Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (4), Residence on or off Reserve (3), Residence Inside or Outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Residence on or off reserve (3): Total - Residence on or off reserve
• Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7): Total - Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat
• Age (8A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details aboriginal ancestry responses , single and multiple aboriginal ancestry responses , residence on or off reserve , residence inside or outside inuit nunangat , age and sex for the population in private households in Alberta

Aboriginal ancestry responses (73)	Single and multiple Aboriginal ancestry responses (4)
	Total - Single and multiple Aboriginal ancestry responses^Footnote 3	Single ancestry responses^Footnote 4	Multiple ancestry responses^Footnote 5	Non-Aboriginal ancestry responses only^Footnote 6
Total - Aboriginal ancestry^Footnote 7	3,978,145	276,080	27,735	3,674,330
Total Aboriginal ancestry^Footnote 8	303,815	276,080	27,735	0
First Nations ancestry	200,285	172,875	27,415	0
Abenaki	145	135	10	0
Algonquin	1,180	890	290	0
Anishinaabe, n.o.s.^Footnote 9	95	50	45	0
Apache	215	110	110	0
Assiniboine	125	45	80	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0
Beaver (Dunne-za)	770	155	615	0
Blackfoot, n.o.s.^Footnote 10	15,700	12,210	3,490	0
Blood (Kainai)	845	605	235	0
Carrier (Dakelh)	345	195	145	0
Cayuga	25	15	10	0
Cherokee	2,515	2,200	320	0
Chilcotin (Tsilhqot'in)	120	55	65	0
Chipewyan (Denesuline)	1,220	580	635	0
Cowichan	65	65	0	0
Cree	95,145	73,835	21,310	0
Dakota	225	125	100	0
Delaware (Lenape)	30	15	10	0
Dene Tha (Slavey)	975	675	305	0
Dene, n.o.s.^Footnote 11	5,130	2,985	2,145	0
Gitxsan	190	105	90	0
Gwich'in	260	155	100	0
Haida	285	210	70	0
Haisla	50	35	15	0
Heiltsuk	30	25	0	0
Huron (Wendat)	315	250	70	0
Innu/Montagnais	155	90	65	0
Iroquois, n.o.s.^Footnote 12	1,380	770	615	0
Kaska	40	25	15	0
Ktunaxa (Kutenai)	100	65	35	0
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)	45	45	0	0
Lakota	195	115	80	0
Maliseet	200	155	45	0
Mi'kmaq	10,295	9,280	1,010	0
Mohawk	1,940	1,175	760	0
Musqueam	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	10	0	10	0
Navajo	165	115	50	0
Nisga'a	160	95	65	0
Nlaka'pamux (Thompson)	90	40	55	0
Nuu-chah-nulth	15	10	0	0
Nuxalk	0	0	0	0
Odawa	20	10	10	0
Ojibway	5,130	3,305	1,820	0
Oji-Cree	50	30	15	0
Okanagan (Syilx)	105	40	60	0
Oneida	65	35	30	0
Potawatomi	80	60	20	0
Sahtu (North Slavey)	90	40	45	0
Salish, n.o.s.^Footnote 13	805	610	190	0
Saulteaux	2,480	850	1,630	0
Sechelt (Shishalh)	0	0	0	0
Secwepemc (Shuswap)	310	195	120	0
Sekani	20	10	10	0
Sioux, n.o.s.^Footnote 14	2,145	1,020	1,125	0
Squamish	45	20	25	0
St'at'imc (Lillooet)	15	10	10	0
Sto:lo	55	30	30	0
Stoney (Nakoda)	7,200	4,265	2,940	0
Tahltan	205	115	95	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	195	140	55	0
Tlingit	125	95	35	0
Tsimshian	175	80	95	0
Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)	780	330	445	0
Tutchone, n.o.s.^Footnote 15	70	55	15	0
Wet'suwet'en	40	10	25	0
First Nations ancestry, n.i.e.^Footnote 16	55,870	53,820	2,055	0
Métis ancestry	113,735	100,100	13,635	0
Inuit ancestry	3,900	3,105	795	0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry	3,874,545	184,255	15,955	3,674,330

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the Census of Population. For additional information, please refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 2

For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

Total Aboriginal ancestry responses are the sum of persons who gave a single Aboriginal ancestry response, a multiple Aboriginal ancestry response and a non- Aboriginal ancestry response.

The sum of all ancestry responses is greater than the total population estimate due to the reporting of multiple ancestries.

Footnote 4

A single Aboriginal ancestry response occurs when a person provides one Aboriginal ancestry only, with or without a non-Aboriginal ancestry response. For example, responses of 'Cree' or 'Cree and English' would both be counted as single Aboriginal responses.

Footnote 5

A multiple Aboriginal ancestry response occurs when a person provides more than one Aboriginal ancestry, with or without a non-Aboriginal ancestry response. For example, responses of 'Cree and Abenaki' or 'Cree, Abenaki and French' would both be counted as multiple Aboriginal responses.

Footnote 6

A non-Aboriginal ancestry response occurs when a person provides non-Aboriginal ancestry responses only. For example, responses of 'English,' 'French,' or 'English and French' would all be counted as non-Aboriginal ancestry responses.

Footnote 7

This is a total population estimate. The sum of the ancestries in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ancestry in the census.

For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

For additional information on the collection and dissemination of ethnic origin data, refer to the Ethnic Origin Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 8

In the Census of Population, some respondents may choose to provide very specific Aboriginal ancestries, while other respondents may choose to give more general responses. This means that two respondents with the same ancestry could have different response patterns and thus could be counted as having different Aboriginal ancestries. For example, one respondent may report 'First Nations' ethnic origin while another respondent, with a similar ancestral background, may report 'Ojibway' or 'Anishinaabe' ancestry; one respondent may report 'North American Indian' while another, similar respondent, may report 'Coast Salish' or 'Cowichan.' As a result, Aboriginal ancestry data are fluid, and counts for specific origins may seem different than initially expected. Users who wish to obtain broader response counts may wish to combine data for one or more ancestries together.

Footnote 9

Includes general responses indicating Anishinaabe ancestry (e.g., 'Anishinaabe') as well as more specific responses indicating Anishinaabe ancestry (e.g., 'Nipissing').

Footnote 10

Includes general responses indicating Blackfoot ancestry (e.g., 'Blackfoot') as well as more specific responses indicating Blackfoot ancestry (e.g., 'Siksika,' 'Piikani').

Footnote 11

Includes general responses indicating Dene ancestry (e.g., 'Dene').

Footnote 12

Includes general responses indicating Iroquois ancestry (e.g., 'Iroquois,' 'Haudenosaunee') as well as more specific responses indicating Iroquois origins (e.g., 'Seneca,' 'Onondaga,' 'Tuscarora').

Footnote 13

Includes general responses indicating Salish ancestry (e.g., 'Salish') as well as more specific responses indicating Salish ancestry (e.g., 'Coast Salish,' 'Interior Salish,' 'K'omoks,' 'Saanich').

Footnote 14

Includes general responses indicating Sioux ancestry (e.g., 'Sioux').

Footnote 15

Includes general responses indicating Tutchone ancestry (e.g., 'Tutchone') as well as more specific responses indicating Tutchone ancestry (e.g., 'Northern Tutchone,' 'Southern Tutchone').

Footnote 16

Includes general responses indicating First Nations ancestry (e.g., 'First Nations,' 'North American Indian') as well as more specific responses indicating First Nations ancestry that have not been included elsewhere (e.g., 'Passamaquoddy,' 'Crow,' 'Cheyenne,' 'Athabascan').

Data quality note(s) – Alberta

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016167.