Table 1.

Main features of articles

Indigenous Peoples by group: First Nations Métis Inuit Non specified Indigenous peoples	54 14 21 45
Age of population cohorts	All ages: 57 Paediatric*: 29 Adults*: 28
Type of acute health care Hospitalisation Emergency department visits Intensive care unit admissions Surgical intervention Other/Non defined	84 29 8 6 5
Journals which published >1 retrieved articles	Am J Public Health: 4 Am J Resp Crit Care: 2 BMC Public Health: 2 C J Public Health: 4 Can J of Cardiol: 3 Can J of Psychiat: 2 Chest: 2 CJEM: 3 CMAJ: 6 CMAJ Open: 2 Chron Dis Inj Can: 2 Ethnic Health: 2 Health Rep: 4 Int J Infect Dis: 2 Int J Circumpol Heal: 7 J Pediatr: 2 J Rheumatol: 2 Pediatr Infect Dis J: 3 Pediatr Pulm: 2 PLoS One: 3

* Given that the age of majority differs between provinces, the distinction between paediatric and adult patients was adjusted according to the province of origin of the studies. The age of majority is 18 years old in Alberta, Prince-Edward-Island, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan and is 19 years old in British Columbia, New-Brunswick, Nova-Scotia, Nunavut, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest territory and Yukon.