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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Detailed Knowledge of Aboriginal Languages (79), Knowledge of Languages: Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Aboriginal Identity (8), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), Aboriginal Mother Tongue (11), Area of Residence: On Reserve (3) and Age Groups (8) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

About this variable: Aboriginal mother tongue (11)

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 - Population by Aboriginal mother tongue
  2. Total - Single responses
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Aboriginal languages
  6. Other languages Footnote 6
  7. Total - Multiple responses
  8. English and Aboriginal language
  9. French and Aboriginal language
  10. English, French and Aboriginal language
  11. Other multiple responses Footnote 11

Footnotes

Footnote 6

This is a subtotal of single responses of languages collected by the NHS that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the NHS, please refer to Appendix 1.3 in the National Household Survey Dictionary, 2011.

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Footnote 11

This is a subtotal of multiple responses of languages collected by the NHS that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the NHS, please refer to Appendix 1.3 in the National Household Survey Dictionary, 2011.

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