Previous standard - Aboriginal persons

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on April 20, 2009.

Aboriginal ancestry

Aboriginal ancestry refers to a person who can trace his or her ancestry to Aboriginal linguistic family whose traditional lands fell in total or in part in the geographic area that is now Canada. Aboriginal ancestry also refers to a person who has been accorded Aboriginal rights by legislation, for example, by marriage to an Aboriginal person.

Classification(s)

1
Single response
 
1.1
Indian/First Nation
1.1.1
Algonquian
1.1.1.1
Abenaki-Penobscot
1.1.1.2
Algonquian
1.1.1.3
Atikamekw
1.1.1.4
Blackfoot
1.1.1.5
Cree
1.1.1.6
Gros Ventre
1.1.1.7
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
1.1.1.8
Micmac
1.1.1.9
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
1.1.1.10
Montagnais
1.1.1.11
Munsee
1.1.1.12
Naskapi
1.1.1.13
Ojibwa
1.1.1.14
Potawatomi
1.1.1.15
Wampanoag
 
1.1.2
Athapaskan
1.1.2.1
Ahtena
1.1.2.2
Babine
1.1.2.3
Beaver
1.1.2.4
Carrier
1.1.2.5
Chilcotin
1.1.2.6
Chipewyan
1.1.2.7
Coquille
1.1.2.8
Degexit'an
1.1.2.9
Dogrib
1.1.2.10
Eyak
1.1.2.11
Gwich'in
1.1.2.12
Han
1.1.2.13
Holikachuk
1.1.2.14
Kaska
1.1.2.15
Koyukon
1.1.2.16
Kuskokwim
1.1.2.17
Sarcee/Sarsi
1.1.2.18
Sekani
1.1.2.19
Slavey
1.1.2.20
Tagish
1.1.2.21
Tahltan
1.1.2.22
Tanaina
1.1.2.23
Tanana
1.1.2.24
Tolowa
1.1.2.25
Tutchone
 
1.1.3
Chimakuan
1.1.3.1
Quileute
 
1.1.4
Haida
 
1.1.5
Iroquoian
1.1.5.1
Cayuga
1.1.5.2
Laurentian
1.1.5.3
Mohawk
1.1.5.4
Oneida
1.1.5.5
Onodaga
1.1.5.6
Seneca
1.1.5.7
Tuscarora
1.1.5.8
Wyandot/Huron
 
1.1.6
Kutenai
 
1.1.7
Penutian
1.1.7.1
Chinook
1.1.7.2
Kalapuya
1.1.7.3
Klamath-Modoc
1.1.7.4
Nez Perce
1.1.7.5
Siuslaw
1.1.7.6
Tenino
1.1.7.7
Tsimshian
1.1.7.8
Umatilla
1.1.7.9
Walla Walla
1.1.7.10
Wasco-Wishram
1.1.7.11
Yakima
 
1.1.8
Salishan
1.1.8.1
Bella Coola
1.1.8.2
Chehalis
1.1.8.3
Clallam
1.1.8.4
Coeur d'Alene
1.1.8.5
Columbia-Wenatchi
1.1.8.6
Comox
1.1.8.7
Cowlitz
1.1.8.8
Flathead-Kalispel
1.1.8.9
Halkomelem
1.1.8.10
Lillooet
1.1.8.11
Lushootseed
1.1.8.12
Nooksack
1.1.8.13
Okanagan
1.1.8.14
Pentlatch
1.1.8.15
Quinault
1.1.8.16
Salish
1.1.8.17
Sechelt
1.1.8.18
Shuswap
1.1.8.19
Skagit
1.1.8.20
Snohomish
1.1.8.21
Spokane
1.1.8.22
Squamish
1.1.8.23
Tillamook
1.1.8.24
Thompson
1.1.8.25
Twana
 
1.1.9
Siouan
1.1.9.1
Assiniboine
1.1.9.2
Crow
1.1.9.3
Dakota
1.1.9.4
Hidatsa
1.1.9.5
Lakota
1.1.9.6
Mandan
1.1.9.7
Stoney
 
1.1.10
Tlinglit
 
1.1.11
Wakashan
1.1.11.1
Haisla
1.1.11.2
Heiltsuk
1.1.11.3
Kwakiutl
1.1.11.4
Makah
1.1.11.5
Nootka
 
1.2
Inuit
1.2.1
Eskimo-Aleut
1.2.2
Inuit
1.2.3
Yupik
 
1.3
Métis
1.4
Other Aboriginal person, n.i.e.
 
2
Multiple response
2.1
Aboriginal only
2.2
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal

Aboriginal identity

Aboriginal identity refers to a person who reports that he or she identifies with, or is a member of, an organic political or cultural entity that stems historically from the original persons of North America. The term includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Classification(s)

1
Indian/First Nation
 
1.1
Algonquian
1.1.1
Abenaki-Penobscot
1.1.2
Algonquian
1.1.3
Atikamekw
1.1.4
Blackfoot
1.1.5
Cree
1.1.6
Gros Ventre
1.1.7
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
1.1.8
Micmac
1.1.9
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
1.1.10
Montagnais
1.1.11
Munsee
1.1.12
Naskapi
1.1.13
Ojibwa
1.1.14
Potawatomi
1.1.15
Wampanoag
 
1.2
Athapaskan
1.2.1
Ahtena
1.2.2
Babine
1.2.3
Beaver
1.2.4
Carrier
1.2.5
Chilcotin
1.2.6
Chipewyan
1.2.7
Coquille
1.2.8
Degexit'an
1.2.9
Dogrib
1.2.10
Eyak
1.2.11
Gwich'in
1.2.12
Han
1.2.13
Holikachuk
1.2.14
Kaska
1.2.15
Koyukon
1.2.16
Kuskokwim
1.2.17
Sarcee/Sarsi
1.2.18
Sekani
1.2.19
Slavey
1.2.20
Tagish
1.2.21
Tahltan
1.2.22
Tanaina
1.2.23
Tanana
1.2.24
Tolowa
1.2.25
Tutchone
 
1.3
Chimakuan
1.3.1
Quileute
 
1.4
Haida
 
1.5
Iroquoian
1.5.1
Cayuga
1.5.2
Laurentian
1.5.3
Mohawk
1.5.4
Oneida
1.5.5
Onodaga
1.5.6
Seneca
1.5.7
Tuscarora
1.5.8
Wyandot/Huron
 
1.6
Kutenai
 
1.7
Penutian
1.7.1
Chinook
1.7.2
Kalapuya
1.7.3
Klamath-Modoc
1.7.4
Nez Perce
1.7.5
Siuslaw
1.7.6
Tenino
1.7.7
Tsimshian
1.7.8
Umatilla
1.7.9
Walla Walla
1.7.10
Wasco-Wishram
1.7.11
Yakima
 
1.8
Salishan
1.8.1
Bella Coola
1.8.2
Chehalis
1.8.3
Clallam
1.8.4
Coeur d'Alene
1.8.5
Columbia-Wenatchi
1.8.6
Comox
1.8.7
Cowlitz
1.8.8
Flathead-Kalispel
1.8.9
Halkomelem
1.8.10
Lillooet
1.8.11
Lushootseed
1.8.12
Nooksack
1.8.13
Okanagan
1.8.14
Pentlatch
1.8.15
Quinault
1.8.16
Salish
1.8.17
Sechelt
1.8.18
Shuswap
1.8.19
Skagit
1.8.20
Snohomish
1.8.21
Spokane
1.8.22
Squamish
1.8.23
Tillamook
1.8.24
Thompson
1.8.25
Twana
 
1.9
Siouan
1.9.1
Assiniboine
1.9.2
Crow
1.9.3
Dakota
1.9.4
Hidatsa
1.9.5
Lakota
1.9.6
Mandan
1.9.7
Stoney
 
1.10
Tlinglit
 
1.11
Wakashan
1.11.1
Haisla
1.11.2
Heiltsuk
1.11.3
Kwakiutl
1.11.4
Makah
1.11.5
Nootka
 
2
Inuit
2.1
Eskimo-Aleut
2.2
Inuit
2.3
Yupik
 
3
Métis
 
4
Other Aboriginal person, n.i.e.

Aboriginal, registered or treaty Indian

Aboriginal, registered Indian refers to a person who is registered under the Indian Act of Canada. Treaty Indian refers to a person who is registered under the Indian Act and can prove descent from an Indian Band that signed a treaty.

Classification(s)

1
Not a registered or treaty Indian
 
2
Registered or treaty Indian
2.1
Registered Indian under the Indian Act of Canada
2.2
Treaty Indian
2.3
Have become a registered Indian since June 1985 under Bill-C31

Aboriginal, member of Indian Band or First Nation

Aboriginal, member of Indian Band or First Nation refers to a person who is a member of an Indian Band or First Nation.

Classification(s)

1
Not a member of an Indian Band or First Nation
 
2
Member of an Indian Band or First Nation
2.1
(list as provided by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

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