Projects/Aboriginal communities outreach/List of Canadian Aboriginal languages

Knowing the exact number of Aboriginal languages across Canada is almost impossible especially since many Natives speak English or French as a mother tongue and most of them have only a limited passive knowledge of their ancestral languages. The task is even more difficult since the majority of languages has many dialects. Ethnologue lists 63 languages for Canada. Below is the most exhaustive list of indigenous languages of Canada.

Language	Speakers	Location	ISO 639 (Wikipedia link if existing)	Organizations Bands Communities
Abenaki	20	Quebec	abe	Abénakis d'Odanak Koasek Traditional Abenaki Band Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki
Algonquin	2,275	Quebec and Ontario	alq	Algonquin Tribal Council Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn
Assiniboine	200	Saskatchewan	asb
Atikamekw	3,995	Quebec	atj	Conseil de la nation Atikamekw Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan Nation Atikamekw de Manawan Opitciwan
Babine	1,600	British Columbia	bcr
Beaver	300	Alberta and British Columbia	bea
Bella Coola	200	British Columbia	blc
Blackfoot	4,745	Alberta	bla
Carrier	2,000	British Columbia	crx, caf
Cayuga	360	Ontario	cay
Chilcotin	705	British Columbia	clc
Chinook Wawa	83	British Columbia	chn
Chipewyan (Dene)	4,000	Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwest Territories	chp	Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Comox	400	British Columbia	coo
Moose Cree	4,500	Ontario	crm	Moose Cree First Nation
Northeastern Cree	5,308	Quebec	crl (cr)	Cree Cultural Institute
Plains Cree	34,000	Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba	crk (cr)	Western Cree Tribal Council
Southeastern Cree	7,306	Quebec	crj (cr)
Swampy Cree	4,500	Ontario	csw (cr)
Woods Cree	4,500	Ontario	cwd (cr)
Dakota (Sioux)	2,085	Manitoba and Saskatchewan	dak
Dogrib	2,085	Northwest Territories	dgr
Northern Haida	30	British Columbia	hdn (hai)	Council of the Haida Nation
Southern Haida	10	British Columbia	hax (hai)	Council of the Haida Nation
Haisla	25	British Columbia	has	Haisla First Nation
Halkomelem	200	British Columbia	hur
Han	7	Yukon	haa
Heiltsuk	300	British Columbia	hei	Heiltsuk Tribal Council Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre
Eastern Inuktitut	14,000	Quebec and Labrador	ike (iu)	Avataq Cultural Institute
Western Inuktitut	4,000	Nunavut	ikt (iu)
Kaska	400	British Columbia	kkz	Kaska Dena Council Kaska Language Website (UBC)
Kutenai	120	British Columbia	kut	Ktunaxa Nation
Kwakiutl	250	British Columbia	kwk	Kwakiutl Indian Band
Lillooet	400	British Columbia	lil
Gitxsan	1,330	British Columbia	git
Gwich'in (Loucheux)	430	Northwest Territories	gwi	Gwich'in Social & Cultural Institute
Malecite-Passamaquoddy	655	Quebec and New Brunswick	pqm
Michif	840	Manitoba	crg
Micmac	7,310	Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland	mic	Migmawei Mawiomi Secretariat Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island Jilaptoq Mi'kmaw Language Center The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq Mi'kmaq Resource Centre (Cape Breton U)
Mohawk	350	Ontario and Quebec	moh	Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Mohawks of the Bay of Quint - Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Ohwejagehká: Ha`degaenage: Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
Montagnais (Innu)	8,483	Quebec and Labrador	moe	Innu Nation Innu Language Website (Memorial U) Innu School Board Institut Tshakapesh Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Namatau Innu
Munsee	7	Ontario	umu
Naskapi	1,177	Quebec and Labrador	nsk (cr)	Naskapi Community
Niska (Nisga'a)	2,000	British Columbia	ncg	Nisga'a Lisims Government School District 92 (Nisga'a) Wilp Wilxo'oskwhl Nisga'a Institute Nisga'a Nation Knowledge Network
Nootka (nuu-chah-nulth)	590	British Columbia	noo	Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation
Northern Ojibway (Oji-Cree)	8,000	Manitoba and Ontario	ojb (oji)
Ojibway (Saulteux)	35,000	British Columbia and Saskatchewan	ojc, ojg, ojs, ojw (oji)
Okanagan (N'syilxcen)	500	British Columbia	oka	En'owkin Centre
Oneida	200	Ontario	one	Oneida Nation of the Thames Oneida Indian Nation
Onondaga	100	Ontario	ono	Onondaga Nation
Ottawa (Odawa, Nishnaabemwin)	7,100	Ontario	otw
Potawatomi	1,250	Ontario	pot	Citizen Potawatomi Nation Forest Country Potawatomi Prairie Band of the Potawatomi Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
Salish Straits	30	British Columbia	str	Lummi Nation Lummi Indian Business Council Lummi Nation Schools Samish Indian Nation
Sarsi (Tsuu T'ina)	50	Alberta	srs	Tsuu T'ina Nation
Sechelt (Shíshálh)	40	British Columbia	sec	Shíshálh First Nation
Sekani	500	British Columbia	sek	Carrier Sekani Tribal Council Takla Lake First Nation
Seneca	25	Ontario	see	Seneca Nation of Indians
Shuswap (Secwepemc)	745	British Columbia	shs	Secwepemc Cultural Education Society
North Slavey	290	Northwest Territories	scs (den)
South Slavey	2,620	Northwest Territories	xsl (den)
Squamish	20	British Columbia	squ	Coast Salish First Nation Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre
Stoney (Nakota)	1,500	Alberta	sto	Stoney Nakota First Nation Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
Tagish	2	British Columbia	tgx	Carcross/Tagist First Nation
Tahltan	40	Yukon	tht	Tahltan Central Council Tahltan Band Council
Tanana	10	Yukon	tau
Thompson	595	British Columbia	thp
Tlingit	145	British Columbia and Yukon	tli	Teslin Tlingit Council Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Tuscarora	8	Ontario	tus
Tsimshian	432	British Columbia	tsi	Kitsumkalum First Nation Ketchikan Indian Community Gitga'at
Northern Tutchone	800	Yukon	ttm	First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun
Southern Tutchone	1,000	Yukon	tce	Ta'an Kwäch'än Council

Non-community-specific possible partners

• Assembly of First Nations
• First Nation Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres
• First Nations University of Canada
• First Voices
• Nunavut Arctic College
• Nunavut Literacy Council
• Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre

Cree

• Cree Cultural Institute
• Grand Council of the Crees

Inuit

• Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami