This dashboard uses publicly released, national-level 2021 Census indicators (e.g., “knowledge of an Indigenous language”) and deliberately avoids community-level points. The simple map overlays are illustrative and not authoritative boundaries or territories. Any future, production use should be co-designed with Indigenous partners and guided by Indigenous data governance principles — including OCAP® in Canada and the CARE Principles — with appropriate consent, protocols, and context. Please treat names, locations, and counts here as UI scaffolding; they may be updated in consultation with communities.
Map by language family
Click a marker to see a language entry and projects.
Speakers trend
Where public, approximate counts over time. Demo placeholders here.
Languages & communities (filtered)
Select a row to focus the map and update the trend chart.
| Language | Family | Community | Province/Territory | Speakers (est.) | Projects |
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Process & data stewardship
- Co-design with communities and organizations. Confirm scope and consent before publishing any new data.
- Use only publicly shareable datasets and respect Indigenous data governance (e.g., OCAP®). For non-public data, obtain permissions and avoid exposing sensitive locations or counts.
- This demo uses small illustrative entries. Replace with your approved dataset and provide links to the original sources.
Sources
- Statistics Canada — New reports from the 2021 Census of Population (Indigenous language families), released March 31, 2025.
- Statistics Canada — Knowledge of an Indigenous language by Indigenous language family, Canada, 2021 (table in The Daily visual).
- Statistics Canada — National Indigenous History Month “By the numbers” (2025): total who could conduct a conversation in an Indigenous language (243,155).
Counts use census “knowledge of an Indigenous language” and are subject to random rounding.