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Aboriginal People in Manitoba 2000 Chapter 1 : Demographics

There is a modest but longstanding trend of net Aboriginal out-migration from Manitoba to other provinces, but the effect on Manitoba Aboriginal demographics is negligible.

Aboriginal people in general migrate between provinces in about the same numbers as other Canadians. About 3% of Status and Metis residents of Manitoba in 1996 lived in another province five years earlier, compared to 4% of the total population. But Aboriginal people are more likely to later move back to their home province

In 1996, 120,090 Aboriginal people residing in Manitoba were born in Manitoba, or 93.4%. Just 8,270 (6.4%) were born out of province and 260 (0.2%) outside Canada. By contrast, 13.4% of all Manitobans were born in other provinces, and a further 12.4% were born outside Canada.¹⁷