Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Northwest Territories

Most common mother tongue languages other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 2016

Language	Number	Percentage of population with a mother tongue other than English or French	Percentage of total population
Dogrib (Tlicho)	1,680	20.3	4.1
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	870	10.5	2.1
South Slavey	810	9.8	2.0
North Slavey (Hare)	790	9.5	1.9
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	515	6.2	1.2

Most common languages other than English or French spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2016

Language	Number	Percentage of population who spoke at least one language other than English or French at home	Percentage of total population
Dogrib (Tlicho)	2,005	23.8	4.8
South Slavey	930	11.0	2.2
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	905	10.7	2.2
North Slavey (Hare)	785	9.3	1.9
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	540	6.4	1.3

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.1 description Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	41,380	100	41,040	100
English	36,845	89.0	37,040	90.3
French	65	0.2	50	0.1
English and French	4,275	10.3	3,720	9.1
Neither English nor French	195	0.5	230	0.6

Mother tongue⁴, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language	2016		2011
Language	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	41,380	100	41,035	100
English	32,545	78.6	31,900	77.7
French	1,365	3.3	1,165	2.8
Other languages	8,295	20.0	8,510	20.7
Aboriginal languages	4,945	12.0	5,800	14.1
Immigrant languages	3,340	8.1	2,710	6.6

Figure 1.3 Mother tongue other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Mother tongue other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Language spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language	Only⁵	Mostly⁶	Equally⁷	Regularly⁸	Total
2016
English	31,470	4,805	1,080	2,205	39,560
French	325	305	160	840	1,640
Other languages	1,455	1,930	965	4,080	8,425
Aboriginal languages	750	1,295	310	2,990	5,345
Immigrant languages	700	635	660	1,065	3,055
2011
English	32,335	4,155	385	2,360	39,230
French	240	310	55	655	1,265
Other languages	1,550	2,070	345	3,580	7,540
Aboriginal languages	950	1,465	145	2,720	5,285
Immigrant languages	590	610	200	845	2,245

Language of work

English used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

English used at work	2016		2006
English used at work	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All instances	25,440	99.5	25,575	99.2
Only	22,930	89.7	23,070	89.5
Mostly	1,860	7.3	1,935	7.5
Equally with another language	200	0.8	115	0.4
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	450	1.8	455	1.8
No mention	125	0.5	195	0.8
Total population⁹	25,565	100	25,770	100

French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

French used at work	2016		2006
French used at work	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All instances	915	3.6	695	2.7
Only	50	0.2	60	0.2
Mostly	155	0.6	125	0.5
Equally with another language	70	0.3	30	0.1
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	640	2.5	480	1.9
No mention	24,650	96.4	25,070	97.3
Total population⁹	25,565	100	25,770	100

Languages other than English or French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work	2016		2006
Languages other than English or French used at work	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All instances	1,735	6.8	2,025	7.9
Only	75	0.3	130	0.5
Mostly	295	1.2	330	1.3
Equally with another language	135	0.5	90	0.3
Regularly (in addition to the main language)	1,225	4.8	1,480	5.7
No mention	23,830	93.2	23,735	92.1
Total population⁹	25,565	100	25,770	100

Symbols:

···: not applicable
··: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
r: revised
E: use with caution

Note(s):

Footnote 1

The languages spoken most often at home (Part A of the question) and on a regular basis (Part B of the question), as well as multiple responses, are considered.

Footnote 2

The official-language minority population is defined using the variable derived from the first official language spoken (FOLS), i.e., individuals in Quebec whose FOLS is English and individuals in the rest of the country whose FOLS is French.

Footnote 3

English–French bilingualism is defined using the variable “knowledge of official languages.”

Footnote 4

The categories include all individuals who reported a specific language in a single or multiple response.

Footnote 5

The 'Only' category includes persons who reported only this language to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often) and did not report a language to Part B (spoken regularly).

Footnote 6

The 'Mostly' category includes persons who reported this language to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often) and reported at least one other language to Part B (spoken regularly).

Footnote 7

The 'Equally' category includes persons who reported this language and another one to Part A of the language spoken at home question (spoken most often).

Footnote 8

The 'Regularly' category includes persons who reported this language only to the Part B of the language spoken at home question (spoken regularly), in addition to another language reported to the Part A (spoken most often).

Footnote 9

In 2006, this population refers to those aged 15 years and over who worked between January 1, 2005 and May 16th, 2006. In 2016, this population refers to those aged 15 years and over who worked since 2015.

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

Date modified:: 2019-04-10

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Northwest Territories

Most common mother tongue languages other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 2016

Most common languages other than English or French spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2016

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue⁴, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Figure 1.3 Mother tongue other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Language spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

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Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Northwest Territories

Most common mother tongue languages other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 2016

Most common languages other than English or French spoken at home1, Northwest Territories, 2016

Figure 1.1 Official language minority (number and proportion), Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Figure 1.2 Rate of English-French bilingualism, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Knowledge of official languages, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Mother tongue4, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Figure 1.3 Mother tongue other than English or French, Northwest Territories, 1991 to 2016

Language spoken at home1, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language of work

English used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

Languages other than English or French used at work, Northwest Territories, 2006 and 2016

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Most common languages other than English or French spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2016

Mother tongue⁴, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016

Language spoken at home¹, Northwest Territories, 2011 and 2016