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kNK7u5 r[oyix3<t5 Nunavummit KiglisiniartiitNunavut Bureau of Statistics

Language Data

from the

2001 Nunavut Household Survey

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2001 Nunavut Household Survey• An omnibus household survey conducted spring 2001 in

all Nunavut communities except Kimmirut• 5,816 personal interviews of Inuit and non-Inuit adults

(persons aged 15+) – approx. 35% of the population• Subjects covered in the survey include labour force

participation, educational attainment, housing conditions, language use, residence and mobility history, internet use, public opinion questions, and more

• Results are available at www.stats.gov.nu.ca

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2001 NuHS: Data On Language Use• The overwhelming majority of respondents stated that the first

language they learned at home was Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’

• ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ (‘I/I and E/F’) was an unexpected response category

• A small number of other respondents stated that the first language they learned at home was Arabic, Australian (!), Chinese, Danish, Gaelic, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukranian or Urdu

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2001 NuHS: Data On Language Use• Data for the total population are presented disaggregated:

• by Ethnicity: Inuit / non-Inuit• by First Language Learned at Home: Inuktitut / Inuinnaqtun /

‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ (‘I/I and E/F’) / English / French / Other

• Data for the Inuit are also presented disaggregated:• by Gender: Male / Female• by Age Cohort: 15-24 / 25-34 / 35-44 / 45-54 / 55-64 / 65+• by Community of Residence: Iqaluit / Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay /

other communities• by Labour Force Status: Employed / Unemployed / Not in Labour Force

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First Language Learned At Home (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)

source: 2001 Nunavut Household Survey

Inuktitut:11,134 – 69.1%

Inuinnaqtun: 452 – 2.8%

English:3,376 – 21.0%

French: 422 – 2.6%

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French: 550 – 3.4%

Other: 172 – 1.1%

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Self-Rated Ability To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun

(All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Very Well:9,530 – 59.4%

Relatively Well: 2,062 – 12.9%

A Few Words: 2,237 – 13.9%

Don’t Speak At All: 1,159 – 7.2%

With Effort: 1,049 – 6.5%

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Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’

(All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

88%

3%

95%

81%

52%

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by First Language Learned At Homeby Ethnicity

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Inuit Who Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’

(Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

87% 89%

81%87%

91%98% 99% 99%

88%

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Inuit, by Age Cohort Inuit, by CommunityInuit, by Gender Inuit, by LF Status

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Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun ‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


6%

88%

1%

11%

28%

75%

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Inuit Who Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun ‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


6% 5%9%

6% 5%1% 0% 1% 3%

37%

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There Has Been Greater Language LossAmong Younger Inuinnaqtun Speakers Than

Among Younger Inuktitut Speakers

55%

67% 69%

89%

99%95% 96% 99% 99%

91%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

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Self-Rated Ability To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun As 'Very Well' Or 'Relatively Well'

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Inuktitut


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Geographically, This Language Loss Is Concentrated In The Communities of

Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay

46%

17%

37%

93%

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10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

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Self-Rated Ability To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun As 'Very Well' Or 'Relatively Well'

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Self-Rated Ability To Speak English (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Very Well:8,986 – 56.0%

Relatively Well:3,922 – 24.5%

A Few Words: 731 – 4.6%

Don’t Speak At All: 1,012 – 6.3%

With Effort: 1,387 – 8.6%

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Speak English‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


76%

98%

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Inuit Who Speak English‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


77% 78%

87% 87% 88%

63%

21%

9%

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Speak English‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


13%

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Inuit Who Speak English‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


12% 14%

3% 3% 4%

20%

65%

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Self-Rated Ability To Speak French (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Very Well: 555 – 3.6%Relatively Well: 256 – 1.7%

A Few Words:1,606 – 10.4%

Don’t Speak At All:12,460 – 80.5%

With Effort: 603 – 3.9%

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Speak French‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


1%

24%

1%6%

1%

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Inuit Who Speak French‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0%0%

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Speak French‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


99%

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99%94%

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Inuit Who Speak French‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


99% 99% 98% 99% 99% 99% 100%100% 96% 100% 99% 98% 99% 100%

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Read/Write Inuktitut Syllabics ‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’



Very Well:6,064 – 38.4%

Relatively Well: 2,257 – 14.3%

A Few Words: 1,056 – 6.7%

Don’t Read/Write SyllabicsAt All: 4,763 – 30.1%

With Effort: 1,671 – 10.6%

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Read/Write Inuktitut Syllabics ‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


