Three-fifths of those with an Aboriginal identity are First Nations^Note 9

According to the 2011 National Household Survey, 851,560 people identified as a First Nations person, representing 60.8% of the total Aboriginal identity population and 2.6% of the total Canadian population. In 2011, 451,795 people identified as Métis, representing 32.3% of the total Aboriginal identity population and 1.4% of the total Canadian population. In 2011, 59,445 people identified as Inuit, representing 4.2% of the total Aboriginal identity population and 0.2% of the total Canadian population.
According to scenario 3 for the projections of the Aboriginal identity population—based on constant ethnic mobility and constant fertility—all Aboriginal groups will experience growth and it is projected to be strongest for the Métis population.

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