Number of Indigenous-language speakers drops slightly in Canada, census data show
For the 2021 census, it reported being unable to collect information from 63 First Nations reserves and other communities. Many did not provide permission for the agency to enter.
Wednesday’s data release on language comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has described promoting and preserving Indigenous languages as a priority. In 2019, it passed legislation that it said would assist with revitalization.Like in other census years, it said more people report being able to speak an Indigenous language than those who report having one as a mother tongue, which suggests people are learning Indigenous languages.
“There’s lots of opportunities that are out there now that have opened up that haven’t been there,” Lewis, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan from Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, said in an interview this week.Statistics Canada reported that between 2016 and 2021, the number of Generation Alpha members – children aged eight or younger – who can speak an Indigenous language grew from 11,715 to 28,755.
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