Cree in Canada

Speakers

116,580

Type

Location

Cree in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Cree in Canada

Size

116,580

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
Northwest Territories

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country
Administrative units of the country
Northwest Territories to Labrador

Size / Number of users

Number of users

116580
Source
census
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2016

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

79,395
68
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

26,935
23
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

10,245
9
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

51
49
48,585
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

42
58
13,895
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

45
55
27,165
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

90
10
8,840
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

86
14
1,115
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

88
12
2,715
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

43
57
13,375
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

21
79
5,535
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

28
72
11,670
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

78
22
650
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

57
43
2,710
Managers
Source

census, 2016

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion