| Fort Smith Region | ||||||||
| Population, by Mother Tongue and Home Language | ||||||||
| Census 1996 | ||||||||
| English, | ||||||||
| Total | Non- | English and | French and | French and | ||||
| Home | Official | English | Non-Official | Non-Official | Non-Official | |||
| Language | English | French | Language | and French | Langiage | Langiage | Langiage | |
| Total - Mother tongue | 30,060 | 26,200 | 325 | 3,070 | 70 | 395 | - | - |
| English | 22,780 | 22,575 | 25 | 110 | 20 | 45 | - | - |
| French | 870 | 545 | 290 | 10 | 30 | - | - | - |
| Inuktitut | 200 | 150 | - | 40 | - | 10 | - | - |
| South Slave | 1,400 | 665 | 10 | 685 | - | 45 | - | - |
| Dogrib | 1,990 | 520 | - | 1,380 | - | 90 | - | - |
| Chipewyan | 505 | 280 | - | 210 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Gwich'in | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cree | 160 | 135 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| German | 225 | 210 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dutch | 75 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukrainian | 75 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chinese | 200 | 60 | - | 130 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Vietnamese | 155 | 25 | - | 120 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Tagalog (Pilipino) | 200 | 90 | - | 90 | - | 15 | - | - |
| English and French | 85 | 60 | 10 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| English and non-official language | 320 | 210 | - | 20 | - | 85 | - | - |
| French and non-official language | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| English, French and non-official language | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |