Where do the majority of Métis people live?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about the Métis. The guide writes: The Métis are a distinct people of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, the majority of whom live in the Prairie provinces. They come from both French- and English-speaking backgrounds and speak their own dialect, Michif. The region the test wants is therefore the Prairie provinces.

Five precise commitments. Discover Canada commits the Métis to FIVE specific facts: (1) they are a distinct people; (2) their ancestry is mixed Aboriginal and European; (3) the majority live in the Prairie provinces; (4) they come from both French- and English-speaking backgrounds; (5) they speak their own dialect, Michif. So the source is unambiguous on geographic concentration AND on the named distinct identity.

The Métis are about 30% of Canada's Aboriginal population. Discover Canada commits Canada's Aboriginal population to a specific named breakdown: "About 65% of the Aboriginal people are First Nations, while 30% are Métis and 4% Inuit." So the Métis are one of three named Aboriginal groups, with the named majority of Métis people living in the named Prairie provinces — Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

The Métis have deep named history in the Prairies. Discover Canada commits the Métis named history to several Prairie-centred events. Louis Riel led an armed uprising and seized Fort Garry in 1870 — Fort Garry was the named territorial capital. The 1870 uprising led to the establishment of Manitoba as a new Canadian province. Riel was elected to Parliament but never took his seat. A second rebellion in 1885 in present-day Saskatchewan led to Riel's trial and execution for high treason — "a decision that was strongly opposed in Quebec. Riel is seen by many as a hero, a defender of Métis rights and the father of Manitoba." So the named Métis political history is centred in the Prairies — at Fort Garry (Manitoba) and in present-day Saskatchewan.

The Prairies are one of Canada's five named regions. Discover Canada commits Canadian geography to "five distinct regions": the Atlantic Provinces; Central Canada; the Prairie Provinces; the West Coast; and the Northern Territories. The Prairie Provinces — Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta — are "rich in energy resources and some of the most fertile farmland in the world." So the named Métis homeland is also the named breadbasket and energy region of Canada. The Métis blend Aboriginal heritage with French and English settler heritage — making them a uniquely Canadian people whose named language (Michif), named heritage (mixed Aboriginal and European), and named geographic concentration (the Prairie provinces) all align with the named Prairie history. The named three founding peoples of Canada — Aboriginal, French, and British — all converge in the named Métis identity. So when the test asks where the majority of Métis people live, the source-precise answer is the Prairie provinces.

The question is testing whether new citizens know where most Métis people live. Discover Canada commits to one named region: the Prairie provinces. The right test answer matches that.

Test-takers sometimes confuse Métis with First Nations or Inuit, but the source clearly distinguishes all three. Others assume Métis live mainly in the Northern Territories — but the source places the named majority in the Prairies. The Prairie-provinces answer is the source's exact named region.