Census shows immigration, Indigenous pop. on the rise

Published: November 1, 2017
BY JENNIFER PARSONS 
Statistics Canada released another instalment of Census data last week, this time focused on Indigenous populations and immigration.
The number of Indigenous people in Canada is on the rise making up almost 5 per cent of Canada’s total population at the end of 2016. Measuring at 1.67 million, the growth rate registered 42.5 per cent over the last 10 years and four times the rate of the non-Indigenous population.
Across the country the a