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Proportion of off-reserve First Nations children aged 2 to 5 able to understand and speak an Aboriginal language, by Registered Indian status, 2006

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This stacked vertical bar chart illustrates the percentage of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six who were exposed to an Aboriginal language at home, in the home of others, and in the community, by different frequencies of exposure, 2006.

The X axis lists three settings:
At home
In the home of others
In the community

Each setting is composed of one stacked vertical bar with different frequencies of exposure to an Aboriginal language:

Never
Yearly or less frequently
Monthly
Weekly
Daily

The Y axis is measured in percentages and increases by increments of ten from 0 to 100.

56% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are 'never' exposed to an Aboriginal language at home.
5% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'yearly or less frequently' to an Aboriginal language at home.
7% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'monthly' to an Aboriginal language at home.
11% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'weekly' to an Aboriginal language at home.
20% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'daily' to an Aboriginal language at home.

57% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are 'never' exposed to an Aboriginal language at the home of others.
8% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'yearly or less frequently' to an Aboriginal language at the home of others.
10% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'monthly' to an Aboriginal language at the home of others.
14% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'weekly' to an Aboriginal language at the home of others.
9% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'daily' to an Aboriginal language at the home of others.

70% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are 'never' exposed to an Aboriginal language in the community.
7% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'yearly or less frequently' to an Aboriginal language in the community.
6% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'monthly' to an Aboriginal language in the community.
9% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'weekly' to an Aboriginal language in the community.
7% of off-reserve First Nations children under the age of six are exposed 'daily' to an Aboriginal language in the community.

Source(s): Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Children's Survey, 2006.

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