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The 2016 Canadian census reports that 70,540 individuals identify themselves as Inuit, of whom 37,570 self-reported Inuktitut as their mother tongue.
These figures do not match the 2016 census. Statistics Canada reports 65,025 Inuit in 2016 and 36,185 people with Inuktitut as a mother tongue, not 70,540 and 37,570.
Full reasoning
Statistics Canada's 2016 Census tables contradict both numbers in this sentence.
- In Table 1: Aboriginal identity population, Canada, 2016, Statistics Canada lists the number of people identifying as Inuit as 65,025.
- In Statistics Canada's infographic Aboriginal languages in Canada, 2016 Census of Population, the number of people reporting Inuktitut as their mother tongue is 36,185.
So the sentence's attribution to the 2016 census is incorrect. The values 70,540 and 37,570 are not the 2016 census figures.
2 sources
- Aboriginal identity population, Canada, 2016
Table 1 ... Inuit 65,025 ... Source(s): Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2016.
- Aboriginal languages in Canada, 2016 Census of Population
Aboriginal languages most reported in 2016 by number of people ... Mother tongue ... Inuktitut 36,185.
Further, it is recognized as one of eight official native tongues in the Northwest Territories.
This count is wrong. The Northwest Territories currently recognizes nine official Aboriginal languages, not eight.
Full reasoning
The Northwest Territories' own Office of the Official Languages Commissioner says the territory has nine official Aboriginal languages alongside English and French, for eleven official languages total. It explicitly lists Inuktitut among those nine Aboriginal languages.
That means the article's claim that Inuktitut is one of eight official native/Aboriginal languages in the Northwest Territories is incorrect under the current Official Languages Act framework.
1 source
- Languages Overview | Office of the Official Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (NWT) is the only jurisdiction in Canada that names nine (9) official Aboriginal languages alongside English and French ... The NWT Official Languages Act recognizes eleven (11) languages ... including Inuktitut.