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Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." In ...
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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
which have over 500 people, listed in order of population from data collected during the 2006 Census of Canada, unless otherwise cited from Aboriginal Affairs. Approximately 40% of First Nations people live on federally recognized Indian reserves. Note: this list is incomplete in that many Indian Reserves are "Incompletely enumerated", meaning that "enumeration was not permitted or was interrupted before it could be completed." There are 13 Indian reserves which have not been enumerated in the last 3 censuses.


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# Six Nations of the Grand River: 12,757 # Akwesasne Mohawk Nation: 11,500 # Blood (Kainai Nation) 148: 8,371 # Kahnawake Mohawk Territory: 7,989 # Tsinstikeptum 9, British Columbia: 7,612 (Only 1,085 of Aboriginal identity) —
Westbank First Nation The Westbank First Nation is a self-governing First Nations band in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and is one of eight bands that comprise the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Westbank First Nation (WFN) is governed by one chief (Chr ...
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Lac La Ronge First Nation The Lac La Ronge Indian Band ( cr, ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, mistahi-sâkahikanihk) is a Woodland Cree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, it is the largest Cree band government in Canada and the largest First Nation in Saskat ...
: 6,653 #
Saddle Lake Cree Nation Saddle Lake Cree Nation ( cr, ᐅᓂᐦᒋᑭᐢᑿᐱᐏᓂᕽ, onihcikiskwapiwinihk) is a Plains Cree, First Nations community, located in the ''Amiskwacīwiyiniwak'' (" Beaver Hills") region of central Alberta, Canada. The Nation is a signator ...
: 6,578 #
Norway House Cree Nation The Norway House Cree Nation ( cr, Kinosao Sipi, ᑭᓄᓭᐏ ᓰᐱᐩ. SRO: kinosêwi-sîpiy) is based at Norway House, Manitoba, which is located on the Playgreen Lake section of the Nelson River system. The people are Swampy Cree from the Ro ...
:6,197 #
Cross Lake First Nation Cross Lake First Nation ( cr, ᐱᒥᒋᑲᒫᐠ ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑ, pimicikamâk nîhithawî, lit=Cree of the Lake that lies Athwart or ' 'Otter People') is a band of Cree First Nations people in Canada governed under the Indian Act. Its membersR.S ...
: 6,076 #
Samson Cree Nation The Samson Cree Nation, ( cr, ᓃᐱᓰᐦᑯᐹᕽ, nîpisîhkopâhk, translation=at willow grove) also known as the Samson First Nation, is one of four band governments in the area of Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada. Indian Reserves Three Indian R ...
: 5,418 # Stoney 142, 143, 144, Alberta: 4,956 #
Moose Cree First Nation The Moose Cree First Nation (formerly known as Moose Factory Band of Indians) ( cr, ᒨᓱᓂᔨ ᐃᓕᓕᐗᒃ, môsoniyi ililiwak) is a Cree First Nation band government in northern Ontario, Canada. Their traditional territory is on the west s ...
: 4,500 #
Cree Nation of Chisasibi The Cree Nation of Chisasibi is a Cree First Nation in Quebec, Canada. It is headquartered at the Cree village of Chisasibi in the Eeyou Istchee territory in Northern Quebec. The nation also has a ''terre réservée crie'' or Cree reserved la ...
: 4,410 # Sandy Bay 5, Manitoba: 4,144 # Siksika 146, Alberta: 4,102 # St. Theresa Point, Manitoba: 4,021 #
Garden Hill First Nation Garden Hill is the second largest of three reserves of the Island Lake region of Manitoba. Garden Hill First Nations (Oji-Cree: ᑭᐢᑎᑲᐣᐘᒋᐣᐠ, Kistiganwacheeng), the reserve's First Nations community, is located in the northeast s ...
: 3,997 #
Eskasoni 3, Nova Scotia Eskasoni 3 (2021 population: 3,521) is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. It is administratively part of the Eskasoni First Nation The Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation is a band government of the Mi'kmaq Nation, located in Un ...
