2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: Aboriginal Identity (3), Registered Indian Status (3), Age Groups (12) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
Data table
Geography = Canada 
| Aboriginal identity (3) |
Registered Indian status (3) |
| Total - Registered Indian status |
Registered Indian 1 |
Not a Registered Indian |
|
Note(s) :
- Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
- REGISTERED INDIAN
Registered or Treaty Indian: The expression 'Registered Indian' refers to those persons who reported they were registered under the Indian Act of Canada. Treaty Indians are persons who are registered under the Indian Act and can prove descent from a band that signed a treaty.
The Registered Indian counts in this table may differ from the administrative counts maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, with the most important causes of these differences being the incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements as well as methodological and conceptual differences between the two sources.
- TOTAL - ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
This is a grouping of the total population into non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal population, based on their responses to three questions on the 2006 Census form.
- ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
Included in the Aboriginal identity population are those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
 Data quality note(s)
- Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
|
| Total - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal identity population 2 |
31,241,030
|
623,780
|
30,617,250
|
| Aboriginal identity population 3 |
1,172,790
|
623,780
|
549,005
|
| Non-Aboriginal identity population |
30,068,240
|
0
|
30,068,240
|
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-558-XCB2006011
(Canada, Code01)
