Social Exposure and Perceptions of Language Importance in Canada's Urban Indigenous Peoples

The following analysis uses data drawn from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) to examine the effects of age, sex, education, household type, and exposure to Indigenous(1) language in the home and outside the home on the perceived importance of Indigenous language for Indigenous people living in urban centres across Canada. The results of regression analysis indicate that "exposure to Indigenous language in the home" and "exposure to Indigenous language outside the home" are directly related to how important Indigenous language is perceived to be by urban Indigenous peoples.