: 3,850 #
Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam is an Innu First Nations band government in Quebec, Canada. It is based in Sept-Îles in the Côte-Nord region on the North shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It owns two reserves: Maliotenam 27A and Uasha ...
: 3,530 #
Elsipogtog First Nation The Elsipogtog First Nation , formerly called the Big Cove Band, is a Miꞌkmaq First Nations band government in New Brunswick, Canada. The First Nation's territory comprises Richibucto Reserve #15, lying southwest of Rexton, New Brunswick on ...
: 3,600 #
Ermineskin 138, Alberta Ermineskin Cree Nation also known as the Ermineskin Tribe ( cr, ᓀᔮᐢᑵᔮᕽ, ), is a Cree First Nations band government in Alberta, Canada. A signatory to Treaty 6, Ermineskin is one of the Four Nations of Maskwacis, Alberta's largest I ...
: 3,290 (as of 2019) #
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nation reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is located in Ontario east of Belleville on the Bay of Quinte. Tyendinaga is located near the site of the former Mohaw ...
: 2,524 # Peguis 1B, Manitoba: 2,513 #
Capilano 5, British Columbia Capilano may refer to: Institutions * Capilano University, North Vancouver * Capilano RFC, a rugby union club in British Columbia Landmarks * Capilano Lake, North Vancouver * Capilano Mall, North Vancouver * Capilano River, North Vancouver * Capil ...
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One Arrow 95, Saskatchewan 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
: 1,935 (around) # Listuguj, Quebec: 2,400 (around) #
Wikwemikong Unceded, Ontario The Wiikwemkoong First Nation is a First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (nicknamed Wiky, previously named Wikwemikong) is the First Nation reserve in the northeast of Manitoulin Island in Man ...
: 2,386 #
Betsiamites, Quebec Pessamit (formerly Betsiamites, or Bersimis), is a First Nations reserve and Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located about southwest from Baie-Comeau along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Betsia ...
: 2,357 # Okanagan 1, British Columbia (part): 2,192 —
Okanagan Indian Band The Okanagan Indian Band ( oka, N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon in the northern Okanagan Valley. The band is a member government of the Okanagan Nation Alli ...
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Okanagan people The ''Syilx'' () people, also known as the Okanagan, Okanogan or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan ...
, Vernon # Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E, Manitoba: 2,187 # Sagkeeng First Nation 3, Manitoba: 2,121 # Pikangikum 14, Ontario: 2,100 # Nelson House 170, Manitoba: 2,096 # Oxford House 24, Manitoba: 1,947 #
Duck Lake 7, British Columbia Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family (biology), family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and goose, geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfam ...
: 1,925 (1,850 non-Aboriginal identity, 75 Aboriginal identity), —
Okanagan Indian Band The Okanagan Indian Band ( oka, N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon in the northern Okanagan Valley. The band is a member government of the Okanagan Nation Alli ...
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Okanagan people The ''Syilx'' () people, also known as the Okanagan, Okanogan or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan ...
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Lake Country Lake Country is a district municipality with a population of approximately 15,000 in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the Central Okanagan Regional District, and of the Kelowna metropolitan area. The city ...
# Walpole Island 46, Ontario: 1,878 #
Manawan, Quebec Manawan (named Manouane until 1991), officially named ''communauté Atikamekw de Manawan'' (French for "Atikamekw Community of Manawan"), is a First Nations reserve on the south-western shores of Lake Métabeskéga in the Lanaudière region of Q ...
: 1,843 # Sandy Lake 88, Ontario: 1,843 # Split Lake 17, Manitoba (part): 1,819 # Fort Albany 67, Ontario (part): 1,805 # Kamloops 1, British Columbia: 1,785 (990 non-Aboriginal identity, 795 Aboriginal identity) — Kamloops Indian Band, Secwepemc people, Kamloops # Obedjiwan, Quebec: 1,782 #
Cowichan 1, British Columbia Cowichan may refer either to: *the Cowichan Tribes First Nation located in and around Duncan, British Columbia *the Cowichan Valley, a region on Vancouver Island centred on Duncan, British Columbia, which contains: ** Cowichan Valley Regional Dist ...
