Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Thunder Bay, (CMA) - Ontario

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Thunder Bay

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.0%

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Thunder Bay, 2016 Census

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Thunder Bay, 2016 Census
Aboriginal identity Number Percent (%)
Total – Population by Aboriginal identity 118,875 100.0
Aboriginal identity 15,075 12.7
Single Aboriginal response 14,810 12.5
First Nations (North American Indian) single identity 11,340 9.5
First Nations single identity (Registered or Treaty Indian) 10,020 8.4
First Nations single identity (not a Registered or Treaty Indian) 1,320 1.1
Métis single identity 3,440 2.9
Inuk (Inuit) single identity 30 0.0
Multiple Aboriginal identities 120 0.1
Aboriginal identities not included elsewhere 145 0.1
Non-Aboriginal identity 103,805 87.3
  • In 2016, there were 15,075 Aboriginal people in Thunder Bay, making up 12.7% of the population.
  • The majority of the Aboriginal population reported a single Aboriginal identity – either First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit). Of the Aboriginal population in Thunder Bay, 75.2% (11,340) were First Nations people, 22.8% (3,440) were Métis, and 0.2% ( 30) were Inuit.
  • Within the First Nations population, 88.4% (10,020) had Registered or Treaty Indian status, as defined under the Indian Act. The other 11.6% (1,320) of the First Nations population did not have Registered or Treaty Indian status.
  • In addition to those who reported a single Aboriginal identity, 120 people reported more than one Aboriginal identity and 145 were defined as having an Aboriginal identity that was not included elsewhere.

Figure 1.1 Aboriginal population as a proportion of the total population, Thunder Bay and higher-level geographies, 2016

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Aboriginal population as a proportion of the total population, Thunder Bay and higher-level geographies, 2016

In general, the Aboriginal population is younger than the non-Aboriginal population.

Aboriginal children aged 14 and under represented 27.8% of the total Aboriginal population, while non-Aboriginal children aged 14 and under accounted for 13.1% of the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age of the Aboriginal population in Thunder Bay was 30.6 years, compared with 44.3 years for the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age was 29.2 years for First Nations people; it was 34.3 years for Métis; and it was 30.8 years for Inuit.

Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Thunder Bay, 2016

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Thunder Bay, 2016

Figure 1.3 First Nations people, Métis and Inuit for selected Aboriginal language indicators, Thunder Bay, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 First Nations people, Métis and Inuit for selected Aboriginal language indicators, Thunder Bay, 2016

Figure 1.4 Top 5 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Thunder Bay, 2016

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Top 5 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Thunder Bay, 2016

Symbols:

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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
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revised
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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

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