Thunder Bay's Indigenous population grew by 12% since 2016

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THUNDER BAY — The number and the percentage of Indigenous people living in the Thunder Bay area grew significantly between the 2016 and 2021 censuses.

The term "Indigenous peoples" refers to three groups – First Nations, Métis and Inuit – who are recognized in the Constitution Act. But the authors of a 2020 study maintain that the census grossly undercounts the number of Indigenous residents. It found that the Indigenous population grew by 9.4 per cent over the five years, almost twice the growth rate of the non-Indigenous population.

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