Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Cowichan Valley, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia

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Data quality note(s): Cowichan Valley, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.9%

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Cowichan Valley, 2016 Census

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Cowichan Valley, 2016
Aboriginal identity Number Percent (%)
Total – Population by Aboriginal identity 81,880 100.0
Aboriginal identity 9,660 11.8
Single Aboriginal response 9,490 11.6
First Nations (North American Indian) single identity 7,320 8.9
First Nations single identity (Registered or Treaty Indian) 6,300 7.7
First Nations single identity (not a Registered or Treaty Indian) 1,015 1.2
Métis single identity 2,110 2.6
Inuk (Inuit) single identity 65 0.1
Multiple Aboriginal identities 105 0.1
Aboriginal identities not included elsewhere 60 0.1
Non-Aboriginal identity 72,220 88.2
  • In 2016, there were 9,660 Aboriginal people in Cowichan Valley, making up 11.8% 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 Cowichan Valley, 75.8% (7,320) were First Nations people, 21.8% (2,110) were Métis, and 0.7% (65) were Inuit.
  • Within the First Nations population, 86.1% (6,300) had Registered or Treaty Indian status, as defined under the Indian Act. The other 13.9% (1,015) of the First Nations population did not have Registered or Treaty Indian status.
  • In addition to those who reported a single Aboriginal identity, 105 people reported more than one Aboriginal identity and 60 were defined as having an Aboriginal identity that was not included elsewhere.

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

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

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

Aboriginal children aged 14 and under represented 28.5% of the total Aboriginal population, while non-Aboriginal children aged 14 and under accounted for 13.2% of the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age of the Aboriginal population in Cowichan Valley was 31.8 years, compared with 47.2 years for the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age was 29.8 years for First Nations people; it was 38.0 years for Métis; and it was 37.5 years for Inuit.

Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Cowichan Valley, 2016

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Cowichan Valley, 2016

Figure 1.3 First Nations people, Métis and Inuit for selected Aboriginal language indicators, Cowichan Valley, 2016

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

Figure 1.4 Top 7 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Cowichan Valley, 2016

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Top 7 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Cowichan Valley, 2016

Symbols:

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not applicable
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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
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revised
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use with caution

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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