Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's right. It only comes from migration, from migrants. These are only people who have moved.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This was measured over five years, so for the period from 1996 to 2001. You have just made an excellent observation. I've just realized that I forgot to include the reference period. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The figure you see — I apologize for the rather technical term — indicates the net migratory threshold in these areas. So, if you look at the migratory exchanges in off-reserve rural areas, which involves calculating the number of out-drifters and in-drifters, you end up with a net loss of 7,665 individuals.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In fact, there are movements to and from reserves. When I tabulated all my results with regard to people moving onto reserves and those leaving reserves, the result, for rural areas, was a net loss of 7,000 individuals. However, there are many more migrants than I indicated. This represents the result of all movements.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The next slide gives you an idea of the distribution of first nations reserves--it's again based on census data according to population size, all the reserves according to census geography, and how they distribute according to their size. Seventy-five percent of first nations reserves have fewer than 500 inhabitants--so we're dealing with really small communities--and well above 300 of them have fewer than 100 residents.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The lists are public. Statistics on native populations are transmitted to Statistics Canada when they are made public. They are usually available as an appendix in Statistics Canada's publications, as well as on their website. But we have a copy. So, if ever it's more difficult to...

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This particular slide illustrates the geographic distribution—again based on the 2001 census. Very quickly, most of the aboriginal population resides west of the Great Lakes. First nations and Métis are in the western provinces and the Inuit are in the northern regions. The province with the largest aboriginal population is Ontario as of the 2001 census.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This graph is based on census data and only includes data provided in completed forms.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're talking about 300,000 aboriginal kids right now in the education pipeline who are between the ages of 5 and 19 and who will enter the labour force over the next 15 years.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  These are aboriginal peoples who have a legal status, who are therefore registered, or who have identified themselves as such, or are members of a first nation. This is the hybrid definition I referred to on the previous slide.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, sir.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is census data from 2001 collected from aboriginal communities. If one day we decide to have a more detailed discussion on the matter of data quality, I would invite my colleague from Statistics Canada to join me. In 2001, only 30 communities did not participate in the census.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Every Canadian must fill out a census form. In the coming days, every person will receive a form which must be completed by May 16th. Census officials will go into native communities to help people fill out their forms. So, every Canadian is included in the census.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will repeat what I told your colleague a few moments ago. What I am interested in are output measures, or consequences. I want information on people's level of education on their housing conditions, and so on. You, on the other hand, are referring to data used to develop programs.