INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
ENGLISH 22,162,865 63.75%
FRENCH 6,943,800 19.97%
NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGES 3,997,200 11.50%
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES 137,515 0.40%
TOTAL 34,767,255 FOR ALL OF CANADA INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES 89,795 0.26%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Blackfoot 1,855 0.01%
• Cree-Montagnais languages 64,825 0.19%
• Atikamekw 5,810 0.02%
• Montagnais (Innu) 9,500 0.03%
• Moose Cree 50 0.00%
• Naskapi 1,215 0.00%
• Northern East Cree 210 0.00%
• Plains Cree 2,165 0.01%
• Southern East Cree 30 0.00%
• Swampy Cree 915 0.00%
• Woods Cree 1,110 0.00%
• Cree, n.o.s. 43,830 0.13%
• Eastern Algonquian languages 4,340 0.01%
• Malecite 110 0.00%
• Mi’kmaq 4,225 0.01%
• Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 18,760 0.05%
• Algonquin 840 0.00%
• Ojibway 9,005 0.03%
• Oji-Cree 8,800 0.03%
• Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 20 0.00% INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ATHABASKAN LANGUAGES 11,640 0.03%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Northern Athabaskan languages 11,615 0.03%
• Babine (Wetsuwet’en) 40 0.00%
• Beaver 85 0.00%
• Carrier 475 0.00%
• Chilcotin 385 0.00%
• Dene 8,315 0.02%
• Dogrib (Tlicho) 1,135 0.00%
• Gwich’in 65 0.00%
• Sarsi (Sarcee) 15 0.00%
• Sekani 20 0.00%
• Slavey-Hare languages 955 0.00%
• North Slavey (Hare) 405 0.00%
• South Slavey 430 0.00%
• Slavey, n.o.s. 125 0.00%
• Tahltan languages 65 0.00%
• Kaska (Nahani) 45 0.00%
• Tahltan 20 0.00%
• Tutchone languages 60 0.00%
• Northern Tutchone 45 0.00%
• Southern Tutchone 15 0.00%
• Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 20 0.00% INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL HAIDA 35 0.00%
INUIT LANGUAGES 30,610 0.09%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Inuinnaqtun 150 0.00%
• Inuktitut 30,240 0.09%
• Inuvialuktun 65 0.00%
• Inuit languages, n.i.e. 145 0.00%
IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES 680 0.00%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Cayuga 35 0.00%
• Mohawk 570 0.00%
• Oneida 55 0.00%
• Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 15 0.00% INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL KUTENAI 25 0.00%
MICHIF 275 0.00%
SALISH LANGUAGES 700 0.00%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Comox 5 0.00%
• Halkomelem 105 0.00%
• Lillooet 60 0.00%
• Okanagan 155 0.00%
• Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 210 0.00%
• Squamish 15 0.00%
• Straits 45 0.00%
• Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 50 0.00%
• Salish languages, n.i.e. 65 0.00% INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SIOUAN LANGUAGES 2,545 0.01%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Dakota 360 0.00%
• Stoney 2,150 0.01%
• Siouan languages, n.i.e. 35 0.00%
TLINGIT 10 0.00%
TSIMSHIAN LANGUAGES 605 0.00%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Gitxsan (Gitksan) 430 0.00%
• Nisga’a 115 0.00%
• Tsimshian 60 0.00% INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
LIST OF LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WAKASHAN LANGUAGES 240 0.00%
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
• Haisla 70 0.00%
• Heiltsuk 10 0.00%
• Kwakiutl (Kwak’wala) 75 0.00%
• Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 80 0.00%
• Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 5 0.00%
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, 360 0.00% N.O.S.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2017. Language Highlight Tables. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-402-X2016005. Ottawa. Released August 2, 2017. http://www12.statcan. gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/index-eng.cfm (accessed August 14, 2018)