Table 2.1
Population by mother tongue, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the territories as a whole, 1951 to 2006

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Year Mother tongue
Total French English Other languages
number number % number % number %
Yukon
1951 9,096 308 3.4 6,618 72.8 2,170 23.9
1961 14,628 443 3.0 10,869 74.3 3,316 22.7
1971 18,390 450 2.4 15,340 83.4 2,600 14.1
1981 23,080 530 2.3 20,185 87.5 2,365 10.2
1991 27,665 905 3.3 24,550 88.7 2,210 8.0
1996 30,650 1,170 3.8 26,613 86.8 2,868 9.4
2001 28,520 933 3.3 24,758 86.8 2,830 9.9
2006 30,193 1,165 3.9 25,774 85.4 3,254 10.8
Northwest Territories
1951 16,004 581 3.6 3,804 23.8 11,619 72.6
1961 22,998 994 4.3 8,181 35.6 13,823 60.1
1971 34,805 1,160 3.3 16,305 46.8 17,340 49.8
1981 45,535 1,225 2.7 24,635 54.1 19,675 43.2
1991 57,435 1,455 2.5 31,705 55.2 24,280 42.3
19961 64,125 1,421 2.2 36,326 56.6 26,378 41.1
19962 39,465 1,005 2.5 30,248 76.7 8,208 20.8
2001 37,100 1,006 2.7 28,863 77.8 7,246 19.5
2006 41,057 1,001 2.4 31,727 77.3 8,329 20.3
Nunavut
1996 24,665 414 1.7 6,079 24.6 18,172 73.7
2001 26,665 405 1.5 7,170 26.9 19,090 71.6
2006 29,325 390 1.3 7,908 27.0 21,028 71.7
Territories
1951 25,100 889 3.5 10,422 41.5 13,789 54.9
1961 37,626 1,437 3.8 19,050 50.6 17,139 45.6
1971 53,195 1,610 3.0 31,645 59.5 19,940 37.5
1981 68,615 1,755 2.6 44,820 65.3 22,040 32.1
1991 85,100 2,360 2.8 56,255 66.1 26,490 31.1
1996 94,780 2,589 2.7 62,940 66.4 29,248 30.9
2001 92,285 2,344 2.5 60,791 65.9 29,166 31.6
2006 100,575 2,556 2.5 65,409 65.0 32,611 32.4
1. Before the creation of the Nunavut.
2. After the creation of the Nunavut.
Note: Except for the 1951 to 1971 censuses, the multiple responses were equally redistributed among the three main linguistic groups.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1951 to 2006.

 

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