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Winnipeg's Indigenous population highest in Canada, but growth rate is slowing

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Winnipeg has 92,810 people identifying as First Nations, Métis or Inuit

 

From 2006 to 2016, the Indigenous population more than doubled in seven Canadian census metropolitan areas, the latest data from Statistics Canada says. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

Winnipeg has the largest Indigenous population of any major city in Canada, according to the latest census data.

The Statistics Canada numbers, based on the 2016 census, show Winnipeg's census metropolitan area (CMA) with 92,810 people identifying as Indigenous — First Nations, Métis and Inuit. 

Edmonton (76,205), Vancouver (61,460) and Toronto (46,315) round out the top four.

Among all CMAs in the country, Thunder Bay's Indigenous people accounted for the highest proportion (12.7 per cent) of the overall population. Winnipeg was second at 12.2 per cent, followed by Saskatoon at 10.9.

However, despite Winnipeg's strong Indigenous numbers, the city is far from the top when it comes to the growth rate of First Nations, Métis and Inuit.

Between 2006 and 2016, the Indigenous population more than doubled in seven CMAs but Winnipeg wasn't one of them.

St. John's led the way with a 237.3 per cent Indigenous growth rate, while Halifax was next at 199 per cent and Moncton followed at 197.9. The slowest growth rates were in Regina (26.4), Winnipeg (37.1) and Saskatoon (45.4).

 

 

Canada-wide in 2016, there were 1,673,785 Indigenous people, accounting for 4.9 per cent of the total population. That is up from 3.8 per cent in 2006 and 2.8 per cent in 1996.

 

 

The Métis population (587,545) had the largest increase of any of the groups between 2006-16, rising 51.2 per cent from 2006 to 2016.

The largest population is in Winnipeg, which had 52,130 Métis in 2016, an increase of 28 per cent.

While First Nations people accounted for 2.8 per cent of the total population of Canada, they made up 10.7 per cent of the population in Saskatchewan and 10.5 per cent in Manitoba, and almost one-third of the population in the Northwest Territories (32.1).

 

 
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I do hope they could preserve their cultural heritage and language and one way to do that is to increase their population.  They definitely know their environment better than anyone in the region and therefore they know how to survive and thrive. There are a lot of land for growth and development in the Native Indian Community.

 

 

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They don't have a good reputation here.

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Have you studied Canadian history?

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little, however do they teach First Nations, Metis, and Inuit history in schools in Canada?

 

 

 

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We have natives here, you can just see them on the grocery store. Yes the school teaches native history. 

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Grocery store, I was expecting you to mention gambling at an Indian casino instead. 😊 

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You can see them on the street corner. The government pays them money and they are tax-free. 

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https://www.calindian.org/the-myth-of-the-monthly-check-for-native-americans/#:~:text=The%20truth%20is%20that%20Native,land%20theft%2C%20and%20disease%20outbreaks.

 

 

 

 

In U.S.A.

 

 

About ten years ago, I attended a social event for young professionals at an upscale hotel in downtown San Diego (back then, I was young). As almost everyone was a stranger to me, most conversations began with introductions and inquiries about our jobs. One man, upon learning that I represented tribes, shook his head and said something like, “sorry, but I don’t think we should give reparations to Indians.” I wondered who he was talking to as no one had mentioned reparations. But his belief, while mistaken, is common. Many people think Native Americans get a monthly government check as some form of apology.

The truth is that Native Americans do not receive monthly checks from the federal government, although many think they should. The United States does not pay reparations to indigenous people as a way of saying “I/m sorry” for centuries of genocide, land theft, and disease outbreaks. There are, however, several reasons why a Native American might receive a check in the mail or automatic deposit. Some specific federal laws authorized one-time payments to compensate Native people for taking land, such as the 1971 Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act passed by congress to settle all land claims brought against the United States by Alaskan Natives.

 

The bottom line is Native Americans do not get automatic monthly or quarterly checks from the United States government. Maybe they should, and maybe one day they will, but at this time it is merely a myth.

 

 

 

 

 

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They could pass up easier as Filipinos compared to some Hispanics.

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but they are culturally different from us

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There are Filipinos in Alaska that have interbred with the Athabascans and Haida Indians and they seem to be doing fine despite the cultural difference.  People in general will find some similarities and largely they've been Americanized or Canadianized.  

 

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I do get the impression that the Native Indians in Manitoba are more visible compared to several Canadian provinces.

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