Indigenous Research Guide: Sovereignty, data and statistics

The index measures: education, labour force activity, income and housing.

Focus on individual First Nations communities across Canada.

Via Canada's Statistics and Measurement Directorate.
Find annual reports starting from 2001.

Including First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations living on- and off-reserve and in Northern communities

Find tables relating to:
Demographic characteristics and Indigenous groups; Education, learning and skills; Health and well-being; Income and spending ;Indigenous children; Indigenous population profiles; Labour and employment; Language and culture; Living arrangements and housing; Victimization and crime; and more

Our data. Our stories. Our future. The First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession – more commonly known as OCAP^® – assert that First Nations have control over data collection processes, and that they own and control how this information can be used.

The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination. These principles complement the existing FAIR principles encouraging open and other data movements to consider both people and purpose in their advocacy and pursuits.