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This chart shows eight vertical bar clusters for each of the following groups who help Aboriginal children learn an Aboriginal language: parents, grandparents, school teachers, aunts and uncles, other relatives, friends, community elders, community. Each cluster consists of three vertical bars for the North American Indian, Métis and Inuit populations. The 2001 APS revealed that off reserve, irrespective of the Aboriginal group, parents are the most important source of help (86% for Inuit, 64% for North American Indians, and 62% for Métis). Among the North American Indian and Métis the second most important group to provide help were grandparents (55% for NAI and 51% for the Métis), while for the Inuit the second most important group was 'school teachers' at 54%. Note that these percentages refer to children who can understand or speak an Aboriginal language.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.