: 1,805 (50 non-Aboriginal identity, 1750 Aboriginal identity) —
Cowichan Tribes Cowichan Tribes ( hur, Quw’utsun) is the band government of the Cowichan, a group of Coast Salish peoples who live in the Cowichan Valley region on Vancouver Island. With over 3,800 registered members, it is the single largest First Nations ...
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Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coa ...
, Duncan # Fox Lake 162, Alberta: 1,753 # Seekaskootch 119, Saskatchewan: 1,752 #
Mashteuiatsh, Quebec Mashteuiatsh is a First Nations reserve in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, about north from the centre of Roberval. It is the home to the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation. It is located on a headland jutting out on the w ...
: 1,749 # Cross Lake 19A, Manitoba: 1,663 # New Songhees 1A, British Columbia: 1,643 —
Songhees First Nation The Songhees First Nation is a First Nations government that represents the Songhees, or Lekwungen people. They are located around Victoria, British Columbia on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. See also * Coast Salish peoples ...
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Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coa ...
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Esquimalt The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquim ...
# East Saanich 2, British Columbia: 1,637 # Fisher River Cree Nation 44,44A , Manitoba: 1,60

# Cross Lake 19, Manitoba: 1,586 # Lac la Ronge 156, Saskatchewan: 1,534 # Pukatawagan 198, Manitoba: 1,478 # Penticton 1, British Columbia: 1,470 (995 non-Aboriginal identity, 475 Aboriginal identity) —
Penticton Indian Band The Penticton Indian Band is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located next to the city of Penticton in the Okanagan Valley. They are a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. It has an accredited High School ...
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Okanagan The Okanagan ( ), also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is par ...
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Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its population was 33,761, while its census agglomeration The ce ...
# Stanley 157, Saskatchewan: 1,467 # Big River 118, Saskatchewan: 1,437 # Stony Plain 135, Alberta: 1,418 #
Nipissing 10, Ontario Nipissing First Nation ( oj, Niipsing, meaning place of the elms) is a long-standing community of Nishnaabeg peoples located along the shorelines of Lake Nipissing in northern Ontario. They are referred to by many names in European historical r ...
: 1,413 # Burrard Inlet 3, British Columbia: 1,405 (
Tsleil-Waututh First Nation The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ( hur, səlilwətaɬ ), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ("TWN") are Co ...
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Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coa ...
, District of North Vancouver # Musqueam 2, British Columbia: 1,370 (760 non-Aboriginal identity, 605 Aboriginal identity)
Musqueam Nation The Musqueam Indian Band ( ; hur, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm ) is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the only First Nations band whose reserve community lies within the boundaries of the City of Vanco ...
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Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coa ...
Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
# Pelican Narrows 184B, Saskatchewan: 1,342 # Piikani 147, Alberta: 1,300 # White Fish Lake 128, Alberta: 1,237 # Kwakwaka'wakw Alert Bay B.C: 3,666 # Ebb and Flow 52, Manitoba: 1,189 # Tzeachten 13, British Columbia: 1,165 (895 non-Aboriginal identity, 275 Aboriginal identity) — Sto:lo Nation, Sto:lo people,
Sardis Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
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Chilliwack Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdo ...
) # Louis Bull 138B, Alberta: 1,180 # Lac-Simon, Quebec: 1,165 #
Kitigan Zibi, Quebec Kitigan Zibi (also known as River Desert, and designated as Maniwaki 18 until 1994) is a First Nations reserve of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, an Algonquin band. It is situated near the confluence of the Désert and Gatineau River ...
: 1,165 # Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96, Saskatchewan: 1,161 # Wasagamack, Manitoba: 1,160 # Fort Hope 64, Ontario: 1,144 # Waywayseecappo First Nation, Manitoba: 1,127 # Esgenoôpetitj 14 (formerly Burnt Church 14): 1,120 # Sturgeon Lake 101, Saskatchewan: 1,116 # Chicken 224, Saskatchewan: 1,109 # God's Lake 23, Manitoba: 1,105 #
Ahtahkakoop 104, Saskatchewan Ahtahkakoop First Nation ( cr, ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ ''atâhkakohp'', meaning ''Starblanket'', name of the first chief of the Band) is a Cree First Nation band government in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Ahtahkakoop First Nation governm ...
