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), Residence by Aboriginal geography (10) and Age (12) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Aboriginal identity (9): Total - Aboriginal identity
• Residence by Aboriginal geography (10): Total - Residence on or off reserve
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (12): Total - Age
• Aboriginal mother tongue (11): Total - Aboriginal mother tongue

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 , residence by aboriginal geography and age for the population in private households in Alberta

Knowledge of Aboriginal languages (90)	Knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses (3)
	Total - Knowledge of languages: single and multiple language responses^Footnote 4	Single language responses^Footnote 5	Multiple language responses^Footnote 6
Total - Knowledge of languages^Footnote 7	3,978,150	2,749,415	1,228,730
Official languages	3,920,535	2,698,945	1,221,585
English	3,916,805	2,696,755	1,220,050
French	264,600	2,190	262,405
Non-official languages	1,082,425	50,470	1,031,955
Aboriginal languages	36,465	210	36,250
Algonquian languages	29,670	185	29,490
Blackfoot	5,570	0	5,565
Cree-Montagnais languages	23,465	175	23,290
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	25	0	25
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	90	0	85
Plains Cree	1,585	0	1,580
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	50	0	45
Woods Cree	1,135	20	1,115
Cree, n.o.s.	20,665	155	20,505
Eastern Algonquian languages	35	0	35
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	35	0	30
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	955	10	950
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	925	0	925
Oji-Cree	20	0	20
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	10
Athabaskan languages	2,640	15	2,625
Northern Athabaskan languages	2,630	15	2,615
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	10	0	10
Beaver	85	0	85
Carrier	45	0	45
Chilcotin	20	0	20
Dene	2,010	15	1,995
Dogrib (Tlicho)	75	0	75
Gwich'in	10	0	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	145	0	145
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	285	0	280
North Slavey (Hare)	25	0	25
South Slavey	185	0	190
Slavey, n.o.s.	75	0	75
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	10	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Haida	10	0	10
Inuit languages	135	0	135
Inuinnaqtun	25	0	25
Inuktitut	60	0	60
Inuvialuktun	10	0	10
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	40	0	40
Iroquoian languages	40	0	40
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	35	0	30
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	140	0	140
Salish languages	50	0	50
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	10	0	10
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	10	0	10
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	15	0	10
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	10	0	10
Salish languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Siouan languages	4,050	15	4,035
Dakota	530	0	530
Stoney	3,650	15	3,635
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	30	0	35
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	20	0	20
Nisga'a	15	0	15
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	10	0	10
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	10	0	10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	25	0	30
Non-Aboriginal languages	1,046,245	50,260	995,985

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

Symbol x

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

Residence on or off reserve refers to whether the person's usual place of residence is in a census subdivision (CSD) that is defined as 'on reserve' or 'off reserve.'

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, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

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 4

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 5

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

Footnote 6

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

Footnote 7

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) – Alberta

• 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: 6.1%.
• 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-X2016157.