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This map presents the percentage of Aboriginal population by
census division (CD)
using a range of colours. The census divisions are intermediate
regions between provinces and municipalities; there were 288 of
them in 1996. Nunavut was created in 1999, and the census division
boundaries do not exactly reflect the present boundaries between
the two territories.
Aboriginal populations are most prominently found in the territories,
but also in the north of the provinces. A large proportion of them
are in fact found in northern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and
Quebec. The northwestern coast of British Columbia also has a high
percentage of Aboriginal population. Most Aboriginal people in the
province of Newfoundland and Labrador live in Labrador.
You can use the "get statistics" function to access the
underlying database. This provides you with the total population
of each CD as well as
the composition of the Aboriginal population subdivided into North
American Indian, Métis and Inuit.
At the first zoom level (1:15 000 000), the map displays the names
of the 25 census subdivisions with Aboriginal populations of over
3000.
At the second zoom level (1:7 500 000) the Aboriginal population
is also classified by means of point symbols placed at the centre
of census subdivisions (CSDs)
where more than 10 Aboriginal persons live. The classification chosen
divides the population into five classes, each of which has approximately
one-fifth of the total Aboriginal population (800 000). The toponyms
that appear at this scale represent a selection of CSDs
where more than 1000 Aboriginal persons live.
At the 1:2 000 000 scale, toponyms of a selection of census subdivisions
where more than 100 Aboriginal persons live are displayed, along
with the main roads. |