: 1,101 # Wabamun 133A, Alberta: 1,088 # Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Manitoba: 1,079 #
Wemotaci, Quebec Wemotaci (designated as Weymontachie 23 until 1997) is a First Nations reserve on the north shore of the Saint-Maurice River at the mouth of the Manouane River in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Together with the Obedjiwan and the Couco ...
: 1,073 # Bella Bella 1, British Columbia: 2,506 —
Heiltsuk Nation The Heiltsuk Nation is a First Nations government in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on Campbell Island in the community of Bella Bella, British Columbia. The Heiltsuk people speak the Heiltsuk l ...
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Heiltsuk people The Heiltsuk or Haíɫzaqv , sometimes historically referred to as ''Bella Bella'', are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella. The government of the Heiltsuk people ...
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Curve Lake First Nation 35, Ontario Curve Lake First Nation 35 is an Ojibwe Native reserve 14 km north of Peterborough, Ontario. It serves as the landbase for the Curve Lake First Nation. The reserve occupies a peninsula located between Lake Chemong and Buckhorn Lake, surro ...
: 1,060 # Sturgeon Lake 154, Alberta: 1,051 # Tsinstikeptum 10, British Columbia: 1,040 (945 non-Aboriginal identity, 105 Aboriginal identity) —
Westbank First Nation The Westbank First Nation is a self-governing First Nations band in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and is one of eight bands that comprise the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Westbank First Nation (WFN) is governed by one chief (Chr ...
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Okanagan people The ''Syilx'' () people, also known as the Okanagan, Okanogan or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan ...
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West Kelowna West Kelowna, formerly known as Westbank and colloquially known as Westside, is a city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. The city encompasses several distinct neighbourhoods, including Casa Loma, Gellatly, Glenrosa, Lakeview Heights, Shan ...
)(According to the Westbank First Nation, approximately 6,000 non-band members and 500 First Nation Westbank band members live on the two Tsinstikeptum reserves.) # John D'Or Prairie 215, Alberta: 1,025 # Kettle Point 44, Ontario: 1,020 #
Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia Indian Brook 14 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Hants County, Nova Scotia. In the 2016 Census, the reserve has 1,089 residents. It is administratively part of the Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation. History Father Louis-Pierre Thury sought to ga ...
: 1,014 # Kehewin 123, Alberta: 1,007 # Garden River 14, Ontario: 985 # Chemawawin 2, Manitoba: 983 # Mistawasis 103, Saskatchewan: 968 # Alexander 134, Alberta: 962 # Lac La Hache 220, Saskatchewan: 953 # Hay Lake 209, Alberta: 951 #
La Romaine, Quebec La Romaine, also known as Unamenshipit in Innu-aimun, is an Innu First Nations reserve in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Olomane River on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It belongs to the Innu band of Unamen Shipu. Bei ...
: 926 # Shamattawa 1, Manitoba: 920 # Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84, Ontario: 916 # Southend 200, Saskatchewan: 910 # Fort William 52, Ontario: 909 # Fairford 50, Manitoba (part): 904 # Sagamok, Ontario: 884 # Montreal Lake 106, Saskatchewan: 880 # Tobique 20, New Brunswick: 878 # Gordon 86, Saskatchewan: 866 # Wabasca 166D, Alberta: 863 #
Mnjikaning First Nation 32, Ontario Chippewas of Rama First Nation, also known as Chippewas of Mnjikaning and Chippewas of Rama Mnjikaning First Nation ( oj, Mnjikaning Anishinaabek, also alternatively Rama Anishinaabek), is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation located in the prov ...
