Population: Non-Indigenous Population and Cent

population: The average age of the Indigenous population was 32.1 years, nearly a decade younger than the non-Indigenous population at 40.9 years, according to Metro News. The census counted 145,645 children aged 0-4, 8.7 per cent of Aboriginal people in Canada. Some selected highlights The census counted 1.67 million Indigenous people in Canada in 2016, accounting for 4.9 per cent of the total population up from 3.8 per cent in 2006 for a growth rate of 42.5 per cent over the last 10 years, four times the rate of the non-Indigenous population. One in five Indigenous people in Canada is living in a dwelling that needs major repairs, while one in 10 lives in a household that has a space shortfall of at least one bedroom. The census counted 145,645 Indigenous children aged 0-4 in 2016. However, 7.3 per cent of Indigenous people in Canada are 65 or older, compared with 4.8 per cent in 2006 and that proportion could double by the year 2036. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.