Aboriginal Demography
- Province of Manitoba:
- Five main linguistic groups - Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Oji-Cree and Dene.
- 63 First Nation communities and numerous Metis settlements.
- In 2006, there were 175,395 Aboriginal people in Manitoba, or 15% of the population.
- Status Indians (First Nations): 100,645 people.
- Métis: 71,805 people.
- Inuit and non-Status Indians: 2,945 people. Of these, 2,380 cannot be classified as either Metis or Status Indians and 565 are Inuit.
- City of Winnipeg:
- The Aboriginal population in Winnipeg is increasing.
- In 2006, almost 10% of the total population identified as Aboriginal (First Nations, Metis or Inuit).
- The Aboriginal population is young.
- The median age of Aboriginal people in Winnipeg is more than 10 years younger than the general population with a median age of 25.7 years compared to 38.8 years for the general population.
- Aboriginal peoples reside in every neighborhood in Winnipeg with the highest reported densities in the Downtown, Point Douglas, and River East.
- In 2006, almost two-thirds of the Aboriginal population in Winnipeg attained an education at or above the high school certificate level.
- The Aboriginal population in Winnipeg is increasing.
