Mi’kmaq origins around the Gulf
Mi’kmaq origin is reported by 78.6 percent of the population in private households in Richibucto 15 and 77.2 percent in Eskasoni 3.
Origin in this story: Mi'kmaq, unspecified
About 45,000 people in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island reported Mi’kmaq, unspecified origin. · Atlantic
Mi’kmaq is reported by 77.2 percent of the population in private households in Eskasoni 3 on Cape Breton and 78.6 percent in Richibucto 15 on the New Brunswick shore.
In western Newfoundland the share is 26.3 percent in Stephenville Crossing and 11.2 percent in Corner Brook, and Qalipu Mi’kmaq, a separate response, reaches 21.4 percent in Humber Arm South.
Province-wide the Mi’kmaq share is 3.4 percent in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1.9 percent in Nova Scotia and 1.3 percent in New Brunswick, against 0.17 percent across Canada.
Across Canada 31 dissemination areas report Mi’kmaq above 50 percent of the population in private households.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
These are answers to the census question on ethnic or cultural origin, not the separate census measures of Indigenous identity, Indigenous ancestry or registered or treaty Indian status, and they must not be read as equivalent. Counts are randomly rounded and several reserves were incompletely enumerated and are blank on the map. See ‘Indigenous origins’ under About this map. Mi’kmaq unspecified and Qalipu Mi’kmaq are separate responses and are never added together here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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