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Report to show aboriginal prison population has risen to 23 per cent from just 7.9 per cent of the population.
Historical Native Population
| Year
| Pop.
| ±%
| 1851
| 2,415,000
| —
| 1861
| 3,174,000
| +31.4%
| 1871
| 3,689,000
| +16.2%
| 1881
| 4,325,000
| +17.2%
| 1891
| 4,833,000
| +11.7%
| 1901
| 5,371,000
| +11.1%
| 1911
| 7,207,000
| +34.2%
| 1921
| 8,788,000
| +21.9%
| 1931
| 10,377,000
| +18.1%
| 1941
| 11,507,000
| +10.9%
| 1951
| 14,009,000
| +21.7%
| 1961
| 18,238,000
| +30.2%
| 1971
| 21,962,000
| +20.4%
| 1981
| 24,820,000
| +13.0%
| 1991
| 28,031,000
| +12.9%
| 2001
| 31,021,000
| +10.7%
| 2011
| 33,476,688
| +7.9%
| Source: Statistics Canada [1]
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