64%

3%

71%

18%

35%

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Inuit Who Read/Write Inuktitut Syllabics ‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


56%

71%63% 63%

57%

67%

78% 77%

64%

5%

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Read/Write Inuktitut Syllabics‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


24%

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16%

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Inuit Who Read/Write Inuktitut Syllabics‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


29%

20% 22% 24%31%

23%19% 19% 20%

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Read/Write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Using Roman Orthography ‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’



Very Well: 4,374 – 27.9%

Relatively Well:2,544 – 16.2%

A Few Words: 1,191 – 7.6%

Don’t Read/WriteRoman OrthographyAt All: 5,808 – 37.0%

With Effort: 1,778 – 11.3%

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Read/Write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Using Roman Orthography ‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’


53%

4%

56%62%

29%

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Inuit Who Read/Write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Using Roman Orthography

‘Very Well’ or ‘Relatively Well’ (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

47%

57%52%

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54% 56%51% 49%

33%

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Read/Write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Using Roman Orthography ‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’


34%

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Inuit Who Read/Write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Using Roman Orthography

‘A Few Words or ‘Not At All’ (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

39%

30%34%

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Language Most Often Spoken At Home (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Inuktitut:8,403 – 52.5%


English: 5,261 – 32.9%

French: 290 – 2.0%

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtunand English/French:

1,907 – 11.9%

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Language Most Often Spoken At Home By Respondents Who Stated That The First Language They Learned At Home Was

‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’


Inuktitut: 76 – 13.8%


English:275 – 50.0%


194 – 35.3%

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Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Home


65%

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Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Is The Language Most Often Spoken At Home


64%60% 59% 60% 60%

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Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’

The Language Most Often Spoken At Home


80%

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Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At Home


78% 75% 73%78%

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English The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Home


20%

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Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Home


22% 24% 27%22%

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English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’

The Language Most Often Spoken At Home (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

34%

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Inuit For Whom English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At Home


36%39% 41% 40% 40%

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French The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Home


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Inuit For Whom French Is The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Home


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Language Most Often Spoken At Work (All employed adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Inuktitut: 1,487 – 17.4%


English: 5,103 – 59.4%

French: 125 – 1.4%


1,805 – 21.0%

46

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The Language Most Often Spoken At Work


27%

0%

31%

21%

1% 1% 0% 2%

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10%

20%

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47

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun IsThe Language Most Often Spoken At Work (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

26% 29%

15%21%

32%39%

59%63%

17%12%

33%

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10%

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30%

40%

50%

60%

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Inuit, by Age Cohort Inuit, by CommunityInuit, by Gender

48

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ The Language Most Often Spoken At Work


58%

2%

65%

42% 42%

3% 1%6%

0%

10%

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30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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49

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At Work


57% 60%

44%

54%

64% 66%

86%90%

31%

22%

71%

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50

English The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Work


42%

94%

35%

58% 58%

98%

69%

91%

0%

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51

Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Spoken At Work


43% 40%

56%

46%

36% 34%

14%10%

69%

78%

29%

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20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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52

English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ The Language Most Often Spoken At Work


73%

96%

69%

79%

99% 99%

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95%

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10%

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30%

40%

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60%

70%

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53

Inuit For Whom English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At Work


74% 71%

85%79%

68%61%

41%38%

84%88%

67%

0%

10%

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30%

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50%

60%

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54

Language Most Often Spoken At School (All adult Nunavummiut students, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Inuktitut: 243 – 10.0%

English: 1,408 – 57.9%

French: 13 – 0.5%


768 – 31.6%

55

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Spoken At School


12%

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0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0%

10%

20%

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Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Is The Language Most Often Spoken At School


11% 13% 11% 14%21%

9%

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57

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’

The Language Most Often Spoken At School (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

48%

1%

53%

35%

67%

2% 0% 0%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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58

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At School


50%46%

49%

37%

56%

42%

18%10%

58%

0%

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30%

40%

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60%

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59

English The LanguageMost Often Spoken At School


52%

98%

46%

65%

33%

98%92%

100%

0%

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30%

40%

50%

60%

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60

Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Spoken At School


50%53%

50%

63%

44%

58%

80%

90%

42%

0%

10%

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30%

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The Language Most Often Spoken At School


88%

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85%

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92%

100%

75%

80%

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95%

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62

Inuit For Whom English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken At School


89% 87% 89% 86%79%

91%98% 100%

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Language Most Often SpokenAt Other Places In The Community



