This Statistics Canada report provides population projections of Aboriginals over the next 20 years, suggesting that there could be as many as 1.7-2.2 million Aboriginals within Canada by 2031. That is  400,000-900,000 more than the 2006 population of 1.3 million. You can read the full study here: Population Projections by Aboriginal Identity in Canada, 2006 to 2031 or read the Daily's summary of this study here: Population projections by Aboriginal identity in Canada

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