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Aboriginal mother-tongue speakers who spoke their language at home in Canada in 2011

Percentage of Aboriginal mother-tongue speakers who spoke their language at home in Canada in 2011

The data displays the percentage of mother-tongue speakers of the top ten most spoken Aboriginal languages who spoke their language at home in Canada in 2011. Over 90% of people in Canada whose mother-tongue was Atikamekw spoke it at home more than any other language in 2011.

Atikamekw 91.7 5.5
Innu/Montagnais 88.6 6.7
Inuktitut 79.5 15.3
Dene 67.9 21.1
Stoney 65.8 19.5
Oji-Cree 65.4 24.8
Cree Languages 55.2 27
Mi'kmaq 53 27.2
Ojibway 37.4 33.9
Blackfoot 28.9 35.2