Table 7
Population counts and proportion of persons with an Aboriginal identity by province and territory of residence, Canada, 2006 and 2031, four projection scenarios
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| Province and territory of residence | 2006 (observed) | 2031 (projected) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 3 | Scenario 4 | |||||||
| thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 24 | 4.7 | 21 | 4.8 | 21 | 4.8 | 28 | 6.5 | 28 | 6.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.6 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 25 | 2.7 | 31 | 3.4 | 30 | 3.3 | 46 | 5.0 | 45 | 4.9 |
| New Brunswick | 18 | 2.4 | 19 | 2.7 | 19 | 2.7 | 31 | 4.4 | 31 | 4.4 |
| Quebec | 127 | 1.7 | 178 | 2.0 | 174 | 2.0 | 234 | 2.6 | 230 | 2.6 |
| Ontario | 268 | 2.1 | 348 | 2.0 | 341 | 1.9 | 518 | 2.9 | 511 | 2.9 |
| Manitoba | 188 | 15.9 | 257 | 18.8 | 247 | 18.2 | 294 | 21.5 | 285 | 21.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 153 | 15.4 | 227 | 22.5 | 214 | 21.5 | 240 | 23.7 | 228 | 22.8 |
| Alberta | 207 | 6.1 | 299 | 6.0 | 291 | 5.9 | 378 | 7.6 | 370 | 7.5 |
| British Columbia | 209 | 4.9 | 281 | 4.7 | 274 | 4.6 | 374 | 6.3 | 367 | 6.2 |
| Yukon | 8 | 25.5 | 8 | 21.9 | 8 | 22.1 | 8 | 22.8 | 8 | 22.9 |
| Northwest Territories | 23 | 52.3 | 25 | 51.9 | 24 | 51.0 | 25 | 52.4 | 24 | 51.5 |
| Nunavut | 26 | 84.8 | 39 | 85.9 | 37 | 85.3 | 39 | 86.1 | 37 | 85.5 |
| Canada | 1,279 | 3.9 | 1,734 | 4.1 | 1,682 | 4.0 | 2,220 | 5.3 | 2,168 | 5.2 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division. | ||||||||||
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