The Algonquin languages are a subfamily of North American Indigenous languages. The Algonquin languages are spoken widely across Canada and the United States, in a geographical area stretching from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains. In Canada, Algonquin languages are most commonly spoken in the provinces of Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario (1).
In Canada, a total of 163,815 people reported speaking a language belonging to the Algonquin language family. This makes the Algonquin Languages the most spoken Indigenous language subfamily in Canada. About 97,125 people in Canada speak an Algonquin language as their mother tongue. Cree, Ojibway, Innu Montagnais, and Oji-Cree were found to be the most spoken languages within the Algonquin language family (2).
Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages (3).
