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* Between 2006 and 2016, the number of Indigenous seniors doubled to 121,665.
* Between 2006 and 2016, the number of Indigenous seniors doubled to 121,665.
* Indigenous peoples are diverse:
* Indigenous peoples are diverse:
**Many languages and cultures
**Many [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2017035-eng.htm languages] and cultures
**Varying socio-economic conditions
**Varying socio-economic conditions
**Many governance structures
**Many governance structures
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First Nations
* "First Nations" refers to Status and Non-Status "Indian" peoples and collectively describes all the Indigenous people in Canada who are not Inuit or Métis.
* First Nations are identified in terms of being status or non-status. First Nations with status are entitled to certain rights and benefits under the Indian Act. To date, non-status First Nations are self-identified and not entitled to the same benefits and rights.
* There are approximately 3,100 reserves and more than 600 First Nation bands in Canada, which represent more than 50 Nations and 50 Indigenous languages.
* In 2016, the Registered Indian population was 820,120, or 49% of the total Indigenous population in Canada. There were 232,380 Non-Status First Nations people, comprising 13.9% of the total Indigenous population.
* In 2016, 70% of First Nations people reported having a high school or post-secondary qualification, an 8.2% increase from 2006
* Almost half of all First Nations people live off-reserve.
** First Nations off-reserve have an unemployment rate of 13% and 22% for First Nations on-reserve.
** First Nations rate of high school completion is 60%.
* First Nations people living on reserve have higher Income Assistance dependency rates (34% on-reserve versus 5% for the general Canadian population including First Nations off-reserve).
* The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy provides services for both status and non-status First Nations.
* In 2017, the Government of Canada started a permanent bilateral mechanism process with the Assembly of First Nations to help ensure that government priorities are consistent with First Nations priorities.
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