Percentage of Aboriginal Population by Census Division, 2001

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Abstract

Canada's most populous province, Ontario, had 188 315 Aboriginal people in 2001, the highest absolute number. However, they accounted for less than 2% of its total population. Second was British Columbia with 170 025, or 4.4% of its population. As in previous censuses, the highest concentrations of Aboriginal population in 2001 were in the North and on the Prairies.

The 22 720 Aboriginal people in Nunavut represented 85% of the territory's total population, the highest concentration in the country. Aboriginal people represented more than one-half (51%) of the population of the Northwest Territories, and almost one-quarter (23%) of the population of the Yukon Territory. The census enumerated 150 040 Aboriginal people in Manitoba and 130,190 in Saskatchewan, in each case about 14% of the province's population. The 156 220 Aboriginal people in Alberta accounted for only 5% of its population.

Map Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Profile of citizenship, immigration, birthplace, generation status, ethnic origin, visible minorities and Aboriginal peoples, for Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions - 20% sample data, 2001 Census, Catalogue no 95F0489XCB2001001.

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Aboriginal Identity refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group - North American Indian, Métis or Inuit. Also included are individuals who did not report an Aboriginal identity, but did report themselves as a Registered or Treaty Indian, and/or Band or First Nation membership.

The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin. The Daily for January 21, 2003, marked the public release of this census variable. Highlight tables allowing users to perform simple rank and sort functions with the data at various levels of geography are available for this variable here: Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: Highlight Tables, 2001 Census. Technical notes for this variable can be found at 2001 Census Technical Reports and User Guides.

The text was adapted from Statistics Canada, Aboriginal peoples of Canada: A demographic profile, Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001007. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from the Statistics Canada’s Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at: www.statcan.ca , and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.

Please read the following Data and Mapping Notes for information on how the map was derived.