Table 1
Population Size and Growth of the Inuit and non-Aboriginal populations, Canada and Inuit regions, 1996 and 2006

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Population Group Total Population Percentage change from 1996 to 2006
1996 2006
number percentage
Canada
Inuit 40,220 50,480 26
Non-Aboriginal population 27,727,570 30,067,290 8
Total - Inuit Nunaat
Inuit 33,425 39,475 18
Non-Aboriginal population 6,795 7,065 4
Nunatsiavut
Inuit 2,105 2,160 3
Non-Aboriginal population 300 215 -28
Nunavik
Inuit 7,625 9,565 25
Non-Aboriginal population 935 920 -2
Nunavut
Inuit 20,490 24,635 20
Non-Aboriginal population 3,975 4,410 11
Inuvialuit region
Inuit 3,205 3,120 -3
Non-Aboriginal population 1,585 1,520 -4
Total - Outside Inuit Nunaat
Inuit 6,795 11,000 62
Non-Aboriginal population 27,720,775 30,060,225 8
Notes:
Inuit includes persons who reported an Inuit identity only.
'Inuit Nunaat' is the Inuit language expression for 'Inuit homeland,' a region extending from Northern Labrador to the Northwest Territories.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Censuses of population, 1996 and 2006