Inuktitut:7,724 – 48.5%


English: 5,191 – 32.6%

French: 114 – 0.7%


2,769 – 17.4%

64

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Spoken

At Other Places In The Community (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

61%

1%

69%

29%

12%

2% 1%4%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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65

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun IsThe Language Most Often Spoken

At Other Places In The Community (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

60% 61%53% 53%

57%

75%

89%93%

54%

11%

69%

56%61%

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60%

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66

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtunand English/French’ The Language Most Often

Spoken At Other Places In The Community


82%

3%

89%

61% 62%

7%4% 4%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

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67

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language

Most Often Spoken At Other Places In The Community


78% 80%

72%76% 78%

93%96% 96%

70%

33%

87%

77% 80% 81%

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EnglishThe Language Most Often SpokenAt Other Places In The Community


18%

94%

11%

39% 38%

94%

72%

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69

Inuit For Whom English IsThe Language Most Often SpokenAt Other Places In The Community


22% 20%

28%24% 22%

7%4% 4%

30%

66%

13%

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70

English or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ The Language Most Often Spoken At Other Places In The Community


39%

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31%

71%

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71

Inuit For Whom English or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language Most Often Spoken

At Other Places In The Community


40% 38%47% 47%

43%

25%

11%7%

46%

88%

32%

44%39%

34%

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Language Most Often Thought In At Home (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Inuktitut:7,951 – 52.0%


English: 4,762 – 31.2%

French: 299 – 2.0%


2,208 – 14.5%

73

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Home


64%

0%

74%

18% 18%

2% 0%4%

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74

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Is The Language Most Often Thought In At Home


65%62%

58% 57%62%

73%

89%92%

59%

8%

72%

58%

67%70%

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75

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’

The Language Most Often Thought In At Home


82%

2%

90%

59% 56%

5%

42%

4%

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76

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is

The Language Most Often Thought In At Home (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

82% 80%74%

80% 79%

90%95% 98%

75%

28%

90%

79% 81% 84%

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77

English The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Home


18%

88%

10%

41% 44%

95%

16%

93%

0%

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60%

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78

Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Home


18% 20%26%

20% 21%

10%5% 2%

25%

72%

10%

21% 19% 16%

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79


The Language Most Often Thought In At Home (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

35%

90%

26%

82% 82%

98%

58%

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80

Inuit For Whom English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is

The Language Most Often Thought In At Home (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

35% 38%42% 43%

38%

27%

12%8%

40%

92%

28%

42%

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30%

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60%

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80%

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Language Most Often Thought In At Work (All employed adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Inuktitut: 2,307 – 26.2%

Inuinnaqtun: 37 – 0.4%English: 4,642 – 52.6%

French: 209 – 2.4%

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French: 1,627 – 18.5%

82

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Work


40%

0%

47%

9% 7%1% 0% 0%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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83

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun IsThe Language Most Often Thought In At Work (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

41% 39%34% 32%

42%

56%

65%

54%

36%

5%

46%

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84

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ The Language

Most Often Thought In At Work (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

67%

1%

75%

42%49%

2% 1% 0%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

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85

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is

The Language Most Often Thought In At Work


67% 68%

59% 61%

70%

81%

91%

80%

57%

20%

77%

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86

English The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Work


33%

92%

25%

58%51%

98%

49%

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87

Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Thought In At Work


33% 32%

41% 39%

30%

19%

9%

20%

44%

80%

23%

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30%

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60%

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89

Inuit For Whom English or‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is



59% 61%66% 68%

58%

44%

35%

46%

64%

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90

Language Most Often Thought In While Harvesting



Inuktitut:8,856 – 60.3%


English: 3,733 – 25.4%

French: 173 – 1.2%


1,754 – 11.9%

91

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun The LanguageMost Often Thought In While Harvesting


73%

3%

82%

40%

23%

5% 7%2%

0%

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60%

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92

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Is The Language Most Often Thought In While Harvesting (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

73% 72%67% 69% 72%

80%

91% 93%

72%

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93

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ The Language

Most Often Thought In While Harvesting (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

87%

5%

94%

69%64%

9% 9%2%

0%

10%

20%

30%

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60%

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94

Inuit For Whom Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The

Language Most Often Thought In While Harvesting


87% 86%83% 84% 85%

95% 98% 99%

83%

32%

95%

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95

English The LanguageMost Often Thought In While Harvesting


13%

88%

6%

31%37%

91%

34%

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96

Inuit For Whom English Is The LanguageMost Often Thought In While Harvesting


13% 14%18% 16% 15%

5% 3% 1%

17%

68%

5%

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97

Inuit For Whom English or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and English/French’ Is The Language

