| Northwest Territories | ||||||||
| 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 | 39,460 | 34,710 | 335 | 3,885 | 80 | 460 | - | 5 |
| English | 30,015 | 29,780 | 30 | 130 | 25 | 60 | - | - |
| French | 950 | 615 | 300 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Inuktitut | 835 | 650 | - | 160 | - | 25 | - | 10 |
| South Slave | 2,075 | 870 | 10 | 1,145 | - | 55 | - | - |
| Dogrib | 1,990 | 535 | - | 1,380 | - | 90 | - | - |
| Chipewyan | 515 | 280 | - | 215 | - | 20 | - | - |
| Gwich'in | 250 | 205 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| Cree | 165 | 135 | - | 25 | - | 10 | - | - |
| German | 270 | 260 | - | 20 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Dutch | 100 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukrainian | 70 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chinese | 210 | 75 | - | 125 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Vietnamese | 155 | 20 | - | 120 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Tagalog (Pilipino) | 220 | 105 | - | 95 | - | 20 | - | - |
| English and French | 85 | 75 | 10 | - | 25 | 10 | - | - |
| English and non-official language | 395 | 265 | - | 35 | - | 95 | - | - |
| French and non-official language | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| English, French and non-official language | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |