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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 Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-OuestFootnote 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 41,040 34,390 6,585 2,345 605 2,740 895 60 20 40
Total - Single responses 40,655 34,020 6,570 2,345 605 2,740 885 60 20 40
English 36,480 32,335 4,110 0 600 2,700 805 50 20 30
French 550 240 310 290 0 5 15 5 0 0
Aboriginal languages 2,415 915 1,495 1,460 0 30 5 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 20 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 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 0 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 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 2,240 815 1,420 1,385 0 30 0 5 5 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 170 65 105 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 1,210 375 835 810 0 20 5 5 0 0
Gwich'in 40 15 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 65 45 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 165 60 100 95 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 595 260 330 330 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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 0 0 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 150 85 65 65 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 45 20 25 20 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 20 10 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 80 55 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 1,200 540 660 595 5 0 60 5 0 5
Total - Multiple responses 385 370 15 0 5 0 10 0 0 5
English and Aboriginal language 140 140 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
French and Aboriginal language 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other multiple responses 240 225 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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