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Proportion of Indigenous language speakers who speak their language most often at home by average age of mother tongue population, for Indigenous language families, Canada, 2021

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Proportion of Indigenous language speakers who speak their language most often at home by average age of mother tongue population, for Indigenous language families, Canada, 2021"

This infographic is a scatterplot with a dot for every Indigenous language family. It compares the proportion of Indigenous language speakers who speak their language most often at home on the y-axis with the average age of the mother tongue population of that same language family on the x-axis.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Algonquian languages was 40 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 43%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Athabaskan languages was 42 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 49%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Inuktut (Inuit) languages was 29 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 74%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Iroquoian languages was 40 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 9%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Salish languages was 50 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 7%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Siouan languages was 46 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 19%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Tsimshian languages was 53 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 11%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Wakashan languages was 49 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 5%.

The average age of the mother tongue population of Isolates and other Indigenous languages was 56 years and the proportion of speakers who used their language most often at home was 15%.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901).