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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Mother Tongue - Detailed Aboriginal Languages (79), Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Age Groups (13A), Sex (3) and Area of Residence (6) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 Census

About this variable: Mother tongue - Detailed Aboriginal languages (79)

Definition

Mother tongue

Part A - Short definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual on May 10, 2011.

Values

  1. Total - Detailed Aboriginal languages Footnote 1
  2. English
  3. French
  4. Aboriginal languages
  5. Algonquian languages
  6. Algonquin
  7. Atikamekw
  8. Blackfoot
  9. Cree languages
  10. Cree, n.o.s.
  11. Swampy Cree
  12. Plains Cree
  13. Woods Cree
  14. Cree, n.i.e.
  15. Malecite
  16. Mi'kmaq
  17. Innu/Montagnais
  18. Naskapi
  19. Ojibway
  20. Oji-Cree
  21. Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
  22. Michif
  23. Athapaskan languages
  24. Carrier
  25. Wetsuweten
  26. Chilcotin
  27. Dene
  28. Tlicho (Dogrib)
  29. Gwich'in
  30. North Slavey (Hare)
  31. South Slavey
  32. Slavey, n.o.s.
  33. Sarcee
  34. Beaver
  35. Sekani
  36. Kaska (Nahani)
  37. Tahltan
  38. Northern Tutchone
  39. Southern Tutchone
  40. Tutchone, n.o.s.
  41. Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
  42. Haida
  43. Iroquoian languages
  44. Mohawk
  45. Cayuga
  46. Oneida
  47. Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
  48. Kutenai
  49. Salish languages
  50. Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)
  51. Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
  52. Halkomelem
  53. Lillooet
  54. Okanagan
  55. Squamish
  56. Straits
  57. Salish languages, n.i.e.
  58. Siouan languages
  59. Dakota
  60. Stoney
  61. Siouan languages, n.i.e.
  62. Tlingit
  63. Tsimshian languages
  64. Gitksan
  65. Nisga'a
  66. Tsimshian
  67. Wakashan languages
  68. Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
  69. Haisla
  70. Heiltsuk
  71. Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)
  72. Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
  73. Inuit languages
  74. Inuktitut
  75. Inuinnaqtun
  76. Inuvialuktun
  77. Inuit languages, n.i.e.
  78. Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
  79. Other languages Footnote 79

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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.

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Footnote 79

This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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