Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Ottawa - Gatineau, (CMA) - Ontario / Quebec

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Data quality note(s): Ottawa - Gatineau

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.0%

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016 Census

Total population by Aboriginal identity and Registered or Treaty Indian status, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016 Census
Aboriginal identity Number Percent (%)
Total – Population by Aboriginal identity 1,300,730 100.0
Aboriginal identity 38,115 2.9
Single Aboriginal response 36,225 2.8
First Nations (North American Indian) single identity 17,790 1.4
First Nations single identity (Registered or Treaty Indian) 6,835 0.5
First Nations single identity (not a Registered or Treaty Indian) 10,955 0.8
Métis single identity 17,150 1.3
Inuk (Inuit) single identity 1,280 0.1
Multiple Aboriginal identities 765 0.1
Aboriginal identities not included elsewhere 1,125 0.1
Non-Aboriginal identity 1,262,615 97.1
  • In 2016, there were 38,115 Aboriginal people in Ottawa - Gatineau, making up 2.9% 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 Ottawa - Gatineau, 46.7% (17,790) were First Nations people, 45.0% (17,150) were Métis, and 3.4% (1,280) were Inuit.
  • Within the First Nations population, 38.4% (6,835) had Registered or Treaty Indian status, as defined under the Indian Act. The other 61.6% (10,955) of the First Nations population did not have Registered or Treaty Indian status.
  • In addition to those who reported a single Aboriginal identity, 765 people reported more than one Aboriginal identity and 1,125 were defined as having an Aboriginal identity that was not included elsewhere.

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

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

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

Aboriginal children aged 14 and under represented 19.4% of the total Aboriginal population, while non-Aboriginal children aged 14 and under accounted for 17.4% of the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age of the Aboriginal population in Ottawa - Gatineau was 35.3 years, compared with 39.5 years for the non-Aboriginal population.

The average age was 34.7 years for First Nations people; it was 36.4 years for Métis; and it was 27.6 years for Inuit.

Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Age distribution by Aboriginal identity, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Figure 1.3 First Nations people, Métis and Inuit for selected Aboriginal language indicators, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 First Nations people, Métis and Inuit for selected Aboriginal language indicators, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Figure 1.4 Top 10 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Top 10 most common Aboriginal mother tongues for the total Aboriginal Population, Ottawa - Gatineau, 2016

Symbols:

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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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