77. Dene
  78. Dogrib
  79. Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
  80. North Slave (Hare)
  81. South Slave
  82. Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
  83. Haida
  84. Iroquoian languages
  85. Mohawk
  86. Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
  87. Kutenai
  88. Salish languages
  89. Shuswap
  90. Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
  91. Salish languages, n.i.e.
  92. Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
  93. Tlingit
  94. Tsimshian languages
  95. Gitksan
  96. Nisga'a
  97. Tsimshian
  98. Wakashan languages
  99. Nootka
  100. Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
  101. Inuktitut
  102. Inuinnaqtun
  103. Inuktitut, n.i.e.
  104. Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
  105. Other single responses
  106. Total multiple responses Footnote 106
  107. English and Aboriginal language Footnote 107
  108. French and Aboriginal language Footnote 108
  109. English, French and Aboriginal language Footnote 109
  110. Other multiple responses
  111. Total population by knowledge of Aboriginal languages Footnote 111
  112. Total - Single responses Footnote 112
  113. English
  114. French
  115. Non-official languages
  116. Aboriginal languages
  117. Algonquian languages
  118. Algonquin
  119. Atikamekw
  120. Blackfoot
  121. Cree
  122. Malecite
  123. Mi'kmaq
  124. Montagnais-Naskapi
  125. Ojibway
  126. Oji-Cree
  127. Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
  128. Athapaskan languages
  129. Carrier
  130. Chilcotin
  131. Chipewyan
  132. Dene
  133. Dogrib
  134. Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
  135. North Slave (Hare)
  136. South Slave
  137. Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
  138. Haida
  139. Iroquoian languages
  140. Mohawk
  141. Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
  142. Kutenai
  143. Salish languages
  144. Shuswap
  145. Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
  146. Salish languages, n.i.e.
  147. Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
  148. Tlingit
  149. Tsimshian languages
  150. Gitksan
  151. Nisga'a
  152. Tsimshian
  153. Wakashan languages
  154. Nootka
  155. Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
  156. Inuktitut
  157. Inuinnaqtun
  158. Inuktitut, n.i.e.
  159. Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
  160. Other single responses
  161. Total multiple responses Footnote 161
  162. English and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 162
  163. French and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 163
  164. English, French and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 164
  165. Other multiple responses

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.

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Footnote 2

Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language as their mother tongue.

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Footnote 51

Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language as their mother tongue.

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Footnote 52

Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.

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Footnote 53

Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.

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Footnote 54

Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.

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Footnote 56

Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census. The data on home language shown in this table are not comparable to data found in similar tables produced for the 2001 Census when home language referred to the language spoken most often at home and the language spoken on a regular basis at home.

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Footnote 57

Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language spoken most often at home.

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Footnote 106

Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language spoken most often at home.

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Footnote 107

Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.

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Footnote 108

Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.

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Footnote 109

Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.

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Footnote 111

Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in an Aboriginal language.

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Footnote 112

Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of only one language, either as an official or a non-official language. For example, the category 'English' includes persons who reported knowledge of English only without reporting knowledge of any non-official language(s).

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Footnote 161

Indicates the number of persons who reported multiple official and/or non-official languages.

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Footnote 162

Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English and at least one Aboriginal language.

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Footnote 163

Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of French and at least one Aboriginal language.

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Footnote 164

Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English, French and at least one Aboriginal language.

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