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Aboriginal language speakers in Canada 2011, by language family

Number of Aboriginal language speakers in Canada in 2011, by language family

The data displays the number of Aboriginal language speakers within each Aboriginal language family in Canada in 2014. There were 4,425 speakers of languages in the Siouan language family in Canada in 2011.

Algonquian 144015
Inuit 35500
Athapaskan 20700
Siouan 4425
Salish 2950
Tsimshian 1815
Wakashan 1075
Iroquoian 1040
Michif 640
Tlingit 130
Kutenai 100
Haida 75
Aboriginal languages not included elsewhere 1010