Indigenous people in the 21st century are leaders, writers, filmmakers, scholars, athletes, and artists, and they come from remarkably diverse indigenous communities. Notable Indigenous people have brought prestige to modern-day Canada. Here are a few history-makers:
Across Canada, there are more than 1.67 million Indigenous people (4.9% of the population of Canada), living in every province and territory (Census of Population, 2016). Indigenous peoples make up the largest proportion of the population in Nunavut (86%), the Northwest Territories (51%), and the Yukon Territory (23%), followed by Manitoba (18%) and Saskatchewan (16%) (Government of Canada, 2020).
Source: Annual Report to Parliament 2020, Government of Canada.