In 2001, 49% of the aboriginal population lived in urban areas, and one quarter of them lived in ten metropolitan areas, which were the large cities such as Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa-Gatineau, Montreal, and Victoria.
Les peuples autochtones et les enfants autochtones vivent de plus en plus dans les grandes villes . En 2001, 49 p. 100 de la population autochtone vivaient en milieu urbain, dont le quart dans les dix grandes zones métropolitaines, soit Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Saskatoon, Regina, Ottawa-Gatineau, Montréal et Victoria.