Most Often Thought In While Harvesting (Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

27% 28%33% 31% 28%

20%

9% 8%

28%

86%

19%

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98

Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun Or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun And English/French’ As The Language Most

Often Spoken & ‘Thought In’ By Inuit

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

% o

f Ad

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White:Inuktitut/InuinnaqtunandEnglish/French

99

English Or ‘Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun And English/French’ As The LanguageMost Often Spoken & ‘Thought In’


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White:Inuktitut/InuinnaqtunandEnglish/French

100

Do You Feel You Are Losing Your Ability To Speak Your Mother Tongue? (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Yes:4,851 – 36.0%No:

7,678 – 57.0%

Don’t Know: 950 – 7.0%

101

Do You Feel You Are Losing Your AbilityTo Speak Your Mother Tongue?


36%

6%

33%

47%

33%

19%15%

18%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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80%

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102

Inuit Who Feel They Are Losing Their AbilityTo Speak Their Mother Tongue


36% 36%40% 37% 35%

31%36%

26%

34%

48%

35% 36% 38% 35%

0%

10%

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103

When You Speak Inuktitut,Do You Mix In English Words? (Adult Inuit in Nunavut who speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)


All The Time: 3,040 – 35.2%

Often: 3,722 – 43.1%

Occasionally: 1870 – 21.7%

Never: 1,8503 – 12.7%

104

Inuit Who Mix In English Words ‘All The Time’ Or ‘Often’ When Speaking Inuktitut

(Adult Inuit in Nunavut who speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)

54% 54% 55%

69%63%

58%

31%

19%

7%

60%

39%

55% 57% 58%

49%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

All In

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105

When Writing In Inuktitut,Which Writing System Do You Use Most?

(Adult Inuit in Nunavut who write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)


ICIStandardized

Syllabics:7,269 – 73.5%

Non-standardized Syllabics(Contains 4th Column

on Syllabary):1,527 – 15.4%

ICI Standardized RomanOrthography: 678 – 6.6%

Non-standardized Roman Orthography: 413 – 4.4%

106

Use ICI Standardized Syllabics MostWhen Writing In Inuktitut

(Adult Inuit in Nunavut who write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)

74% 73% 74%

85%80%

72%

62%

53%

40%

84%

1%

76%73% 76% 74%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

All In

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107

When You See Newspapers, Brochures And Documents Written In Both Inuktitut and English,

Which Version Do You Read? (Adult Inuit in Nunavut who write Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)


Inuktitut/InuinnaqtunVersion:

2,241 – 18.5%

English Version:6,433 – 53.1%

Both Versions:3,447 – 28.4%

108

Read English Version When See Newspapers, Brochures And Documents

Written In Both Inuktitut and English (Adult Inuit in Nunavut who speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun)

53% 55%51%

61% 62% 61%

44%

13%

4%

63%69%

49%

60%54%

44%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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109

How Important Is It To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In Nunavut Today?



Very Important12,593 – 80.0%

Somewhat Important:2,639 – 16.8%

Not Very Important: 384 – 2.4% Not Important At All: 122 – 0.8%

110

Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In Nunavut Today


86%

54%

86%92% 91%

61%54%

65%

0%

10%

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111

Inuit Who Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In Nunavut Today


85%89%

83%87% 86%

89%94% 96%

86% 88% 87% 87%83%

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112

How Important Will It Be To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In Nunavut In The Future?






113

Feel It Will Be ‘Very Important’To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun

In Nunavut In The Future (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

85%

53%

86% 86% 87%

60%

51%

63%

0%

10%

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114

Inuit Who Feel It Will Be ‘Very Important’To Be Able To Speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun

In Nunavut In The Future(Adult Inuit in Nunavut, by Gender, Age Cohort, Community and Labour Force Status)

86% 86% 84% 86% 85% 87% 90% 90%85%

88% 85% 85% 87% 85%

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115

How Important Is It For Children To Be Taught Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In School?






116

Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ For Children ToBe Taught Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In School


89%

64%

89%94%

82%

72%

53%

65%

0%

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117

Inuit Who Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ For Children To Be Taught Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun In School


89% 89%85%

90% 89% 90%97% 97%

88% 88% 89% 90%86% 89%

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118

How Important Is It To Be Able ToSpeak English In Nunavut Today?






