From: The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples/Aboriginals: Algonquians/ Eastern Woodlands/Janet E Chute
Eastern Woodland Algonquian peoples belong to two broad linguistic subdivisions: Eastern Algonquian speakers and Central (eastern Great Lakes) Algonquian speakers. Eastern Algonquian-speaking communities in Canada lie south of the Gulf of St Lawrence and in the Atlantic provinces, with representatives of one group, the Delaware, living in southern Ontario. Central Algonquian speakers reside north of the Gulf of St Lawrence, throughout most of Ontario, and in the prairie-parklands of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The Woodland Algonquian population is large, reaching in excess of 100,000 in 1985; in the Atlantic provinces alone, there are 22,330 status Indians, of which the Mi’kmaq (Micmac) number more than three-quarters. While similar in many respects, particularly in the way they have adapted to their environment, Eastern Woodland Algonquians exhibit considerable internal linguistic and cultural diversity.
