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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Languages Spoken Most Often at Home - Detailed Aboriginal Languages (85), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home - Aboriginal Languages (10), Mother Tongue - Detailed Aboriginal Languages (85) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details languages spoken most often at home - detailed aboriginal languages , other languages spoken regularly at home - aboriginal languages , mother tongue - detailed aboriginal languages for the population excluding institutional in AlbertaFootnote 1
Languages spoken most often at home - Detailed Aboriginal languages (85) Other languages spoken regularly at home - Aboriginal languages (10)
Total - Population None Total - Single responses English French Aboriginal languages Other languages Total - Multiple responses Official language(s) and Aboriginal languageFootnote 2 Other multiple responses
Total - Detailed Aboriginal language spoken most often at home 3,610,185 3,175,225 427,270 175,270 36,995 13,555 201,455 7,690 175 7,510
Total - Single responses 3,499,490 3,068,600 423,225 174,920 36,205 13,540 198,560 7,665 175 7,485
English 3,095,250 2,857,595 233,940 0 35,215 13,490 185,235 3,720 165 3,555
French 24,690 11,010 13,300 11,910 0 5 1,390 380 0 380
Aboriginal languages 10,615 2,630 7,970 7,905 25 35 0 15 10 5
Algonquian languages 7,385 2,015 5,360 5,325 10 25 0 10 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 800 380 420 415 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 6,480 1,595 4,875 4,845 10 20 5 10 5 5
Cree, n.o.s. 6,470 1,590 4,875 4,840 10 20 0 10 5 5
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 100 30 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 980 230 745 740 0 5 0 5 5 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 880 170 710 705 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 15 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 35 20 15 5 0 5 0 5 5 0
Beaver 15 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 2,190 360 1,830 1,820 10 0 0 5 0 5
Dakota 120 20 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 2,070 330 1,730 1,720 10 0 0 5 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 15 10 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 368,935 197,370 168,020 155,105 975 10 11,930 3,540 5 3,540
Total - Multiple responses 110,695 106,620 4,045 355 785 10 2,895 30 0 25
English and Aboriginal language 1,750 1,720 30 0 30 5 0 0 0 0
French and Aboriginal language 15 5 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other multiple responses 108,910 104,875 4,000 340 760 5 2,895 25 0 25

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Includes the following multiple responses: English and an Aboriginal language, French and an Aboriginal language, and English, French and an Aboriginal language.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011047.

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