More than 70 Aboriginal languages were reported in the 2016 Census. These languages can be divided into 12 language families:

• Algonquian languages
• Inuit languages
• Athabaskan languages
• Siouan languages
• Salish languages
• Tsimshian languages
• Wakashan languages
• Iroquoian languages
• Michif
• Tlingit
• Kutenai andHaida

Table 1 below identifies Aboriginal identity population who can speak an Aboriginal language, by language family, main languages within these families, and main provincial and territorial concentrations, Canada, 2016