Knowledge of Aboriginal Languages (90), Knowledge of Languages: Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Aboriginal Identity (9), Aboriginal Mother Tongue (11), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3) and Age (12) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Aboriginal identity (9): Total - Aboriginal identity
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Aboriginal mother tongue (11): Total - Aboriginal mother tongue
• Age (12): Total - Age

This table details knowledge of aboriginal languages , knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses , aboriginal identity , aboriginal mother tongue , registered or treaty indian status and age for the population in private households in Canada

Knowledge of Aboriginal languages (90)	Knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses (3)
	Total - Knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses^Footnote 3	Single language responses^Footnote 4	Multiple language responses^Footnote 5
Total - Knowledge of languages^Footnote 6	34,460,060	21,025,925	13,434,140
Official languages	33,818,210	20,464,040	13,354,170
English	29,748,260	16,794,015	12,954,250
French	10,242,950	3,670,030	6,572,920
Non-official languages	9,369,280	561,885	8,807,400
Aboriginal languages	263,840	7,295	256,545
Algonquian languages	177,570	2,960	174,610
Blackfoot	5,645	10	5,645
Cree-Montagnais languages	116,585	2,405	114,175
Atikamekw	6,640	445	6,200
Montagnais (Innu)	11,440	445	11,000
Moose Cree	190	0	195
Naskapi	1,470	85	1,380
Northern East Cree	550	0	545
Plains Cree	5,905	0	5,895
Southern East Cree	40	0	40
Swampy Cree	2,350	10	2,345
Woods Cree	2,665	25	2,640
Cree, n.o.s.	86,115	1,395	84,725
Eastern Algonquian languages	9,765	20	9,740
Malecite	755	0	760
Mi'kmaq	9,025	20	9,010
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	46,680	525	46,160
Algonquin	2,475	20	2,460
Ojibway	28,580	220	28,365
Oji-Cree	15,605	285	15,320
Ottawa (Odawa)	210	0	210
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	120	0	120
Athabaskan languages	23,655	320	23,340
Northern Athabaskan languages	23,575	320	23,255
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	210	0	210
Beaver	345	0	340
Carrier	2,100	0	2,100
Chilcotin	1,150	10	1,140
Dene	13,060	205	12,860
Dogrib (Tlicho)	2,375	60	2,320
Gwich'in	360	0	360
Sarsi (Sarcee)	150	0	150
Sekani	185	0	185
Slavey-Hare languages	2,815	50	2,765
North Slavey (Hare)	1,010	20	990
South Slavey	1,365	15	1,350
Slavey, n.o.s.	675	10	665
Tahltan languages	630	0	630
Kaska (Nahani)	365	0	365
Tahltan	270	0	270
Tutchone languages	420	0	420
Northern Tutchone	280	0	280
Southern Tutchone	145	0	145
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	85	0	85
Haida	465	0	465
Inuit languages	42,985	3,985	38,995
Inuinnaqtun	1,335	10	1,325
Inuktitut	40,620	3,975	36,650
Inuvialuktun	655	0	650
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	465	0	465
Iroquoian languages	2,795	0	2,795
Cayuga	125	0	125
Mohawk	2,420	0	2,410
Oneida	185	0	180
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	115	0	115
Kutenai	170	0	170
Michif	1,210	10	1,200
Salish languages	5,745	0	5,745
Comox	185	0	185
Halkomelem	1,060	0	1,060
Lillooet	790	0	790
Okanagan	815	0	820
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	1,305	0	1,305
Squamish	280	0	280
Straits	365	0	365
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	450	0	450
Salish languages, n.i.e.	565	0	560
Siouan languages	5,430	10	5,415
Dakota	1,760	0	1,760
Stoney	3,675	10	3,665
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	145	0	140
Tlingit	255	0	260
Tsimshian languages	2,730	0	2,730
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	1,305	0	1,305
Nisga'a	1,055	0	1,055
Tsimshian	410	0	410
Wakashan languages	1,490	0	1,490
Haisla	175	0	170
Heiltsuk	125	0	125
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	605	0	600
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	565	0	565
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	25	0	25
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	665	0	665
Non-Aboriginal languages	9,107,075	554,590	8,552,485

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 2

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the Census of Population.

For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

The category 'Total - Knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single language responses and multiple language responses received in the census.

Footnote 4

A single language response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 5

A multiple language response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 6

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016160.