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 | |
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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 |
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