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Indigenous peoples in Canadian province From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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First Nations in British Columbia constitute the many First Nations governments and peoples in the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are represented by 202 band governments[1] and 23 tribal councils.[2]
Ethnic groups include the Haida, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw, Gitxsan, Tsimshian, Nisga'a and other examples of the Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, and also various Interior Salish and Athapaskan peoples, and also the Ktunaxa.
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List of band governments
More information Language Family, People ...
| Language Family | People | Band government | Area (ha)[3] | Population (2025)[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athabaskan | Babine | Lake Babine | 3,093.90 | 2,559 |
| Dakelh | Binche Whut'en | 653.9 | 237 | |
| Cheslatta Carrier | 1,402.8 | 390 | ||
| Lheidli T'enneh | 675.50 | 896 | ||
| Lhoosk'uz Dene | 1,647.50 | 234 | ||
| Lhtako Dene | 682.70 | 210 | ||
| Nadleh Whut'en | 969 | 622 | ||
| Nak'azdli Whut'en | 1,456 | 2,090 | ||
| Nazko | 1,973.10 | 435 | ||
| Saik'uz | 3,235.70 | 996 | ||
| Stellat'en | 851 | 636 | ||
| Takla | 809 | 948 | ||
| Tl'azt'en | 2,786.10 | 1,559 | ||
| Yekooche | 3,225.50 | 220 | ||
| Dane-zaa | Blueberry River | 1,505.8 | 546 | |
| Doig River | 1,358.1 | 324 | ||
| Halfway River | 3,988.8 | 299 | ||
| Prophet River | 373.90 | 300 | ||
| Saulteau[a] | 3,025.80 | 1,434 | ||
| West Moberly | 2,033.60 | 373 | ||
| Dene | Fort Nelson | 9,752.6 | 1,015 | |
| Tahltan | Iskut | 161.60 | 830 | |
| Tahltan First Nation | 1,377.10 | 2,174 | ||
| Tse’khene | Kwadacha | 385.40 | 610 | |
| McLeod Lake | 18,285.70 | 584 | ||
| Tsay Keh Dene | 201 | 518 | ||
| Tsilhqotʼin | ?Esdilagh | 1,348.20 | 282 | |
| Tlʼesqox | 2,582.50 | 487 | ||
| Tlʼetinqox-tʼin | 5,655.9 | 1,750 | ||
| Tŝideldel | 4,362.5 | 694 | ||
| Ulkatcho | 3,245.70 | 1,087 | ||
| Xeni Gwetʼin | 1,260.50 | 476 | ||
| Yunesitʼin | 2,146.40 | 509 | ||
| Wetʼsuwetʼen | Hagwilget | 158.6 | 838 | |
| Nee-Tahi-Buhn | 719.20 | 146 | ||
| Skin Tyee | 396.60 | 193 | ||
| Ts'il Kaz Koh | 185 | 207 | ||
| Wetʼsuwetʼen | 650 | 250 | ||
| Witset | 1,427 | 2,139 | ||
| Coast Salish | Hulʻqʻumiʻnumʻ | Beecher Bay | 307.70 | 277 |
| Cowichan Tribes | 2,426 | 5,556 | ||
| Halalt | 165.80 | 213 | ||
| Lyackson | 744.60 | 233 | ||
| Nanoose | 62.80 | 277 | ||
| Penelakut | 635.70 | 1,247 | ||
| Snuneymuxw | 266 | 1,999 | ||
| Stz'uminus | 1,270.90 | 1,466 | ||
| Hunquminum | Musqueam | 273 | 1,500 | |
| Tsawwassen | 272.60 | 416 | ||
| Tsleil-Waututh | 110.70 | 715 | ||
| Kʼómoks | Homalco | 745.10 | 494 | |
| K'ómoks | 280.70 | 353 | ||
| Klahoose | 1,357.60 | 454 | ||
| Tla'amin | 1,907.20 | 1248 | ||
| Lekwungen | Esquimalt | 18.90 | 379 | |
| Songhees | 138.10 | 692 | ||
| Pentlatch | Qualicum | 77 | 158 | |
| Semiahmoo | Semiahmoo | 129.10 | 104 | |
| Squamish | Squamish | 2,120 | 4,667 | |
| Stó꞉lō | Aitchelitz | 564.90 | 41 | |
| Chawathil | 625.20 | 672 | ||
| Cheam | 473.20 | 586 | ||
| Katzie | 335.20 | 661 | ||
| Kwantlen | 568.90 | 414 | ||
| Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt | 606.20 | 60 | ||
| Kwikwetlem | 84.50 | 148 | ||
| Leq'á:mel | 491.20 | 559 | ||
| Matsqui | 430.80 | 282 | ||
| Peters | 197 | 192 | ||
| Popkum | 160 | 13 | ||
| Seabird Island | 2,190.10 | 1,098 | ||
| Shxwhá:y | 798.50 | 509 | ||
| Skawahlook | 85.20 | 93 | ||
| Skowkale | 144.10 | 305 | ||
| Skwah | 885.20 | 735 | ||
