INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
DAY
Hint: There are more than 630 Indigenous communities in Canada.
However, 36 of these languages have at least 500 speakers.
In fact, more than 70 languages are spoken. The number of speakers went up by 3.1% from 2006.
However, there are more than 10,000.
Less than 50,000.
There are 20,000 which is more than any other province!
Hint: An increasing number of people are newly reporting Indigenous status!
The Female Métis population did not remain the same over 10 years.
In fact, there was 91% growth in the Métis Female population!
Many people think Indigenous language is more common than it is, but decades of censure has eroded its prevalence.
Despite disproportionately low representation in popular culture, Indigenous language is not entirely uncommon.
But many people answered otherwise. Unfortunately, popular perception is skewed regarding Indigenous culture.
Fortunately, the proportion of Indigenous people that feel good about their identity is not that low.
You aren't that far off, try again!
According to Statistics Canada, 91% of First Nations feel good about their identity!
The communities represent over 50 different nations and 50 Indigenous languages.
There are 634 different First Nations communities in Canada.
There are not quite that many different communities in Canada.
Alberta has an Indigenous population of around 220,000 to 260,000.
Indigenous peoples make up the largest proportion of the population in Nunavut(86%), but Nunavut only has a population of around 40,000 people.
Ontario has the largest population of Indigenous people - around 375,000.
However, across Canada, 9% of all adults reported they were not able to schedule an appointment.
This is correct only for First Nation adults living off of reserve. Try again for the percentage for all First Nation adults.
The percentage is 55% for all First Nation adults.
The Inuit population in Canada grew by 29% from 2006 to 2016.
The First Nations population in Canada grew by 39% from 2006 to 2016.
The Métis population in Canada grew by 51% from 2006 to 2016.
Unfortunately, Indigenous adults dont make up less than 5% of federally incarcerated adults.
You might expect these two statistics to match, but unfortunately they do not.
Indigenous adults in 2020 made up 30% of federally incarcerated adults.
There are only 11 treaties in total, there is no treaty 12. Treaties 4 and 10 cover mostly Saskatchewan.
Too far east! Treaties 1, 2, 5 cover most of the land we know as Manitoba.
These treaties discuss rights including entitlement to reserve land, hunting, fishing, and trapping as well as health and education issues for First Nations people.
More Métis live in urban areas than you think.
However, your answer is true for all registered Indians in 2016, but not for Métis.
In 2016, about 70% of all Métis in Canada live in urban areas.
The median age for the Indigenous population thankfully projected to be greater than 32!
Unfortunately, the median age for the Indigenous population is not predicted to be that high, however this is the predicted age for the non-Indigenous population.
This is an improvement from todays world, but in nearly 20 years the median age is still not as high as the non-Indigenous population now.
However, the Indigenous Peoples make up for 6% of the global population.
The percent of artists in Canada that are Indigenous is not that high.
They make up 3.1% of artists in the country.
Unfortunately, the percentage of extreme poor that are Indigenous is more than 9%.
Thankfully, the percentage is not that high.
This is more than triple the percentage they account for in the global population.