Table 1
Population with an Aboriginal mother tongue by language family, main languages within these families and their main provincial and territorial concentrations, Canada, 2011
| Aboriginal language families and main languages |
Provincial and territorial main concentrationsNote 1 | PopulationNote 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Algonquian languages | Manitoba (24.7%), Quebec (23.0%) | 144,015 |
| Cree languagesNote 3 | Saskatchewan (28.8%), Manitoba (24.0%), Alberta (21.9%) and Quebec (18.5%) | 83,475 |
| OjibwayNote 3 | Ontario (46.3%) and Manitoba (44.3%) | 19,275 |
| Innu/MontagnaisNote 3 | Quebec (80.9%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (18.7%) | 10,965 |
| Oji-CreeNote 3 | Manitoba (69.1%) and Ontario (30.7%) | 10,180 |
| Mi'kmaqNote 3 | Nova Scotia (60.2%) and New Brunswick (27.5%) | 8,030 |
| AtikamekwNote 3 | Quebec (99.9%) | 5,915 |
| BlackfootNote 3 | Alberta (97.5%) | 3,250 |
| Inuit languages | Nunavut (61.6%) and Quebec (31.3%) | 35,500 |
| InuktitutNote 3 | Nunavut (63.1%) and Quebec (32.3%) | 34,110 |
| Athapaskan languages | Saskatchewan (40.5%) and Northwest Territories (22.7%) | 20,700 |
| DeneNote 3 | Saskatchewan (70.6%) and Alberta (15.2%) | 11,860 |
| Tlicho (Dogrib) | Northwest Territories (96.2%) | 2,080 |
| Slavey, n.o.s. | Northwest Territories (85.9%) | 1,595 |
| Carrier | British Columbia (98.0%) | 1,525 |
| Siouan languages | Alberta (76.9%) and Manitoba (16.6%) | 4,425 |
| StoneyNote 3 | Alberta (99.5%) | 3,155 |
| Dakota | Manitoba (62.5%) and Alberta (21.6%) | 1,160 |
| Salish languages | British Columbia (98.0%) | 2,950 |
| Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) | British Columbia (97.0%) | 675 |
| Halkomelem | British Columbia (98.2%) | 570 |
| Tsimshian languages | British Columbia (98.1%) | 1,815 |
| Gitksan | British Columbia (98.9%) | 925 |
| Nisga'a | British Columbia (96.7%) | 615 |
| Wakashan languages | British Columbia (95.3%) | 1,075 |
| Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) | British Columbia (98.0%) | 495 |
| Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) | British Columbia (90.6%) | 320 |
| Iroquoian languages | Ontario (82.7%) and Quebec (10.6%) | 1,040 |
| Mohawk | Ontario (73.4%) and Quebec (18.3%) | 545 |
| Michif | Saskatchewan (40.6%), Manitoba (26.6%) and Alberta (11.7%) | 640 |
| Tlingit | Yukon (84.6%) and British Columbia (11.5%) | 130 |
| Kutenai | British Columbia (100%) | 100 |
| Haida | British Columbia (93.3%) | 75 |
| Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. | British Columbia (43.6%) and Ontario (30.2%) | 1,010 |
| Total Aboriginal mother-tongue population (single and multiple responses) |
Quebec (20.9%), Manitoba (17.7%) and Saskatchewan (16.0%) | 213,490 |
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N.o.s. means 'not otherwise specified.' N.i.e. means 'not included elsewhere.' Notes: 1. In 2011, there were 31 incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the following provinces: Quebec (6), Ontario (20), Manitoba (2), Saskatchewan (1), Alberta (1) and British Columbia (1). The data for these 31 incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements are not included in the 2011 Census of population counts and tabulations. 2. Counts for languages within a family do not add to the total of the language family because only the main languages are shown. 3. One of the ten most reported Aboriginal mother tongues in Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011. |
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