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Population reporting an Aboriginal identity, by mother tongue, provinces and territories


Definitions

Population reporting an Aboriginal identity: Refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, i.e. North American Indian, Métis or Inuit (Eskimo), and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada and/or who were members of an Indian Band or First Nation.

Mother tongue: Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
Non-official languages: languages other than the two official languages of Canada: English and French.

Notes

1. Single response: the respondent reported only one language as mother tongue.
2. Multiple response: the respondent reported more than one language as mother tongue.


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