Tid Bits

Tidbits are interesting and lesser known facts in three categories here; The Métis people, Residential Schools and Aboriginal Language.

Tid Bits about Aboriginal Languages

• In areas where Aboriginal people were nomadic language tended to spread easily. Aboriginal people who were more isolated and sedentary did not usually spread their language very far.

• However, the Aboriginal people in smaller more isolated communities are able to retain their traditional languages.

• Algonquian languages account for the highest share of Aboriginal languages in all provinces, except for British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut.

• Inuktitut is virtually the only Aboriginal language spoken in Nunavut.

• British Columbia is home to almost half of Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada.