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Registered Indian population in Canada 2000 to 2014

Number of registered Indians in Canada from 2000 to 2014

The data displays the number of registered Indians in Canada from 2000 to 2014. In 2000, there were 675,499 registered Indians in Canada.

Registered Indians Registered Indians in Canada are all First Nations people who are, as the name suggests, registered as an officially recognized Indian by the Canadian government. No Inuit or Métis is a Registered Indian under Canadian law, leaving only certain First Nations peoples as qualifiers. The word “Indian” is a legal term in this case and has otherwise fallen out of favor.

2000 675499
2001 690101
2002 704851
2003 719496
2004 733626
2005 748371
2006 763555
2007 778050
2008 794040
2009 809306
2010 824341
2011 868206
2012 901053
2013 919745
2014 936225