Table 1.
Counting Indigenous people across Canada based on 2016 Canadian Census
| Territory or Province | Nunavut | NWT | Yukon | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QB | NB | NS | PEI | NL & Labrador |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial/territorial population of Indigenous people. n | 30,550 | 20,860 | 8195 | 270,585 | 258,640 | 175,015 | 223,310 | 374,395 | 182,890 | 29,380 | 51,495 | 2740 | 45,725 |
| Indigenous people, % of provincial/territorial population | 85.9 | 50.7 | 23.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 16 | 18 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 8.9 |
| Provincial/territorial Indigenous people, % of Indigenous people in Canada | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 22.4 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| First Nations people, n (%)of Indigenous people in province/territory | 190 (0.6) |
13,185 (63.2) |
6690 (81.6) |
172,520 (63.8) |
136,585 (53) |
114,570 (65.5) |
130,585 (58.5) |
236,680 (63.2) |
92,655 (50.7) |
17,575 (60) |
25,830 (50.2) |
1875 (68.4) |
28,375 (62.1) |
| Métis, n (%) of Indigenous people in province/territory | 165 (0.5) | 3390 (16.3) |
1015 (12.4) |
89,450 (33.1) |
114,375 (44.2) |
57,880 (33.1) |
89,360 (40) | 120,585 (32.2) |
69,360 (37.9) |
10,200 (34.7) |
23,310 (45.3) |
710 (26) | 7790 (17) |
| Inuit, n (%) of Indigenous people in province/territory | 30,140 (98.7) | 4080 (19.6) | 225 (2.7) | 1615 (0.6) | 2500 (1) | 360 (0.2) | 610 (0.3) | 3860 (1) | 13,945 (7.6) | 385 (1.3) | 795 (1.5) | 75 (2.7) | 6450 (14) |
AB, Alberta; BC, British Columbia; MB, Manitoba; NS, Nova Scotia; NB, New Brunswick; NL, Newfoundland; NWT, Northwest Territories; ON, Ontario; PEI, Prince Edward Island; QB, Quebec; SK, Saskatchewan.