Are there Metis in Nova Scotia?

Since the early 2000s, there has been a meteoric rise in the number of people self-identifying as Métis in Eastern Canada. New census data shows the highest increases in self-reported “Métis” people between 2006 and 2016 were in Québec (149.2 per cent) and in Nova Scotia (124.3 per cent). read more

Today there is an Eastern Woodland Metis and at least one other Metis designated recognized band. However people with these ancestors number in the millions all over North America, as out migration from Nova Scotia has been high since the disaster of 1867 and the loss of free trade with both the US and the UK. read more

One question that will be relevant for Nova Scotia, Christmas said, is whether treaty entitlements to commercial fishing for Mi’kmaq people, a right that was won in the Supreme Court in 1999 by a Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq man, Donald Marshall, will be extended to include non-status and Métis people. read more

From the Nova Scotia Museum (subtitled Femme Micmac) In Nova Scotia, the most obvious and largest group are those people who became known as Acadians. Adopting aspects of both cultures, they carved out their niche in the country, and reserved their place in history. read more