119

Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ To Be AbleTo Speak English In Nunavut Today


60%

81%

67%

47%

58%

77%

68%

94%

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120

Inuit Who Feel It Is ‘Very Important’ To Be Able To Speak English In Nunavut Today


58% 60% 60% 57%62% 59% 59% 61%

58% 56%60% 60% 57% 59%

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121

How Important Will It Be To Be Able To Speak English In Nunavut In The Future?



Very Important:10,410 – 66.3%



122

Feel It Will Be ‘Very Important’ To Be Able To Speak English In Nunavut In The Future


63%

81%

65%

45% 43%

75% 73%

94%

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123

Inuit Who Feel It Will Be ‘Very Important’ To Be Able To Speak English In Nunavut In The Future


61% 62% 59% 61%68%

60%64%

58% 59%

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64% 62%58%

64%

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Do You Currently Have Difficulty Receiving Services In Your Preferred Language From

The Federal Government? (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Yes:4,710 – 28.1%

No:9,278 – 55.4%

Don’t Know:2,766 – 16.5%

125

Currently Have Difficulty Receiving ServicesIn Preferred Language From

The Federal Government (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

34%

4%

36%29%

35%

6%

17%13%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Inuit

non-In

uit

Inukt

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Inuin

naqtu

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I/I a

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Englis

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126

Inuit Who Currently Have Difficulty Receiving Services In Their Preferred

Language From The Federal Government


34% 34%

22%30%

38%

52% 53% 52%

40%

21%

35% 33% 33% 35%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Mal

e

Femal

e

15-2

4

25-3

4

35-4

4

45-5

4

55-6

465

+

Iqal

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Not in

LF

% o

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15

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Inu

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127


The Government of Nunavut? (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Yes:3,472 – 20.7%

No:10,446 – 62.3%

Don’t Know:2,857 – 17.0%

128

Currently Have Difficulty Receiving ServicesIn Preferred Language From The Government of Nunavut


24%

7%

25% 25%20%

6%

39%

6%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Inuit

non-In

uit

Inukt

itut

Inuin

naqtu

n

I/I a

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/F

Englis

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Frenc

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Oth

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15

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129


Language From The Government of Nunavut


23% 26%

17%20%

24%

40% 39% 39%

28%

14%

24% 24% 24% 24%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Mal

e

Femal

e

15-2

4

25-3

4

35-4

4

45-5

4

55-6

465

+

Iqal

uit

Kug/C

am B

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Oth

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Empl

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Unem

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Not in

LF

% o

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15

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Inu

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130


Your Hamlet or Municipal Government? (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Yes: 2,588 – 15.4%

No:12,159 – 72.2%

Don’t Know:2,094 – 12.4%

131


Hamlet or Municipal Government (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

17%

7%

18%22%

12%5%

39%

6%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Inuit

non-In

uit

Inukt

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Inuin

naqtu

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I/I a

nd E

/F

Englis

h

Frenc

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Po

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132


Language From Hamlet or Municipal Gov’t


16% 19%

9%14%

21%

31% 30% 29% 26%

10%16% 18% 16% 18%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Mal

e

Femal

e

15-2

4

25-3

4

35-4

4

45-5

4

55-6

465

+

Iqal

uit

Kug/C

am B

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Oth

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Empl

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Unem

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Not in

LF

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15

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Inu

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133


A Business or Business In Your Community? (All adult Nunavummiut, both Inuit and non-Inuit)


Yes: 2,520 – 15.1%

No:12,082 – 72.3%

Don’t Know:2,114 – 12.6%

134


A Business or Business In Community (All adult Nunavummiut, by Ethnicity and First Language Learned at Home)

17%

7%

18%14%

19%

5%

33%

4%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Inuit

non-In

uit

Inukt

itut

Inuin

naqtu

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I/I a

nd E

/F

Englis

h

Frenc

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% o

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15

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Po

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135

Inuit Who Currently Have Difficulty Receiving Services In Their Preferred Language From

A Business or Business In Community


17% 18%11%

16% 16%

28%32% 30%

34%

10%15% 17% 16%

19%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Mal

e

Femal

e

15-2

4

25-3

4

35-4

4

45-5

4

55-6

465

+

Iqal

uit

Kug/C

am B

ay

Oth

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Empl

oyed

Unem

ploy

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Not in

LF

% o

f A

du

lt (

15

+)

Inu

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op

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136

Currently Have Difficulty Receiving Services In Preferred Language From:


28%

21%15% 15%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Federal Government Government ofNunavut

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