: 846 # Red Sucker Lake, 1976, Manitoba: 845 # Canoe Lake 165, Saskatchewan: 822 # Lac Seul 28, Ontario: 821 # Kimosom Pwatinahk 203, Saskatchewan: 821 # Thunderchild First Nation 115B, Saskatchewan: 819 # Chitek Lake 191, Saskatchewan: 818 # Natashquan, Quebec: 810 # Fond du Lac 227, Saskatchewan: 801 # Makwa Lake 129B, Saskatchewan: 800 # Mount Currie 6, British Columbia: 799 Mount Currie Indian Band, St'at'imc/ Lilwat people, Mount Currie # Little Grand Rapids 14, Manitoba: 796 # White Bear 70, Saskatchewan: 796 # Bella Coola 1, British Columbia: 788 —
Nuxalk Nation The Nuxalk Nation is the band government of the Nuxalk people of Bella Coola, British Columbia. It is a member of the Wuikinuxv-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council, and until March 2008 was a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. ...
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Wabaseemoong, Ontario Wabaseemoong is a First Nation reserve of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations. It is in Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geogr ...
: 786 # Utikoomak Lake 155, Alberta: 786 # Skidegate 1, British Columbia: 781 — Skidegate First Nation/
Council of the Haida Nation The Council of the Haida Nation ("CHN") (''X̱aaydaG̱a Waadlux̱an Naay'') is the elected government of the Haida Nation. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four ele ...
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Skidegate Skidegate ( hai, Hlg̱aagilda) is a Haida community in in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia across Hec ...
# Devon 30, New Brunswick: 767 # M'Chigeeng 22, Ontario: 766 #
Saugeen 29, Ontario Saugeen 29 is a First Nations reserve in Bruce County, Ontario. It is the main reserve of the Saugeen First Nation. Like Chief's Point 28, this band owns land that is rented to cottagers who pay an annual lease fee for the use of the land. The cu ...
: 758 # Long Plain 6, Manitoba (part): 752 # Unipouheos 121, Alberta: 749 #
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation 42, Ontario Chippewas of the Thames First Nation ( oj, Deshkaan-ziibing Aniishinaabeg) is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nations band government located west of St. Thomas, in southwest Ontario, Canada. Their land base is the Chippewas of the Thames First ...
: 747 # Buffalo River Dene Nation 193, Ontario: 741 # Berens River 13, Manitoba: 739 # Alexis 133, Alberta: 734 # Waterhen 130, Saskatchewan: 727 #
Membertou 28B, Nova Scotia Membertou 28B is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. ...
: 726 # Gitanmaax 1, British Columbia: 723 —
Gitxsan Nation Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approxim ...
, Old Hazelton # Gitsegukla 1, British Columbia: 721 —
Gitxsan Nation Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approxim ...
, Gitseguecla # Drift Pile River 150, Alberta: 720 # James Smith 100, Saskatchewan: 708 # Natuashish 2, Newfoundland and Labrador: 706 # Sarnia 45, Ontario: 706 #
Millbrook 27, Nova Scotia Millbrook 27 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. It is administratively part of the Millbrook First Nation The Millbrook First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) ...
: 703 # Constance Lake 92, Ontario: 702 # Weagamow Lake 87, Ontario: 700 # Moose Lake 31A, Manitoba: 698 # Masset 1, British Columbia: 694 #
Couchiching 16A, Ontario Couchiching 16A is a First Nations reserve near Fort Frances, Ontario. It is the main reserve of the Couchiching First Nation The Couchiching First Nation ( oj, Gojijiing Anishinaabeg) is a Saulteaux First Nation band government in the Can ...
: 691 # Poorman 88, Saskatchewan: 688 #
Chemainus 13, British Columbia Chemainus is a community within the municipality of North Cowichan in the Chemainus Valley on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Founded as an unincorporated logging town in 1858, Chemainus is now famous ...
: 684 # Sliammon 1, British Columbia: 682 # Kasabonika Lake, Ontario: 681 # Deer Lake, Ontario: 681 # Lax Kw'alaams 1, British Columbia: 679 —
Tsimshian The Tsimshian (; tsi, Ts’msyan or Tsm'syen) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their communities are mostly in coastal British Columbia in Terrace and Prince Rupert, and Metlakatla, Alaska on Annette Island, the only r ...
