Aboriginal Mother Tongue (90), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Aboriginal Identity (9), 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
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (12): Total - Age
• Residence by Aboriginal geography (10): Total - Residence on or off reserve

This table details aboriginal mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , aboriginal identity , registered or treaty indian status , residence by aboriginal geography and age for the population in private households in Alberta

Aboriginal mother tongue (90)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 4	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 5	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 6
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 7	3,978,145	3,889,385	88,760
Official languages	3,131,875	3,043,110	88,760
English	3,058,650	2,972,670	85,980
French	84,685	70,440	14,250
Non-official languages	925,025	846,275	78,755
Aboriginal languages	25,980	22,975	3,005
Algonquian languages	20,055	17,455	2,600
Blackfoot	3,205	2,660	545
Cree-Montagnais languages	16,270	14,285	1,985
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	15	20	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	50	50	0
Plains Cree	915	740	180
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	35	35	0
Woods Cree	995	935	60
Cree, n.o.s.	14,260	12,520	1,740
Eastern Algonquian languages	10	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	10	10	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	580	500	75
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	545	475	70
Oji-Cree	35	35	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	2,030	1,880	150
Northern Athabaskan languages	2,025	1,875	150
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	55	40	15
Carrier	35	30	10
Chilcotin	10	0	0
Dene	1,595	1,490	100
Dogrib (Tlicho)	65	55	10
Gwich'in	10	10	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	55	50	10
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	195	180	15
North Slavey (Hare)	15	10	0
South Slavey	145	140	10
Slavey, n.o.s.	40	35	10
Tahltan languages	10	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	10	10	0
Tutchone languages	10	10	0
Northern Tutchone	10	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Haida	10	10	0
Inuit languages	100	85	10
Inuinnaqtun	10	0	0
Inuktitut	55	40	10
Inuvialuktun	10	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	30	30	0
Iroquoian languages	25	15	10
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	25	15	10
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	160	110	45
Salish languages	15	15	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	10	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	10	0	10
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	10	10	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	3,545	3,365	180
Dakota	355	355	0
Stoney	3,190	3,015	175
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0
Tlingit	10	10	0
Tsimshian languages	20	20	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	15	15	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	20	15	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	899,050	823,300	75,750

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

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

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

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 4

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue 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 mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 5

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

Footnote 6

A multiple mother tongue 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-X2016362.