Non-Aboriginal Population: Aboriginal Population

Aboriginal population: The Aboriginal population increased by 232,385 people, according to the National Household Survey, a voluntary questionnaire that replaced the mandatory Long-Form Census, according to CTV. According to the NHS, more than 1.4 million people identified as Aboriginal in 2011, about 4.3 per cent of the Canadian population. In the 2006 Census, Aboriginals accounted for 3.8 per cent of the overall population and Canadas Aboriginal population is soaring, having grown 20 per cent between 2006 and 2011, and is also much younger than the countrys non-Aboriginal population, according to new data released Wednesday. Meanwhile, Canadas non-Aboriginal population grew by 5.2 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.