Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	41,375	40,560	815
Official languages	33,755	32,935	815
English	32,545	31,765	780
French	1,360	1,175	185
Non-official languages	8,295	7,625	670
Aboriginal languages	4,950	4,635	310
Algonquian languages	165	150	20
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	145	130	15
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	5	5	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	5	5	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	135	120	15
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	5	0
Malecite	5	5	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	10	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	15	10	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	4,090	3,875	215
Northern Athabaskan languages	4,090	3,875	210
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	470	440	30
Dogrib (Tlicho)	1,675	1,600	75
Gwich'in	155	140	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	1,785	1,695	95
North Slavey (Hare)	790	745	45
South Slavey	815	770	40
Slavey, n.o.s.	185	175	10
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	665	595	65
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	515	470	45
Inuktitut	125	110	15
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5
Iroquoian languages	5	5	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	15	10	10
Salish languages	5	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	5	0	5
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	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.	5	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	3,350	2,990	365
Afro-Asiatic languages	235	220	20
Berber languages	5	5	5
Kabyle	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Cushitic languages	50	45	0
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0
Somali	50	45	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	180	165	15
Amharic	20	25	0
Arabic	135	125	15
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0
Tigrigna	25	20	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	175	160	15
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0
Vietnamese	175	160	15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	1,055	910	150
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	75	60	10
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	15	15	0
Ilocano	75	75	5
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	0	5	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	5	0
Pangasinan	5	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	875	745	130
Waray-Waray	0	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Creole languages	50	45	10
Haitian Creole	0	5	0
Creole, n.o.s.	30	25	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Dravidian languages	75	60	15
Kannada	0	0	0
Malayalam	30	30	5
Tamil	20	15	5
Telugu	20	15	5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	1,150	1,045	105
Albanian	10	5	0
Armenian	50	45	0
Balto-Slavic languages	225	220	10
Baltic languages	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	0	0
Slavic languages	225	215	5
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	0	0
Bulgarian	10	10	0
Croatian	15	15	0
Czech	15	15	0
Macedonian	10	10	0
Polish	45	45	0
Russian	40	40	5
Serbian	10	15	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0
Slovak	20	25	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	5	0
Ukrainian	35	35	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Celtic languages	10	10	5
Scottish Gaelic	0	5	0
Welsh	5	0	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Germanic languages	290	270	20
Afrikaans	20	20	0
Danish	10	5	0
Dutch	60	55	0
Frisian	0	0	0
German	190	170	20
Icelandic	5	5	0
Norwegian	5	0	0
Swedish	5	10	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Greek	25	20	0
Indo-Iranian languages	335	285	50
Indo-Aryan languages	290	250	45
Bengali	80	70	10
Gujarati	20	10	10
Hindi	45	40	5
Kashmiri	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0
Marathi	5	0	0
Nepali	25	20	0
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	50	50	5
Sindhi	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	5	0
Urdu	60	50	10
Iranian languages	35	35	5
Kurdish	0	0	0
Pashto	5	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	30	30	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages	220	195	30
Catalan	0	0	0
Italian	60	50	5
Portuguese	25	25	0
Romanian	10	10	0
Spanish	125	105	20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Japanese	70	60	10
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Korean	40	40	5
Mongolic languages	0	5	0
Mongolian	5	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	165	135	30
Akan (Twi)	25	15	5
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0
Ewe	5	5	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0
Ganda	10	10	5
Igbo	0	0	0
Lingala	5	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	5	0
Shona	45	35	5
Swahili	5	5	5
Wolof	0	0	0
Yoruba	10	5	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	60	55	5
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	5	0
Dinka	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Sign languages	10	5	5
American Sign Language	5	5	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	5
Sino-Tibetan languages	255	255	5
Chinese languages	255	250	5
Cantonese	115	110	5
Hakka	5	0	0
Mandarin	60	60	0
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	70	70	0
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	5	10	0
Lao	0	0	0
Thai	5	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	10	10	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0
Turkish	5	5	0
Uyghur	0	0	0
Uzbek	5	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Uralic languages	35	30	5
Estonian	5	0	0
Finnish	10	10	5
Hungarian	20	20	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 2

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

Footnote 3

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

Footnote 4

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) – Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 7.5%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016060.