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Total population in 2001 with… | Index of second language acquisition1 | % of all speakers who are second language speakers | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability to speak | Second language | All Ages | Under 25 | Age 25-44 | Age 45-64 | Age 65+ | ||
Total Aboriginal languages | 239,620 |
47,155 |
119 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
16 |
12 |
Algonquian Family | ||||||||
Cree | 97,230 |
20,160 |
121 |
21 |
25 |
20 |
16 |
14 |
Ojibway | 30,505 |
7,960 |
130 |
26 |
40 |
27 |
18 |
11 |
Montagnais-Naskapi | 10,470 |
605 |
106 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
Micmac | 8,955 |
1,740 |
117 |
19 |
26 |
19 |
10 |
9 |
Oji-Cree | 10,475 |
680 |
106 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
Attikamekw | 4,955 |
210 |
105 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Blackfoot | 4,495 |
1,600 |
149 |
36 |
74 |
38 |
17 |
8 |
Algonquin | 2,425 |
585 |
130 |
24 |
31 |
22 |
18 |
10 |
Malecite | 1,095 |
415 |
133 |
38 |
46 |
53 |
25 |
13 |
Algonquian n.i.e. (includes Michif) | 995 |
415 |
154 |
42 |
70 |
48 |
35 |
22 |
Inuktitut | 32,775 |
3,445 |
110 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
Athapaskan Family | ||||||||
Dene | 10,585 |
985 |
110 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
South Slave | 2,205 |
695 |
151 |
32 |
54 |
31 |
19 |
10 |
Dogrib | 2,285 |
355 |
119 |
16 |
23 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
Carrier | 2,055 |
750 |
142 |
36 |
68 |
49 |
21 |
13 |
Chipewyan | 940 |
270 |
144 |
29 |
64 |
29 |
19 |
17 |
Athapaskan, n.i.e. | 1,690 |
615 |
140 |
36 |
58 |
41 |
25 |
13 |
Chilcotin | 1,145 |
220 |
113 |
19 |
42 |
16 |
7 |
0 |
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 500 |
180 |
137 |
36 |
73 |
53 |
24 |
21 |
North Slave (Hare) | 1,030 |
165 |
119 |
16 |
27 |
17 |
6 |
8 |
Dakota/Sioux Family | 4,955 |
815 |
115 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
14 |
8 |
Salish Family | ||||||||
Salish, n.i.e. | 3,020 |
1,565 |
157 |
52 |
83 |
65 |
30 |
22 |
Shuswap | 1,255 |
590 |
154 |
47 |
71 |
59 |
24 |
23 |
Thompson(Ntlakapamux) | 720 |
315 |
152 |
44 |
85 |
61 |
30 |
16 |
Tsimshian Family | ||||||||
Gitksan | 1,320 |
370 |
132 |
28 |
77 |
33 |
14 |
10 |
Nishga | 915 |
430 |
153 |
47 |
86 |
70 |
35 |
4 |
Tsimshian | 505 |
160 |
117 |
32 |
0 |
46 |
38 |
20 |
Wakashan Family | ||||||||
Wakashan, n.i.e. | 1,270 |
450 |
130 |
35 |
80 |
48 |
26 |
13 |
Nootka | 505 |
160 |
109 |
32 |
79 |
64 |
13 |
13 |
Iroquoian Family | ||||||||
Mohawk | 755 |
405 |
178 |
54 |
80 |
48 |
38 |
18 |
Iroquoian, n.i.e. | 250 |
105 |
102 |
42 |
50 |
40 |
40 |
25 |
Haida Isolate | 270 |
145 |
164 |
54 |
78 |
71 |
38 |
29 |
Kutenai Isolate | 220 |
90 |
129 |
41 |
67 |
55 |
7 |
29 |
Tlingit Isolate | 230 |
130 |
219 |
57 |
83 |
77 |
42 |
11 |
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. | 1,400 |
740 |
159 |
53 |
61 |
61 |
51 |
31 |
n.i.e. Not included elsewhere. | ||||||||
1. See "What you should know about this study" for concepts and definitions. | ||||||||
Note: For total Aboriginal languages combined, Index of Second Language Acquistion is based on total number of responses, since some respondents are able to speak more than one Aboriginal language. Due to incomplete enumeration of reserves, special caution should be exercised when using data for the Iroquoian family of languages. | ||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, 1996 and 2001 Censuses of Population. |