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Table 1
Size and growth of the population by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 1996 and 2006
Aboriginal identity	2006	Percentage change from 1996 to 2006³
Notes: Includes persons who reported a North American Indian, Métis or Inuit identity only. Includes persons who reported more than one Aboriginal identity group (North American Indian, Métis or Inuit) and those who reported being a Registered Indian and/or Band member without reporting an Aboriginal identity. Data have been adjusted to account for incompletely enumerated reserves in 1996 and 2006. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1996 and 2006.
Total population	31,241,030	9
Aboriginal identity population/td>	1,172,790	45
First Nations people¹	698,025	29
Métis¹	389,785	91
Inuit¹	50,485	26
Multiple and other Aboriginal responses²	34,500	34
Non-Aboriginal population	30,068,240	8