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The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois. This area also includes the Wyandot (formerly referred to as the Huron) peoples of central Ontario, and the League of Five Nations who had lived in the United States, south of Lake Ontario. Major ethnicities include the: Anishinaabe. Algonquin; Nipissing
The Mi'kmaq (or Micmac, in an older English spelling) live in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the Quebec region of the Gaspé Peninsula (French=Gaspésie). In Quebec, they number approximately 4,300 people and comprise three First Nations communities: Gaspe First Nation in Gaspé; Gesgapegiag First Nation in Gesgapegiag
Provinces and territories whose official names are aboriginal in origin are Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut.. Manitoba: Either derived from the Cree word manito-wapâw meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau" or the Assiniboine words mini and tobow meaning "Lake of the Prairie", referring to Lake Manitoba.
The following is a list of Native reserves in Quebec, Canada. It includes only the reserves that are officially designated as Indian reserve and fall under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs .
More than half of First Nations people (55. 5%) lived in Western Canada as of 2021. Ontario had the highest number of First Nations people, with 251,030 (about 23.9%) of the total First Nations population. Approximately 11.1% of First Nations people lived in Quebec, with 7.6% in Atlantic Canada and 1.9% in the territories. [185]
400 First Nations communities in Canada had some kind of water problem between 2004 and 2014. The residents of Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario have had a boil-water advisory since 1995. [157] [158] In 2015, newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to solve the drinking water problem within five years, by investing $1.8 billion.
Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation: Union of Ontario Indians: Ojibwe: Heron Bay: Pikangikum 14: Pikangikum First Nation: Independent First Nations Alliance: Ojibwe: Pikwàkanagàn: Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation: Anishinabek Nation: Algonquin: Formerly Golden Lake 39: Point Grondine 3: Wiikwemkoong First Nation: Union of Ontario ...
For New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, see: Category:First Nations in Atlantic Canada. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.