Census Profile, 2016 Census
Fort Smith, Town [Census subdivision], Northwest Territories and Northwest Territories [Territory]

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	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Knowledge of official languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 15}	2,505	1,255	1,250	41,375	21,055	20,325
English only	2,320	1,150	1,160	36,845	18,945	17,900
French only	0	0	0	60	30	30
English and French	180	95	85	4,275	1,985	2,295
Neither English nor French	0	0	0	195	90	105
First official language spokenUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 16}	2,500	1,255	1,250	41,375	21,050	20,325
English	2,435	1,210	1,220	39,875	20,255	19,620
French	60	30	30	1,165	625	540
English and French	10	5	5	150	85	65
Neither English nor French	0	5	5	195	90	100
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	60	30	25	1,240	665	570
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	2.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	3.2	2.8
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	2,505	1,250	1,250	41,380	21,050	20,330
Single responses	2,480	1,240	1,245	40,565	20,675	19,890
Official languages	2,250	1,130	1,120	32,940	16,920	16,020
English	2,175	1,095	1,085	31,765	16,290	15,470
French	70	40	35	1,175	630	550
Non-official languages	235	110	125	7,625	3,755	3,875
Aboriginal languages	165	75	90	4,635	2,270	2,360
Algonquian languages	65	30	40	145	65	80
Blackfoot	0	0	0	5	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	65	25	35	130	60	70
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	5	0	5
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	5	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	65	30	35	120	55	65
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	0	0	15	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	5	0	15	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	80	40	40	3,875	1,950	1,930
Northern Athabaskan languages	80	45	40	3,875	1,945	1,930
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	45	20	20	440	250	190
Dogrib (Tlicho)	20	15	10	1,600	820	775
Gwich'in	0	0	0	140	60	90
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	15	5	10	1,690	820	870
North Slavey (Hare)	5	5	10	745	365	380
South Slavey	0	0	0	775	375	395
Slavey, n.o.s.	10	0	5	175	80	90
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	15	5	10	600	250	350
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	10	0	5	470	210	265
Inuktitut	10	0	5	110	30	80
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	20	10	5
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	5	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	5	0	5
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	5	5	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	5	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	70	35	40	2,990	1,480	1,510
Afro-Asiatic languages	5	0	0	215	140	70
Berber languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	50	40	10
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	45	40	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	5	5	0	160	105	60
Amharic	0	0	0	20	10	10
Arabic	5	0	0	120	75	50
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	5	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	5	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	20	15	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	165	75	90
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0	160	75	85
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	15	10	10	910	380	525
Bikol	0	0	0	5	0	5
Cebuano	0	0	0	60	25	35
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	15	10	10
Ilocano	0	0	0	70	25	45
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	15	5	5	745	320	430
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Creole languages	0	0	0	40	25	15
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	5	5	5
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	25	15	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	10	5
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	60	40	25
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	5	0	0	25	15	5
Tamil	0	0	0	20	10	5
Telugu	0	0	0	15	10	10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	40	15	20	1,045	540	500
Albanian	0	0	0	10	5	0
Armenian	0	0	0	45	25	25
Balto-Slavic languages	5	0	5	220	120	100
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0	5
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	5
Slavic languages	10	5	10	220	125	100
Belarusan	0	0	0	5	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	10	5	5
Croatian	0	0	0	15	10	5
Czech	0	0	5	15	5	10
Macedonian	0	0	0	5	5	5
Polish	0	0	0	45	30	20
Russian	0	0	0	40	20	20
Serbian	0	0	0	15	10	5
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	25	10	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Ukrainian	5	0	0	35	15	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	10	5	5
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	5	5	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	10	5	5	270	125	145
Afrikaans	0	0	0	20	5	15
Danish	0	0	0	5	5	0
Dutch	5	0	5	55	25	30
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	10	5	5	170	80	90
Icelandic	0	0	0	5	0	5
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	10	5	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	20	10	10
Indo-Iranian languages	5	0	5	285	155	125
Indo-Aryan languages	5	0	0	245	140	110
Bengali	0	0	0	70	40	30
Gujarati	0	0	0	15	10	5
Hindi	0	0	5	40	20	20
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	5	0	0	5	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	20	10	10
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	0	0	0	50	30	20
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	0	10	0	0
Urdu	0	0	5	45	20	25
Iranian languages	0	0	0	35	15	20
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	5	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	0	0	5	30	10	15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages	10	5	0	190	95	95
