00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.837700 CaOODSP 20221107151212 cr ||||||||||| 170605s1966 onc o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R5-234/1966E-PDF The Canadian Indian [electronic resource] : a reference paper. Canadian Indian : Indian Affairs Branch Ottawa : Department of the Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian Affairs Branch, 1966. 13 p. "March, 1966." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. "At the time of the first settlements in North America about four centuries ago, the Indian population of what is now Canada was, according to the best estimates of anthropologists, about 200,000. Shortly after the advant of the Europeans, the Indian population started to decline, and continued to dwindle until it became a common belief that the Indians were a dying race. The population had decreased by almost half early in this century. Then it began to increase, slowly at first then more rapidly so that now Indians are increasing faster than any other group in Canada. Today they have exceeded their original number, having a total population of some 210,000."--p. 1. gccst Indians gccst Population gccst Canadian identity Canada. Indian Affairs Branch. Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Canada. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 5.93 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R5-234-1966-eng.pdf