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