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	5	5	0	50	35	15
Portuguese	0	0	0	25	10	15
Romanian	0	0	0	10	5	5
Spanish	5	5	0	105	50	60
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	5	5	0	60	20	45
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	0	0	0	40	20	20
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	0	0	0	135	80	60
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	15	10	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	5	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	10	10	0
Igbo	5	0	0	5	5	0
Lingala	0	0	0	5	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	5	5	0
Shona	0	0	0	40	20	15
Swahili	0	0	0	5	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	5	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	50	25	30
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	5	5	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Sign languages	0	0	0	5	5	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	5	5	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	10	5	5	250	120	130
Chinese languages	5	5	5	250	120	125
Cantonese	0	0	0	110	55	55
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	5
Mandarin	0	0	0	60	30	30
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	5	5	5	75	40	35
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	10	0	5
Lao	0	0	0	5	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	5	5	5
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	5	5	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	5	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	0	0	5	30	20	10
Estonian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	10	5	5
Hungarian	0	5	0	20	15	5
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Multiple responses	20	10	10	815	375	440
English and French	10	5	0	145	65	75
English and non-official language	5	5	5	630	285	345
French and non-official language	0	0	0	35	20	15
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	5	0	5
Language spoken most often at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 19}	2,500	1,250	1,250	41,380	21,055	20,325
Single responses	2,490	1,250	1,240	40,290	20,550	19,740
Official languages	2,445	1,225	1,215	36,905	18,780	18,125
English	2,430	1,215	1,210	36,270	18,465	17,810
French	15	10	5	635	315	315
Non-official languages	45	20	25	3,385	1,765	1,620
Aboriginal languages	30	15	15	2,045	1,080	965
Algonquian languages	10	5	5	20	5	5
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	5	5	15	10	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	10	5	5	15	5	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	5	5
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	15	10	10	1,950	1,040	915
Northern Athabaskan languages	15	5	5	1,950	1,035	915
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	160	85	70
Dogrib (Tlicho)	5	10	5	1,020	550	470
Gwich'in	0	0	0	20	10	10
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0	745	385	360
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	340	185	160
South Slavey	0	0	0	320	160	160
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	5	90	45	45
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	5	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	70	30	40
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	55	20	30
Inuktitut	5	0	0	10	5	10
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	5	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	5	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Non-Aboriginal languages	20	5	10	1,340	685	655
Afro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	130	90	40
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	35	30	0
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	35	35	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	0	0	5	95	60	35
Amharic	0	0	0	10	5	5
Arabic	0	0	0	75	45	25
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	15	5	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	105	50	55
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0	105	50	55
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	5	0	5	455	215	235
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	0	0	0	20	10	15
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	15	10	5
Ilocano	0	0	0	20	5	10
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5	5	0	400	190	215
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	0	0	0	15	10	5
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	5	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	30	15	15
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	15	10	5
Tamil	0	0	0	5	5	5
Telugu	0	0	0	10	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	0	0	0	350	170	175
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	25	10	15
Balto-Slavic languages	5	0	5	55	25	30
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	0	0	5	55	25	30
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	5	5	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech	0	0	5	5	0	5
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	0	0	0	10	5	5
Russian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Serbian	0	0	0	5	5	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	5	0	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	0	0	0	45	20	20
Afrikaans	0	0	0	10	0	5
Danish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch	0	0	0	5	0	5
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	0	0	0	25	15	15
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	5
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	5	5	0
Indo-Iranian languages	0	0	0	170	90	80
Indo-Aryan languages	0	0	0	155	85	70
Bengali	0	0	0	40	25	20
Gujarati	0	0	0	10	5	5
Hindi	0	0	0	15	10	5
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	20	10	10
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	0	0	0	40	25	15
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Urdu	0	0	0	35	20	15
Iranian languages	0	0	0	20	5	10
