Population reporting an Aboriginal identity: Refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, i.e. North American Indian, Métis or Inuit (Eskimo), and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada and/or who were members of an Indian Band or First Nation.

Census metropolitan area (CMA): Area consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities situated around a major urban core. To form a census metropolitan area, the urban core must have a population of at least 100,000.

View definitions for 2001 Census Metropolitan Areas:  St. John's ,  Halifax ,  Saint John ,  Saguenay ,  Québec ,  Sherbrooke ,  Trois-Rivières ,  Montréal ,  Ottawa–Gatineau Ontario–Quebec ,  Ottawa–Gatineau (Quebec part) ,  Ottawa–Gatineau (Ontario part) ,  Kingston ,  Oshawa ,  Toronto ,  Hamilton ,  St. Catharines–Niagara ,  Kitchener ,  London ,  Windsor ,  Sudbury,  Thunder Bay ,  Winnipeg ,  Regina ,  Saskatoon ,  Calgary ,  Edmonton ,  Abbotsford ,  Vancouver ,  Victoria