where do the majority metis live in canada
Métis in Canada According to the 2006 census in Canada, a total of 389,780 individuals identified as Métis.[58] Alberta had the largest Métis population among the provinces and territories, with 85,495 self-identifying as Métis;[58] of these 7,990 are members of one of Alberta's unique Métis settlements.[59]
History of Canada There are reports of contact made before the 1492 voyages of Christopher Columbus and the age of discovery between First Nations, Inuit and those from other continents. The Norse, who had settled Greenland and Iceland, arrived around the year 1000 and built a small settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland (carbon dating estimate 990 â€“ 1050 CE)[31] L'Anse aux Meadows is also notable for its connection with the attempted colony of Vinland established by Leif Erikson around the same period or, more broadly, with Norse exploration of the Americas.[31][32]