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	0	0	0	20	10	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	0	0	0	45	25	30
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	0	0	0	5	5	5
Portuguese	0	0	0	5	0	5
Romanian	0	0	0	5	5	0
Spanish	0	0	0	30	15	20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	0	0	0	50	20	25
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	0	0	0	20	10	10
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	0	0	0	40	20	20
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	5	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0	5
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	15	5	10
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	5
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	5	0	0	5	5	5
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	5
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	5	5	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	10	5	5	135	70	65
Chinese languages	5	5	0	135	70	65
Cantonese	0	0	0	55	30	25
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	0	0	0	35	15	20
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	10	5	5	45	25	20
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	5	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	10	5	5	1,090	500	585
English and French	5	5	5	125	55	70
English and non-official language	0	0	5	930	430	495
French and non-official language	0	0	0	15	5	5
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	25	10	15
Other language spoken regularly at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 20}	2,500	1,255	1,250	41,375	21,050	20,325
None	2,335	1,170	1,160	34,235	17,535	16,700
English	15	10	10	2,180	1,145	1,030
French	30	15	20	785	365	425
Non-official language	120	55	65	4,105	1,970	2,135
Aboriginal	95	45	50	2,995	1,440	1,555
Non-Aboriginal	25	10	15	1,110	530	580
English and French	0	0	0	15	5	5
English and non-official language	0	0	0	15	10	10
French and non-official language	0	5	0	45	25	25
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Knowledge of languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 44}	2,500	1,255	1,245	41,135	20,905	20,230
Official languages	2,495	1,250	1,245	40,865	20,780	20,085
English	2,495	1,250	1,250	40,815	20,765	20,055
French	180	95	85	4,265	1,910	2,350
Non-official languages	340	155	180	10,750	5,305	5,445
Aboriginal languages	235	110	125	6,535	3,235	3,295
Algonquian languages	110	50	55	250	125	115
Blackfoot	0	0	0	10	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	110	55	55	210	110	95
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0	10	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	10	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	110	55	50	210	110	95
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	30	10	20
Algonquin	0	0	0	10	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	30	15	20
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	115	55	60	5,405	2,720	2,690
Northern Athabaskan languages	115	55	60	5,400	2,720	2,685
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	50	30	20	630	340	285
Dogrib (Tlicho)	30	15	15	2,285	1,175	1,110
Gwich'in	0	0	10	250	115	135
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	30	10	20	2,365	1,130	1,230
North Slavey (Hare)	10	10	10	970	455	510
South Slavey	0	0	0	1,140	550	585
Slavey, n.o.s.	15	10	10	475	230	240
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	10	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	10
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	25	10	15	900	400	500
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	10	0	10	740	340	400
Inuktitut	15	0	10	135	50	85
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	15	15
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	10	0	10
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	10	10	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	10
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	100	45	55	4,245	2,090	2,160
Afro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	285	180	105
Berber languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	10	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	30	25	15
Bilen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	30	20	10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	10	10	10	245	150	95
Amharic	0	0	0	25	10	15
Arabic	0	0	10	195	125	65
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	10	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	15	10	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	215	100	120
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0	215	95	120
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	15	10	10	1,120	490	630
Bikol	0	0	0	10	0	0
Cebuano	0	0	0	55	20	35
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	10	10	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	120	45	75
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	10	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	10	0	0	1,075	470	605
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	10	0	10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole languages	0	0	0	95	45	50
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	10	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	60	25	30
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	35	15	20
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	65	40	20
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	45	30	15
Tamil	0	0	0	0	10	0
Telugu	0	0	0	15	10	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	65	30	35	1,760	920	845
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	15	10	10
Balto-Slavic languages	10	0	10	245	140	110
Baltic languages	0	0	0	10	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	10
Slavic languages	10	0	10	245	135	105
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0	10
Croatian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Czech	10	0	0	15	15	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Polish	0	0	10	55	35	20
