Table 2. Ability to speak or understand an Aboriginal language and level of ability to speak an Aboriginal language, for North American Indian, Métis and Canadian Arctic Inuit identity population, adults and children, non-reserve areas, 2001

  North American Indian Métis Inuit in Canadian Arctic
Adults
Percent speaking or understanding Aboriginal language
32
16
90
Percent of those able to speak or understand that can speak Aboriginal language very or relatively well
46
34
89
Children
Percent speaking or understanding Aboriginal language1
25
11
90
Percent of those able to speak or understand that can speak Aboriginal language very or relatively well
22
16
70
1. Excluded from this indicator are children that were too young to speak or understand a language.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001.