Projections of the Population with Aboriginal Identity, Canada, 1991-2016

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This report represents a summary of a more comprehensive and technical background document prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. It focuses on results of population projections prepared using Statistics Canada's regional cohort component approach in which the 1991 base population for each Aboriginal group is projected by age and sex, using assumptions about the components of growth by province/region and territories, and by place of residence. Assumptions were developed for four major components of growth: fertility, mortality, migration, and reinstatements and status inheritance rules of the revised Indian Act. Component assumptions were developed for four major Aboriginal groups: registered Indians, non-status Indians, Metis, and Inuit. Four projections provide a range of growth, including continuation of current trends and three tempos of growth. Limitations of the projections are discussed.

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