Russian	0	0	0	70	35	30
Serbian	0	0	0	10	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	35	15	15
Slovene (Slovenian)	10	0	10	10	0	0
Ukrainian	0	0	0	25	15	10
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	10	0
Scottish Gaelic	0	0	0	10	10	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	20	15	10	475	245	230
Afrikaans	0	0	0	15	0	10
Danish	0	0	0	10	10	0
Dutch	0	0	0	60	35	25
Frisian	0	0	0	0	10	0
German	20	10	10	390	200	195
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	15	0	10
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	10	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	10	10	10	470	260	205
Indo-Aryan languages	10	0	10	415	240	175
Bengali	0	0	0	140	75	65
Gujarati	0	0	0	15	20	0
Hindi	0	10	0	130	75	55
Kashmiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	20	10	10
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	0	0	0	105	60	45
Sindhi	0	0	0	10	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	10	10	0
Urdu	10	0	0	120	70	55
Iranian languages	0	0	0	55	20	30
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	0	0	10	55	20	30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italic (Romance) languages	25	10	15	625	300	320
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	10	10	0	95	55	35
Portuguese	0	0	0	55	35	20
Romanian	0	0	0	0	0	10
Spanish	20	10	10	505	230	270
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	0
Japanese	0	0	0	125	30	95
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	10
Korean	0	0	0	100	45	50
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	10	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	10	0	0	225	130	95
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	30	15	15
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	10	0	0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	30	30	0
Igbo	0	0	0	15	15	10
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	65	30	30
Swahili	0	0	0	10	10	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	15	10	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	55	25	35
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages	10	0	0	40	20	20
American Sign Language	0	0	0	30	15	15
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	15	10	10
Sino-Tibetan languages	10	0	10	240	95	145
Chinese languages	10	0	10	235	95	140
Cantonese	0	0	0	100	45	55
Hakka	0	0	0	10	0	0
Mandarin	0	0	0	80	35	45
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	15	0	10
Wu (Shanghainese)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	10	10	10	60	20	40
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	10	0	10
Lao	0	0	0	10	10	0
Thai	0	0	0	10	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	15	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	10	0	10
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	10	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uralic languages	10	0	0	30	20	10
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	10	10	0
Hungarian	0	0	0	20	10	10
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	0

Note(s):

Footnote 15

Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both languages or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

For more information on language 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 Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 16

Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

First official language spoken is specified within the framework of the Official Languages Act. It refers to the first official language (i.e., English or French) spoken by the person.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 17

Official language minority

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 18

Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned. For a person who learned two languages at the same time in early childhood, the mother tongue is the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. The person has two mother tongues only if the two languages were used equally often and are still understood by the person. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, the mother tongue is the language spoken most often to this child at home. The child has two mother tongues only if both languages are spoken equally often so that the child learns both languages at the same time.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 19

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Language spoken most often at home refers to the language the person speaks most often at home at the time of data collection. A person can report more than one language as 'spoken most often at home' if the languages are spoken equally often.

For a person who lives alone, the language spoken most often at home is the language in which he or she feels most comfortable. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this is the language spoken most often to the child at home. Where two languages are spoken to the child, the language spoken most often at home is the language spoken most often. If both languages are used equally often, then both languages are included here.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 20

Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Other language(s) spoken regularly at home refers to the languages, if any, that the person speaks at home on a regular basis at the time of data collection, other than the language or languages he or she speaks most often at home.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 44

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language 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 Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Fort Smith, T [Census subdivision], Northwest Territories and Northwest Territories [Territory] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 12, 2024).

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