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Tsawwassen Indian Reserve The Tsawwassen Lands is the sole reserve of land that the Tsawwassen First Nation has authority over in British Columbia, Canada, and is located adjacent to the causeway of the Tsawwassen ferry terminal. To the south is the Canada–United States ...
, British Columbia: 675 (475 non-Aboriginal identity, 200 Aboriginal identity) — Tsawaassen First Nation,
Coast Salish people The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coa ...
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Tsawwassen Tsawwassen ( ) is a suburban, mostly residential community on a peninsula in the southwestern corner of the City of Delta in British Columbia, Canada. It provides the only road access to the American territory on the southern tip of the peninsul ...
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) # Assiniboine 76, Saskatchewan: 671 # Kitsakie 156B, Saskatchewan: 671 # Marktosis 15, British Columbia: 661 — Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations,
Nuu-chah-nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth (; Nuučaan̓uł: ), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth or Tahkaht, are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifte ...
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Tofino Tofino ( ) is a town of approximately 2,516 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The District of Tofino is located at the western terminus of Highway 4 on the tip of the Esowista Peninsu ...
) # Clearwater River Dene 222, Saskatchewan: 658 # Red Pheasant 108, Saskatchewan: 656 # Priest's Valley 6, British Columbia: 655 (555 non-Aboriginal identity, 105 Aboriginal identity) —
Okanagan Indian Band The Okanagan Indian Band ( oka, N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon in the northern Okanagan Valley. The band is a member government of the Okanagan Nation Alli ...
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Okanagan people The ''Syilx'' () people, also known as the Okanagan, Okanogan or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan ...
, Vernon # Grand Rapids 33, Manitoba: 651 # Wabasca 166A, Alberta: 648 # Poplar River 16, Manitoba: 643 # Montana 139, Alberta: 635 # English River 21, Ontario: 633 # Whycocomagh 2, Nova Scotia: 623 #
Whitefish Bay 32A, Ontario Whitefish Bay 32A is a First Nations reserve on Lake of the Woods near Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Kenora District. It is located on the eastern shores ...
: 622 # Hole or Hollow Water 10, Ontario: 619 # Flying Dust First Nation 105, Saskatchewan: 619 # Dog Creek 46, Manitoba: 617 # Kispiox 1, British Columbia: 617 #
Webequie, Ontario Webequie First Nation is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km (336 mi) north of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. Webequie is a fly-in community with no summer road access. The primary way into the c ...
: 614 # Pine Creek 66A, Manitoba: 614 # Woyenne 27, British Columbia: 614 — Lake Babine Nation,
Dakelh The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The "Carrier" name was derived from an English translation of ''Aghele'', the name from the neighbouring Sekani ...
people, burns Lake # Cote 64, Saskatchewan: 607 # Cross Lake 19E, Manitoba: 605 # Lac Brochet 197A, Manitoba: 604 # Shoal River Indian Reserve 65A, Manitoba: 603 # Osoyoos 1, British Columbia: 600 (255 non-Aboriginal identity, 345 Aboriginal identity)
Osoyoos Indian Band The Osoyoos Indian Band is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the town of Oliver and Osoyoos in the Okanagan valley, approximately four kilometres (2½ miles) north of the Canada–United Sta ...
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Okanagan The Okanagan ( ), also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is par ...
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Osoyoos Osoyoos (, ) is the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omak. The town is north of the United States border with Washington state and is adjacent to the Osoyoos Indian reserve. The origin of the n ...
# Cumberland House Cree Nation 20, Saskatchewan: 595 # Sucker Creek 150A, Alberta: 594 #
Neyaashiinigmiing 27, Ontario Neyaashiinigmiing 27 is a reserve within Bruce County, Ontario. It is one of the parcels of land administered by the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. The name ''Neyaashiinigmiing'' in the Ojibwe language means "at/by the point-of-land po ...
: 591 # Carrot River 29A, Saskatchewan: 590 #
Christian Island 30, Ontario Christian Island 30 is a First Nations reserve located on Christian Island in Georgian Bay, in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, bu ...
