Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 37,040This province: | 90.3% |
Country: | 68.1% |
Male: 18,900This province: | 90.9% |
Country: | 69.0% |
French onlyTotal: 45This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 12.6% |
Male: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 11.8% |
English and FrenchTotal: 3,715This province: | 9.1% |
Canada: | 17.5% |
Neither English nor French
Knowledge of official languages in Northwest Territories
First official language spoken
EnglishTotal: 39,680This province: | 96.7% |
Country: | 74.5% |
Female: 19,590This province: | 96.7% |
Country: | 74.1% |
FrenchTotal: 1,030This province: | 2.5% |
Canada: | 22.7% |
English and FrenchTotal: 100This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 1.1% |
Male: 45This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 1.1% |
Female: 55This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 1.1% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 225This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 1.8% |
Male: 95This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 1.4% |
Female: 130This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 2.1% |
First official language spoken in this province
Used languages details
Mother tongue
English
Female: 15,375This province: | 75.9% |
Country: | 56.4% |
FrenchTotal: 1,075This province: | 2.6% |
Country: | 21.3% |
Male: 580This province: | 2.8% |
Country: | 21.2% |
Female: 500This province: | 2.5% |
Country: | 21.4% |
English and FrenchTotal: 75This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 450This province: | 1.1% |
Country: | 1.2% |
Male: 215This province: | 1.0% |
Canada: | 1.2% |
Female: 235This province: | 1.2% |
Country: | 1.2% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Inuktitut
Male: 70This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 120This province: | 0.6% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Afrikaans
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Albanian
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
AmharicTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Arabic
Female: 55This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.9% |
Bengali
Male: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 70This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 45This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Bosnian
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Cantonese
Male: 45This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 1.1% |
Female: 40This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 1.2% |
CreolesTotal: 40This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
CroatianTotal: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Czech
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Dutch
Female: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Finnish
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 185This province: | 0.5% |
Country: | 1.2% |
Greek
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Gujarati
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Hindi
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
HungarianTotal: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
IlocanoTotal: 45This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Japanese
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
KoreanTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
MacedonianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Malayalam
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
MandarinTotal: 35This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.8% |
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.8% |
Nepali
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
NorwegianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
OromoTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 1.3% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 1.3% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Polish
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.6% |
PortugueseTotal: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.6% |
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.6% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.6% |
RomanianTotal: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
RussianTotal: 40This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.5% |
SerbianTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
SlovenianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Somali
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Spanish
Female: 55This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 1.3% |
Swahili
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Male: 205This province: | 1.0% |
Canada: | 0.8% |
Telugu
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tigrigna
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
UkrainianTotal: 45This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Male: 30This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Urdu
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.5% |
VietnameseTotal: 155This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Male: 75This province: | 0.4% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Female: 80This province: | 0.4% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Other languagesTotal: 4,800This province: | 11.7% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 2,440This province: | 12.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
FlemishTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LaoTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Dene
Female: 205This province: | 1.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
EnglishTotal: 36,485This province: | 88.9% |
Canada: | 64.8% |
Male: 18,495This province: | 89.0% |
Country: | 65.1% |
Female: 17,990This province: | 88.8% |
Canada: | 64.5% |
FrenchTotal: 550This province: | 1.3% |
Country: | 20.6% |
Female: 265This province: | 1.3% |
Country: | 20.6% |
English and FrenchTotal: 45This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Male: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.4% |
English and non-official language
English; French and non-official languageTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
AmharicTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Bengali
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 50This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.9% |
Creoles
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
German
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Greek
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
HindiTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
HungarianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
IlocanoTotal: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Japanese
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Malayalam
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Mandarin
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.6% |
NepaliTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.9% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Polish
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Portuguese
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
RussianTotal: 30This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
SerbianTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Spanish
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.8% |
SwahiliTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)Total: 295This province: | 0.7% |
Country: | 0.5% |
TamilTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.3% |
UrduTotal: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.3% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Vietnamese
Male: 70This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Other languagesTotal: 2,210This province: | 5.4% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 1,135This province: | 5.5% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 1,080This province: | 5.3% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Italian
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Somali
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Akan (Twi)Total: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Armenian
Male: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 25This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Dene
Male: 95This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 70This province: | 0.3% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
NoneTotal: 34,395This province: | 83.8% |
Country: | 85.8% |
Female: 16,870This province: | 83.3% |
Country: | 85.6% |
EnglishTotal: 2,345This province: | 5.7% |
Country: | 5.8% |
Female: 1,125This province: | 5.6% |
Country: | 5.7% |
French
Male: 275This province: | 1.3% |
Country: | 2.0% |
Female: 335This province: | 1.7% |
Country: | 2.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
French and non-official language
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Ojibway
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
AfrikaansTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)Total: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Arabic
Male: 30This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Armenian
Female: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
BulgarianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
CantoneseTotal: 35This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Male: 15This province: | 0.1% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Creoles
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Croatian
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Czech
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
DutchTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
FinnishTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
GermanTotal: 65This province: | 0.2% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
Male: 30This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.3% |
Female: 35This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.4% |
Hindi
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
HungarianTotal: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Italian
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.5% |
Japanese
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
KoreanTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
OromoTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Persian (Farsi)
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
PolishTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
Portuguese
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.2% |
RomanianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
SlovakTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 65This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Male: 20This province: | 0.1% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Female: 45This province: | 0.2% |
Country: | 0.5% |
Swedish
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Male: 70This province: | 0.3% |
Canada: | 0.2% |
Female: 120This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 0.4% |
ThaiTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
UrduTotal: 15This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Vietnamese
Male: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.1% |
Other languages
Male: 1,135This province: | 5.5% |
Country: | 0.1% |
SomaliTotal: 20This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
BosnianTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Country: | 0.0% |
DeneTotal: 235This province: | 0.6% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Female: 110This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
LaoTotal: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This province: | 0.0% |
Canada: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
FrenchTotal: 190This province: | 0.7% |
Country: | 20.2% |
Male: 65This province: | 0.5% |
Canada: | 20.1% |
Female: 120This province: | 1.0% |
Canada: | 20.3% |
English and non-official language
Female: 50This province: | 0.4% |
Country: | 0.5% |
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