29-469: Wendake is the current name for two urban reserves , Wendake 7 ( 46°51′24″N 71°21′12″W / 46.85667°N 71.35333°W / 46.85667; -71.35333 ( Wendake 7 ) ) and Wendake 7A , ( 46°52′13″N 71°21′54″W / 46.87028°N 71.36500°W / 46.87028; -71.36500 ( Wendake 7A ) ) of the Huron-Wendat Nation in
58-473: A community do not enjoy. Furthermore, there are complications in disposing of urban reserve lands which require approval of the operating First Nation, and that reserve lands would revert to federal government control. Other critics such as the Frontier Centre for Public Policy concede that urban reserves have benefits, but wish the abolishment of the reserve system and other racially based policies as
87-615: A mechanism for First Nations groups to contract with municipal governments to allow designation of certain properties as reserves. At least four urban reserves are also established in Manitoba . One of these, situated north of Winnipeg under the auspices of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation ( Treaty 1 ), includes a gas station and a tobacco retailer with plans to include a medical facility and larger operations such as automobile retail. In 2021
116-611: A population density of 3.9/km (10.2/sq mi) in 2016. Canada's most and least populous provinces were Ontario at 13,448,494 and Prince Edward Island at 142,907 respectively. Among the three territories, the Northwest Territories was the largest with a population of 41,786 while Yukon was the smallest with a population of 35,874 after Nunavut 's population overtook Yukon for the first time in its history. The majority of Canada's population in 2016 were females at 50.9%, while 49.1% were males. The average age of
145-441: A population of 35,151,728, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada , was Canada's seventh quinquennial census . The official census day was May 10, 2016. Census web access codes began arriving in the mail on May 2, 2016. The 2016 census marked the reinstatement of the mandatory long-form census, which had been dropped in favour of the voluntary National Household Survey for
174-799: A vast territory straddling part of what is now the United States (from Detroit to south-eastern Ontario ( Penetanguishene and Midland ) and Quebec . They hunted and trapped throughout this territory (mainly in the Laurentian Mountains , between the central section of the Saint-Maurice and the Saguenay rivers). Between 1634 and 1650, the Wyandot Confederation was dismembered; its families, having been gathered into four or five tribes , were dispersed. It
203-455: A whole. Proponents of urban reserves note that these encourage a diverse land base which provides business opportunities for First Nations people. It is also claimed that there are advantages to the surrounding community due to spin-off business activity which contributes favourably to those outside the reserve. Examples include: 2016 Canadian census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted
232-532: Is estimated that the Huron population totalled approximately 20,000 to 30,000 people in 1634. By 1650, only a few hundred individuals remained. Most had been decimated by infectious disease epidemics , to which they had no natural immunity ; survivors were attacked by wars, especially by the Iroquois Confederacy , who pushed from the south (present-day New York) trying to control hunting grounds and
261-546: Is situated within an urban area . Such lands allow for aboriginal commercial ventures which enjoy the tax exemptions offered to traditional reserves. They may be located within either a municipality or, in the case of Saskatchewan , a Northern Administration District . An urban reserve may result from either encroachment of a municipal area into existing reserve lands, or from the designation of land in an existing urban territory. Some commercial urban reserves exist as satellites to rural reserves. It has been suggested that
290-614: The Canadian province of Quebec . They are enclaves entirely surrounded by the La Haute-Saint-Charles borough of Quebec City , within the former city of Loretteville . One of the Seven Nations of Canada , the settlement was formerly known as Village-des-Hurons ("Huron Village"), and also as (Jeune)-Lorette ("New Lorette"). Since the late 20th century, archeologists have found large 16th-century villages of
319-562: The City of Edmonton 's City Council adopted a motion directing administration to develop an urban reserve strategy. The Urban Reserve Strategy was approved by council on June 28, 2021. It focuses on the possibility of First Nations band governments perusing an Addition-to-Reserve/Reserve Creation (ARC/CC) development within the City of Edmonton boundaries, but acknowledges that urban reserves could also be created in other municipalities that border
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#1732772022734348-568: The Huron-Wendat Nation has a total of 4,314 registered members, most of which live off reserve. Wendake 7 occupies an area of 133.4 ha (1.334 km; 0.515 sq mi) and Wendake 7A 244.6 ha (2.446 km; 0.944 sq mi) for a total of 378 ha (3.78 km; 1.46 sq mi). As of 2021, the Grand Chief is Rémy Vincent and previous chiefs include Konrad Sioui , who succeeded Max Gros-Louis in 2008. The Huron had called their historic homeland Wendake ; it
377-647: The Mantle Site (2005), Aurora Site and Ratcliff Site in Whitchurch-Stouffville , Ontario, all attesting to distinctly Wendat (Huron) occupancy. They have concluded the people coalesced in this area as a distinct group. Later they migrated to the Georgian Bay area, where they encountered Europeans in the 17th century. Until the middle of the 17th century, the Wendake ancestors occupied
406-699: The fur trade . Part of the Huron population had also been integrated into the Iroquois Confederation. The survivors of this tragic period divided into two groups in Canada: the Great-Lake Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat. The latter were the ancestors of the Huron-Wendat of Wendake. This marked the beginning of a period of exile for the 300 or so Wendat who remained, an era during which they would occupy as many as six different sites in
435-496: The 2011 census. With a response rate of 98.4%, this census is said to be the best one ever recorded since the 1666 census of New France . This census was succeeded by Canada's 2021 census . Consultation with census data users, clients, stakeholders and other interested parties closed in November 2012. Qualitative content testing, which involved soliciting feedback regarding the questionnaire and tests responses to its questions,
