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. 2013 Jul-Aug;20(4):223–230. doi: 10.1155/2013/429496

TABLE 2.

Aboriginal communities on the prairies

Province Reserve communities*
Métis communities
n Northern n (%) n Northern, n (%)
Alberta 44 34 (77.3) 8 8 (100.0)
Saskatchewan 92 52 (56.5) 29 23 (79.3)
Manitoba 63 26 (41.3) 13 3 (23.1)
Total 199 112 (56.3) 50 34 (68.0)
*

As identified by First Nations Inuit Health, Health Canada;

The number of Métis settlement communities in Alberta was based on information from the Métis Settlements General Council. For Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Métis communities were identified with the Aboriginal Canada portal (www.aborigi-nalcanada.gc.ca);

Defined as communities with latitudes north of the 53rd parallel