In Canada, why are the Metis accorded the status they are?

The ruling allows Métis and unregistered aboriginals, or “non-status Indians”, to negotiate with the federal government for some of the same rights and benefits granted aboriginal people living on reserves. read more

Canada's treaties with the First Nations and the Metis were not always respected. The treatment of First Nations and Metis has often been horrible. The political and legal relationship of First Nations, Metis, and the Inuit people to Canada is very complicated. read more

Benefits of Metis Status Pride Registering as Metis is a way of showing pride for your ancestral Native Grandmothers and their hard work in the beginning of the first international economy of North America, that of the fur trade. read more

Self-identity and legal status. In 2011, 451,795 people in Canada identified as Métis. They represented 32.3% of the total Aboriginal population and 1.4% of the total Canadian population. Most Métis people today are not the direct result of intermarriage between First Nations and Europeans. read more