Status First Nations people in Canada: A snapshot from the 2021 Census

On November 23, 2023, corrections were made to estimates in Charts 15, 16 and 17 for the non-Indigenous population due to an error in excluding the oversample of respondents of the General Social Survey on Social Identity. The text relating to these updated estimates was also changed as needed. The data for First Nations people living off reserve were unaffected. In Chart 15, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported confidence in the justice system and courts, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population were changed for the response categories: "Not very much confidence or no confidence at all" from 17.7% to 15.0%; "Neutral" from 30.7% to 27.2%; and "A great deal of confidence or some confidence" from 51.6% to 57.8%. In Chart 16, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported confidence in police, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population were changed for the response categories: "Not very much confidence or no confidence at all" from 12.1% to 11.4%; "Neutral" from 19.5% to 19.0%; and "A great deal of confidence or some confidence" from 68.4% to 69.7%. In Chart 17, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported having experienced discrimination in the previous five years, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population changed from 34.0% to 36.6%.

On November 23, 2023, corrections were made to estimates in Charts 15, 16 and 17 for the non-Indigenous population due to an error in excluding the oversample of respondents of the General Social Survey on Social Identity. The text relating to these updated estimates was also changed as needed. The data for First Nations people living off reserve were unaffected. In Chart 15, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported confidence in the justice system and courts, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population were changed for the response categories: "Not very much confidence or no confidence at all" from 17.7% to 15.0%; "Neutral" from 30.7% to 27.2%; and "A great deal of confidence or some confidence" from 51.6% to 57.8%. In Chart 16, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported confidence in police, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population were changed for the response categories: "Not very much confidence or no confidence at all" from 12.1% to 11.4%; "Neutral" from 19.5% to 19.0%; and "A great deal of confidence or some confidence" from 68.4% to 69.7%. In Chart 17, entitled "Percentage of respondents aged 15 and older who reported having experienced discrimination in the previous five years, Canada, 2020", the estimates for the non-Indigenous population changed from 34.0% to 36.6%.