Indigenous population hits 1.8M, growing at twice rate of non-Indigenous Canadians:2021 census

The Indigenous population grew almost twice as fast as the non-Indigenous population, and now stands at 1.8 million, or about five per cent of the population as a whole, according to newly released census data.

From 2016 to 2021, Canada's Indigenous population grew by 9.4 per cent, compared to the non-Indigenous population, which grew by just 5.3 per cent over the same period.

While that growth rate is high, it's almost half the growth rate of the Indigenous population between 2011 and 2016, which was 18.9 per cent. 

Highlights of the 2021 census on Indigenous population in Canada:

More to come.