464-525: The Wendat (Huron) in the northern Lake Ontario region, which is where they believe the people coalesced as a distinct group. Later they migrated south and by the early 17th century had settled in their historical territory of Wendake in the Georgian Bay region. The Wyandot Confederation was made up of loosely associated tribes who spoke a mutually intelligible Iroquoian language . Archeologists have excavated 16th-century settlements north of Lake Ontario at
493-757: The Wendat and Petun peoples formed the Wyandot and migrated south, to present-day Michigan. Later they were forced west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory in Kansas and Oklahoma. In the United States, there is one federally recognized Wyandot tribe: the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma. The self-identified Wyandot Nation of Kansas and Wyandot Nation of Anderdon in Michigan are not federally recognized. In August 1999, these nations joined
522-556: The balance of Canada began on May 2, 2016, with the unveiling of the online census questionnaire, eight days prior to the official census day of May 10, 2016. Because of a wildfire in early May in northeast Alberta , Statistics Canada suspended enumeration efforts in the Fort McMurray area with alternate means to collect data from its evacuated residents to be determined at a later date. Shortly after re-entry, residents were encouraged to complete their census form online or over
551-580: The city. It summarizes the process as the First Nation applying to create a new reserve with the federal government, negotiating a Municipal Services Agreement (MSA) with the municipality, and then developing the land into housing, businesses, parks, or whatever the band desires. Critics such as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation are concerned that such reserves are entitled to exemptions from taxation that other businesses in
580-457: The contemporary Wendat Confederacy, pledging to provide mutual aid to each other in a spirit of peace, kinship, and unity. Urban Indian reserve An urban Indian reserve ( French : réserve indienne urbaine ) or urban First Nations reserve ( French : réserve urbaine des premières nations ) is land that the Government of Canada has designated as a First Nations reserve that
609-573: The generated revenue will help maintain the economic well-being of the associated rural community. The first such reserve was established in 1981 at Kylemore, Saskatchewan as operated by the Fishing Lake First Nation ( Treaty 4 ). Another urban reserve under the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation ( Treaty 6 ) followed at Prince Albert in 1982. It is argued that the first formal commercial urban reserve
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#1732772022734638-649: The mandatory long-form census, starting in 2016. By early January 2016, Statistics Canada had announced a need for 35,000 people to complete this survey to commence in May. The release dates for geography products from the 2016 census were: The release dates for data by release topic from the 2016 census are: Portions of Canada's three territories and remote areas within Alberta , Labrador , Manitoba , Quebec and Saskatchewan were subject to early enumeration between February 1, 2016, and March 31, 2016. Enumeration of
667-618: The phone; however door-to-door enumeration remained suspended. Non-binary activists expressed concern that the choice between "male" and "female" on the "sex" question left them with no valid options. In response, Statistics Canada stated that "Respondents who cannot select one category ... can leave the question blank and indicate, in the Comments section at the end of the questionnaire, the reason(s) for which they've chosen to leave this question unanswered." Statistics Canada stated that they intend to analyze these comments but that because of
696-402: The population was 41.0 years (40.1 years for males and 41.9 years for females). In terms of occupied private dwellings, 53.6% of them were single detached dwellings, followed by 18% being units in apartment buildings less than five storeys, and 9.9% being apartment units in buildings with five or more storeys. The average household size was 2.4 people per household. Two-person households were
725-457: The province of Quebec. They finally settled for good in the village of Lorette in 1697. First established on Île d'Orléans in 1651, the community moved to Quebec City in 1668. Subsequently, the Wendat temporarily resided in Beauport , Notre Dame de Foy, L'Ancienne-Lorette and then New Lorette in 1673. As of the 2016 Canadian census the population of the two reserves was 2,135 people and
754-416: The technical difficulties of analyzing free-form text, this analysis will not be released on the same schedule as the binary gender data. In the 2016 Census of Population, Canada recorded a population of 35,151,728 living in 14,072,079 of its 15,412,443 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. With a land area of 8,965,588.85 km (3,461,633.21 sq mi), it had
783-748: Was a property of 33 acres (13 ha) established within Saskatoon in 1988 for the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation . By 2004, the reserve's commercial activity grew to provide employment for 350 people under 37 businesses, today known as the McKnight Commercial Centre. The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement (TLEFA) was signed on 9 September 1992 to settle unresolved treaty land claims for 28 First Nation groups in Saskatchewan. Article 9 of this accord provides
812-592: Was scheduled for the fall of 2013, with more extensive testing occurring in May 2014. Statistics Canada was scheduled to submit its census content recommendations for review by the Parliament of Canada in December 2014 for subsequent final approval by the Cabinet of Canada . On November 5, 2015, during the first Liberal caucus meeting after forming a majority government, the party announced that it would reinstate
841-563: Was the territory south of Georgian Bay in present-day Simcoe and Grey County counties. The region was informally known as "Huronia" or the Georgian Triangle . A very large 15th-century Huron-Wendat settlement (the Mantle Site ) has recently been discovered in Whitchurch–Stouffville. Its discovery has added to archeologists and anthropologists believing that the Wendat arose as a people in this area. Other remnants of
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