In Canada, the term indigenous people (or aboriginal peoples) refers to first nation metis and Inuit peoples. These are the original inhabitants of Canada. In the 2016 census by Statistics Canada, over 1.6 million people in Canada identified as Indigenous, making up 4.9 percent of the national population. The Inuit primarily inhabit the northern regions of Canada. Their homeland, known as Inuit Nunangat, includes much of the land, water and ice contained in the Arctic region. Métis peoples are of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry and live mostly in the Prairie provinces and Ontario, but…