: 584 # Little Pine 116, Saskatchewan: 577 # Bloodvein 12, Manitoba: 576 # South Saanich 1, British Columbia: 571 # Mission 1, British Columbia: 569 — Esla7an/
Squamish Nation The Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw () in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim (Squamish language), is an Indian Act government originally imposed on the Squamish (''Sḵwx̱wú7mesh'') by the Federal Government of Canada in the late 19th ce ...
, Squamish people, North Vancouver # Roseau River 2, Manitoba: 568 # Rankin Location 15D, Ontario: 566 # Chehalis 5, British Columbia: 560 —
Chehalis First Nation The Sts'ailes Nation formerly known as Chehalis First Nation ( hur, Sts'a'í:les) is the band government of the Sts'Ailes people, whose territories lie between Deroche and Agassiz, British Columbia. The Sts'Alies are a Halkomelem-speaking people ...
, Sto:lo people, Chehalis # God's River 86A, Manitoba: 556 # Muskoday First Nation, Saskatchewan: 553 # Seabird Island, British Columbia: 548 — Seabird First Nation, Sto:lo people, Sea Bird Island (near Agassiz) # Shoal Lake 28A, Saskatchewan: 545 # Ministikwan 161, Saskatchewan: 533 #
Matimekosh, Quebec Matimekosh (or Matimekush, officially Matimekosh 3) is a First Nations reserve on Lake Pearce in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Together with the Lac-John Reserve, it belongs to the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John. It is an enclave i ...
: 528 # Wapachewunak 192D, Saskatchewan: 526 # Anahim's Flat 1, British Columbia: 526 # Kitamaat 2, British Columbia: 514 —
Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is the Indian Act-mandated band government which nominally represents the Haisla people in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village. The traditional ...
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Haisla people The Haisla (also known as Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islakʼala, X̌àʼislakʼala, X̣aʼislak’ala, Xai:sla) are an amalgamation of two bands, the Kitamaat people of upper Douglas Channel and Devastation Channel and the Kitlope People of uppe ...
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Kitimat Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban distr ...
# Cowessess 73, Saskatchewan: 4295 846 on-reserve & 3449 off-reserve # Alderville First Nation, Ontario: 506 # Kahkewistahaw 72, Saskatchewan: 506 #
Timiskaming, Quebec Timiskaming (former official designation Timiskaming 19) is a First Nations reserve in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, just north of the head of Lake Timiskaming. It belongs to the Timiskaming First Nation, an Algonquin band. ...
: 505 # The Narrows 49, Manitoba: 505 # Eel Ground 2, New Brunswick: 503 # Keeseekoose 66, Saskatchewan: 500 # Stoney Point Aazhoodena: #43


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Tsuu T'ina Nation 145, Alberta Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 ( srs, tsúùtʾínà) is an Indian reserve of the Tsuut'ina Nation in southern Alberta, Canada, created by Treaty 7. The reserve is located in the Calgary Region, bordering the City of Calgary to the northeast, east and ...
: 1,982 *
Wendake, Quebec Wendake is the current name for two urban reserves, Wendake 7 () and Wendake 7A, () of the Huron-Wendat Nation in the Canadian province of Quebec. They are enclaves entirely surrounded by the La Haute-Saint-Charles borough of Quebec City, within ...
: 1,555 *
Factory Island 1, Ontario Factory Island 1 is a Cree First Nations reserve on Moose Factory Island in northern Ontario. It is one of two reserves for the Moose Cree First Nation. Land use The northern two-thirds of the island comprises this reserve or land north of Museum ...
: 1,430 * Attawapiskat 91A, Ontario: 1,293


See also

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List of Indian reserves in Canada Canada has numerous Indian reserves for First Nations people, which were mostly established by the ''Indian Act'' of 1876 and have been variously expanded and reduced by royal commissions since. They are sometimes incorrectly called by the Amer ...
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List of First Nations peoples The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area. It only includes First Nations people, which by definition excludes Metis and Canadian Inuit groups. The areas used here are in accordance t ...
* List of First Nations governments *
List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin This list of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Indigenous Peoples. When possible the original word or phr ...
* Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Indian Reserves In Canada By Population Demographics of Canada * Indian reserves by population