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In total, there were 459,215 Indigenous children aged 14 years and younger, making up 25. 4% of the Indigenous population, while only 16. 0% of the non-Indigenous population fell into this age category., [185] In the 20th century, the Indigenous population of Canada increased tenfold. [186] Between 1900 and 1950 the population grew by 29%.
This is a list of First Nation reserves in Canada which have over 500 people, listed in order of population from data collected during the 2006 Census of Canada, unless otherwise cited from Aboriginal Affairs. [1] Approximately 40% of First Nations people live on federally recognized Indian reserves. [2]
The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area.It only includes First Nations people, which by definition excludes Métis and Canadian Inuit groups.
As of 2007, 17% of incarcerated individuals in Canada were of Aboriginal descent, despite representing only 2.7% of the general population. [146] This is a sixfold increase in rates of incarceration within the Aboriginal population as opposed to the general Canadian population. [145]
The main driver of population growth is immigration, [8] [9] with 6.2% of the country's population being made up of temporary residents as of 2023, [10] or about 2.5 million people. [11] Between 2011 and May 2016, Canada's population grew by 1.7 million people, with immigrants accounting for two-thirds of the increase. [12]
The Irish population, meanwhile, witnessed steady, slowing population growth during the late 19th and early 20th century, with the proportion of the total Canadian population dropping from 24.3 percent in 1871 to 12.6 percent in 1921 and falling from the second-largest ethnic group in Canada from to fourth − principally due to massive ...
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [274] Notes ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Carcross 4 [275] Carcross/Tagish: Tlingit / Tagish — n/a: 64.8 160.1: 35: 53-34.0%: Listed by Statistics Canada as self-government Haines Junction [276] Aishihik / Champagne and Aishihik ...
In 1871 there was an enumeration of the Indigenous population within the limits of Canada at the time, showing a total of only 102,358 individuals. [33] From 2006 to 2016, the Indigenous population has grown by 42.5 percent, four times the national rate. [34]