What percentage of Aboriginal people are Inuit?

The Inuit are one of three groups of Aboriginal peoples recognised in Discover Canada, alongside First Nations and Métis. The guide explains the name itself: The Inuit, which means "the people" in the Inuktitut language, live in small, scattered communities across the Arctic. Their knowledge of the land, sea and wildlife enabled them to adapt to one of the harshest environments on earth. The Inuit are a small but distinct portion of the Aboriginal population in Canada.

The exact share is given clearly in Discover Canada: About 65% of the Aboriginal people are First Nations, while 30% are Métis and 4% Inuit. The number to remember is 4%. The other answer choices — 2%, 10% and 15% — are not the figure given by the guide.

Although Inuit make up only 4% of the Aboriginal population in Canada, they have a unique constitutional and territorial status. Discover Canada describes the territory of Nunavut, established in 1999 "from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories," with its capital at Iqaluit. There, "the population is about 85% Inuit, and Inuktitut is an official language and the first language in schools." So the Inuit, while a small share of the Aboriginal population nationally, are an outright majority in their own territory and have their language fully recognised there.

The 4% figure is the kind of compact fact Discover Canada uses to test whether new citizens have read the demographic detail. It also matters for a deeper reason: it explains why creating Nunavut in 1999 was significant. A small national share of population is, in one Arctic territory, the dominant majority — "about 85% Inuit" in the guide's words.

For the test, the four answer options ask new citizens to remember the exact number: 4%, not 2%, 10% or 15%. Discover Canada gives that figure once, alongside the matching numbers for First Nations (65%) and Métis (30%) — together they sum to roughly 100% and form a tidy memory anchor.