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May 2011
According to the 2006 government census, 60 per cent of Natives in BC lived in urban areas (some 196,075 Natives). Vancouver, with nearly 41,000 Natives, had the third largest urban Native population, after Winnipeg and Edmonton. In contrast, only 26,000 Natives were reported to live on reserves in BC (it should be not
ed that not all reservations are rural, as there are numerous reserves within/near urban areas, i.e., the Squamish, Tseil-Watuth, and Musqueam in Metro Vancouver). There are numerous reasons for this urbanization trend (also occurring on a global level), including the lack of educational opportunities, employment, housing, and healthcare available in many rural regions. Read the rest of this entry →