Aboriginal Population, 2001

Aboriginal Population, 2001 In the 2001 census, people who identified themselves as Aboriginal accounted for 3.3% of the nation's total population, compared with 2.8% five years earlier. This represents a total of 976 305 persons whom identified themselves with one of these groups - North American Indian, Métis or Inuit. This count was 22.2% higher than the 1996 figure of 799 010. In contrast, the non-Aboriginal population grew only 3.4% between 1996 and 2001. 2022-03-14 Natural Resources Canada geoinfo@nrcan.gc.ca Society and Cultureaboriginal peoplesdemographic mapsmappopulation Download the English JP2 File through HTTPJP2 https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/eng/6665_aboriginal_population_2001.jp2 Download the English ZIP (PDF,JPG) file through HTTPZIP https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/eng/6665_aboriginal_population_2001.zip Download the French JP2 File through HTTPother https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/fra/6665_population_autochtone_2001.jp2 Download the French ZIP (PDF, JPG) File through HTTPZIP https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/fra/6665_population_autochtone_2001.zip

In the 2001 census, people who identified themselves as Aboriginal accounted for 3.3% of the nation's total population, compared with 2.8% five years earlier. This represents a total of 976 305 persons whom identified themselves with one of these groups - North American Indian, Métis or Inuit. This count was 22.2% higher than the 1996 figure of 799 010. In contrast, the non-Aboriginal population grew only 3.4% between 1996 and 2001.

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