Table 2
Aboriginal female population, by province or territory, Canada, 2006
Province/territory | Total Aboriginal population – Both sexes |
Total – Aboriginal female population | First Nations women and girls |
Métis women and girls |
Inuit women and girls |
Other Aboriginal responses1 | As a % of female population that is Aboriginal in each region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | |||||||
Canada | 1,172,790 | 600,695 | 359,975 | 196,280 | 25,455 | 18,985 | 3.8 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 23,450 | 11,930 | 3,945 | 3,305 | 2,350 | 2,330 | 4.6 |
Prince Edward Island | 1,730 | 970 | 660 | 240 | 20 | 35 | 1.4 |
Nova Scotia | 24,175 | 12,405 | 7,915 | 3,740 | 185 | 565 | 2.7 |
New Brunswick | 17,655 | 9,010 | 6,570 | 1,815 | 110 | 505 | 2.4 |
Quebec | 108,430 | 54,905 | 33,395 | 13,680 | 5,480 | 2,345 | 1.4 |
Ontario | 242,495 | 124,900 | 82,440 | 36,580 | 1,095 | 4,780 | 2.0 |
Manitoba | 175,395 | 89,675 | 51,930 | 36,190 | 280 | 1,270 | 15.6 |
Saskatchewan | 141,890 | 72,325 | 46,940 | 24,175 | 105 | 1,105 | 14.9 |
Alberta | 188,365 | 96,625 | 50,050 | 43,515 | 815 | 2,240 | 5.9 |
British Columbia | 196,075 | 101,215 | 66,390 | 30,850 | 460 | 3,515 | 4.9 |
Yukon | 7,580 | 3,915 | 3,245 | 400 | 155 | 115 | 26.1 |
Northwest Territories | 20,635 | 10,475 | 6,430 | 1,720 | 2,190 | 130 | 52.1 |
Nunavut | 24,920 | 12,355 | 50 | 65 | 12,210 | 25 | 86.2 |
1. The category 'Other Aboriginal responses' includes those who reported belonging to more than one Aboriginal group (First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit) and those who did not affiliate with an Aboriginal group but who have Registered Indian status and/or band membership. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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