Nunavut, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 27,670
This province:

87.1%
Country:

68.1%
Male: 14,185
This province:

87.0%
Country:

69.0%
Female: 13,485
Here:

87.2%
Canada:

67.3%
French only
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Country:

12.6%
Male: 20
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

11.8%
Female: 15
This province:

0.1%
Country:

13.3%
English and French
Total: 1,205
Here:

3.8%
Country:

17.5%
Male: 670
Here:

4.1%
Country:

17.7%
Female: 530
Here:

3.4%
Canada:

17.3%
Neither English nor French
Total: 2,860
Here:

9.0%
Country:

1.8%
Male: 1,425
Here:

8.7%
Canada:

1.5%
Female: 1,430
Here:

9.2%
Canada:

2.1%

Knowledge of official languages in Nunavut

First official language spoken

English
Total: 28,425
Here:

89.5%
Country:

74.5%
Male: 14,575
Here:

89.4%
Country:

74.8%
Female: 13,845
This province:

89.6%
Country:

74.1%
French
Total: 455
Here:

1.4%
Canada:

22.7%
Male: 285
This province:

1.7%
Country:

22.6%
Female: 165
This province:

1.1%
Country:

22.8%
English and French
Total: 55
This province:

0.2%
Canada:

1.1%
Male: 25
This province:

0.2%
Canada:

1.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.2%
Country:

1.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 2,840
Here:

8.9%
Canada:

1.8%
Male: 1,420
This province:

8.7%
Country:

1.4%
Female: 1,420
This province:

9.2%
Country:

2.1%

First official language spoken in this province

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 8,925
This province:

28.1%
Canada:

56.9%
Male: 4,685
Here:

28.7%
Canada:

57.5%
Female: 4,245
Here:

27.4%
Canada:

56.4%
French
Total: 435
Here:

1.4%
Canada:

21.3%
Male: 275
Here:

1.7%
Canada:

21.2%
Female: 160
This province:

1.0%
Canada:

21.4%
English and French
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.4%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 320
Here:

1.0%
Country:

1.2%
Male: 165
Here:

1.0%
Country:

1.2%
Female: 155
Here:

1.0%
Country:

1.2%
Innu/Montagnais
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.0%
Female: 10
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 21,225
This province:

66.8%
Canada:

0.1%
Male: 10,760
This province:

66.0%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 10,470
This province:

67.7%
Country:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 15
This province:

0.0%
Country:

1.0%
Male: 15
This province:

0.1%
Country:

1.1%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Bisayan languages
Total: 20
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

1.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

1.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

1.2%
Creoles
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Dutch
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Finnish
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
German
Total: 35
This province:

0.1%
Country:

1.2%
Male: 20
This province:

0.1%
Country:

1.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

1.3%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Hindi
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.3%
Male: 15
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.3%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Male: 10
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Ilocano
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Female: 10
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

1.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

1.2%
Japanese
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Korean
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
Kurdish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.8%
Male: 10
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.7%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.8%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

1.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

1.3%
Polish
Total: 15
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.6%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.6%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.6%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.6%
Romanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.5%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.5%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

1.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

1.2%
Female: 15
This province:

0.1%
Country:

1.3%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 100
This province:

0.3%
Canada:

1.0%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Country:

0.8%
Female: 65
Here:

0.4%
Country:

1.2%
Tamil
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.4%
Turkish
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Urdu
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Other languages
Total: 345
Here:

1.1%
Canada:

0.2%
Male: 165
This province:

1.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Female: 180
This province:

1.2%
Canada:

0.2%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 14,440
Here:

45.5%
Country:

64.8%
Male: 7,430
This province:

45.6%
Canada:

65.1%
Female: 7,005
This province:

45.3%
Country:

64.5%
French
Total: 245
Here:

0.8%
Country:

20.6%
Male: 145
Here:

0.9%
Canada:

20.6%
Female: 105
Here:

0.7%
Canada:

20.6%
English and French
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 250
This province:

0.8%
Canada:

2.6%
Male: 140
Here:

0.9%
Country:

2.6%
Female: 115
This province:

0.7%
Canada:

2.7%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Innu/Montagnais
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 16,490
Here:

51.9%
Country:

0.1%
Male: 8,415
This province:

51.6%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 8,075
This province:

52.2%
Country:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.9%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.8%
German
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.4%
Hindi
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.6%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.6%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.6%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

1.0%
Polish
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Spanish
Total: 20
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.8%
Male: 10
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.8%
Female: 10
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.8%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 60
This province:

0.2%
Canada:

0.5%
Male: 30
Here:

0.2%
Canada:

0.4%
Female: 35
This province:

0.2%
Canada:

0.5%
Other languages
Total: 130
This province:

0.4%
Country:

0.1%
Male: 65
This province:

0.4%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 70
Here:

0.5%
Country:

0.1%
Dene
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 17,065
Here:

53.7%
Canada:

85.8%
Male: 8,865
This province:

54.4%
Canada:

86.0%
Female: 8,200
Here:

53.0%
Country:

85.6%
English
Total: 7,825
Here:

24.6%
Country:

5.8%
Male: 3,995
This province:

24.5%
Canada:

5.8%
Female: 3,825
This province:

24.7%
Canada:

5.7%
French
Total: 255
Here:

0.8%
Canada:

2.0%
Male: 130
This province:

0.8%
Country:

2.0%
Female: 125
This province:

0.8%
Country:

2.1%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 10
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Inuktitut
Total: 5,945
This province:

18.7%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 2,960
Here:

18.2%
Canada:

0.0%
Female: 2,980
This province:

19.3%
Canada:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.0%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Greek
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Hindi
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.2%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 10
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.5%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Malay
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.0%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.3%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.3%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Male: 5
This province:

0.0%
Canada:

0.5%
Female: 10
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

0.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Canada:

0.3%
Male: 10
This province:

0.1%
Country:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.2%
Canada:

0.4%
Tamil
Total: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Urdu
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Female: 5
This province:

0.0%
Country:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 420
Here:

1.3%
Canada:

0.1%
Male: 215
This province:

1.3%
Canada:

0.1%
Female: 205
Here:

1.3%
Country:

0.1%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 9,785
This province:

69.0%
Canada:

76.4%
Male: 5,360
Here:

71.2%
Canada:

76.5%
Female: 4,430
This province:

66.5%
Canada:

76.2%
French
Total: 55
Here:

0.4%
Canada:

20.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.5%
Canada:

20.1%
Female: 25
This province:

0.4%
Country:

20.3%
English and French
Total: 10
This province:

0.1%
Canada:

1.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 230
This province:

1.6%
Canada:

0.5%
Male: 115
Here:

1.5%
Canada:

0.5%
Female: 115
This province:

1.7%
Canada:

0.5%
Non-official language
Total: 4,100
This province:

28.9%
Canada:

1.5%
Male: 2,010
Here:

26.7%
Country:

1.5%
Female: 2,085
Here:

31.3%
Canada:

1.5%

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