<b>Census: Quebec tops province list for aboriginal language speakers (with video) <br></b><br>By Christopher Curtis, Postmedia News October 24, 2012 9:19 AM<br><br>OTTAWA — About one-fifth of Canadians who count an aboriginal language as their mother tongue live in Quebec, according to 2011 census data.<br>
<br>The province counted more than 44,000 people with an aboriginal language as their first language in 2011, a 22-per-cent increase over 2001 data. Since that year, Quebec overtook Manitoba as the province with the highest number of First Nations people who claim an aboriginal language as their mother tongue.<br>
<br>Manitoba and Saskatchewan trail Quebec closely, with 37,770 and 34,055 mother-tongue aboriginal speakers respectively.<br><br>Access full article below: <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Census+Quebec+tops+province+list+aboriginal+language+speakers+with+video/7438621/story.html#ixzz2AEigfkW4">http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Census+Quebec+tops+province+list+aboriginal+language+speakers+with+video/7438621/story.html#ixzz2AEigfkW4</a>