| Soowahlie | 533.40 | 467 | ||
| Sq'éwlets | 247 | 302 | ||
| Squiala | 676.60 | 223 | ||
| Sts'ailes | 916 | 1,181 | ||
| Sumas | 245.30 | 384 | ||
| Tzeachten | 358.90 | 621 | ||
| Union Bar | 499.70 | 177 | ||
| Yakweakwioose | 94.50 | 96 | ||
| Yale | 224.10 | 210 | ||
| shíshálh | shíshálh | 1,031.70 | 1,692 | |
| T'Sou-ke | T'Sou-ke | 67.20 | 355 | |
| W̱SÁNEĆ | Malahat | 247.90 | 370 | |
| Pauquachin | 330.40 | 423 | ||
| Tsartlip | 333.80 | 1,071 | ||
| Tsawout | 423.40 | 1,019 | ||
| Tseycum | 196.30 | 211 | ||
| Interior Salish | Nlaka’pamux | Ashcroft | 1,986.10 | 440 |
| Boothroyd | 1,131.4 | 342 | ||
| Boston Bar | 556.1 | 326 | ||
| Coldwater | 2,500.6 | 959 | ||
| Cook's Ferry | 3,983.5 | 389 | ||
| Kanaka Bar | 273.9 | 247 | ||
| Lower Nicola | 7,128.20 | 1,572 | ||
| Lytton | 6,005.70 | 2,152 | ||
| Nicomen | 1,175.70 | 226 | ||
| Nooaitch | 1,693.40 | 247 | ||
| Oregon Jack Creek | 822.80 | 74 | ||
| Shackan | 3,873.70 | 129 | ||
| Siska | 357.50 | 342 | ||
| Skuppah | 245.90 | 151 | ||
| Spuzzum | 648 | 501 | ||
| Secwépemc | Adams Lake | 2,908.80 | 865 | |
| Bonaparte | 1,878.60 | 1,156 | ||
| Esk'etemc | 3,960.10 | 1,206 | ||
| High Bar | 1,546.30 | 310 | ||
| Neskonlith | 2,811.20 | 695 | ||
| Shuswap | 1,866.50 | 312 | ||
| Simpcw | 1,500.70 | 894 | ||
| Skeetchestn | 8,042.50 | 585 | ||
| Skwlax te Secwepemculecw | 3,112.70 | 389 | ||
| Splatsin | 3,905.20 | 961 | ||
| Stswecem'c Xget'tem | 5,582.80 | 852 | ||
| Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc | 13,415.60 | 1,556 | ||
| Tsq'escen' | 2,064.90 | 595 | ||
| Whispering Pines/Clinton | 565.20 | 237 | ||
| Williams Lake | 1,983.40 | 1,064 | ||
| Xat'sull | 2,092.70 | 468 | ||
| Stʼatʼimc | Bridge River | 4,699.40 | 501 | |
| Cayoose Creek | 720.10 | 213 | ||
| Douglas | 432.40 | 391 | ||
| Lil'wat | 2,694.30 | 2,294 | ||
| N'Quatqua | 804.30 | 387 | ||
| Samahquam | 177.30 | 385 | ||
| Shxw'ow'hamel | 372.10 | 250 | ||
| Skatin | 676.60 | 423 | ||
| T'it'q'et | 1,497.80 | 510 | ||
| Ts'kw'aylaxw | 2,130 | 598 | ||
| Tsal'alh | 1,891.70 | 736 | ||
| Xaxli'p | 1,581.60 | 1,138 | ||
| Sylix | Lower Similkameen | 15,048.80 | 724 | |
| Okanagan | 10,636.80 | 2,462 | ||
| Osoyoos | 13,009.10 | 602 | ||
| Westbank | 2,161.30 | 978 | ||
| Penticton | 18,700.90 | 1,216 | ||
| Upper Nicola | 12,551.20 | 1,005 | ||
| Upper Similkameen | 2,725.90 | 340 | ||
| Haida | Old Massett | 970 | 3,283 | |
| Skidegate | 840 | 1,766 | ||
| Kutenai | ?aqam | 8,717.90 | 407 | |
| Lower Kootenay | 3,246.30 | 255 | ||
| Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi ‘it | 5,070 | 285 | ||
| Nuxalk | Nuxalk | 2,025.90 | 1,838 | |
| Timshianic | Gitxsan | Gitanmaax | 2,377.8 | 2,641 |
| Gitanyow | 850.4 | 864 | ||
| Gitsegukla | 1,930.5 | 1,111 | ||
| Glen Vowell | 632.7 | 426 | ||
| Gitwangak | 1,571.9 | 1,551 | ||
| Kispiox | 1,675.2 | 1,707 | ||
| Nisga'a | Ging̱olx | 2,891 | 2,046 | |
| Gitlaxt'aamix | 2,062 | 1,865 | ||
| Gitwinksihlkw | 644.80 | 383 | ||
| Lax̱g̱altsʼap | 2,609.90 | 1,876 | ||
| Tsimshian | Gitga'at | 641.70 | 873 | |
| Gitxaala | 1,885.70 | 2,110 | ||
| Kitasoo Xai'xais[b] | 718.40 | 905 | ||
| Kitselas | 1,069.10 | 783 | ||
| Kitsumkalum | 597 | 905 | ||
| Lax Kw'alaams | 16,496.20 | 4,237 | ||
| Metlakatla | 7,740.70 | 1,114 | ||
| Wakashan | Ditidaht | Ditidaht | 750.7 | 770 |
| Ts'uubaa-asatx | 2,424.60 | 36 | ||
| Haisla | Haisla | 726.10 | 2118 | |
| Heiltsuk | Heiltsuk | 1,420.40 | 2535 | |
| Kwakwakaʼwakw | Campbell River | 203.30 | 961 | |
| Da'naxda'xw | 39.30 | 268 | ||
| Dzawada'enuxw | 218 | 555 | ||
| Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw | 794.10 | 1,122 | ||
| Gwawaenuk | 206.30 | 42 | ||
| Kwakiutl | 502.10 | 1,023 | ||
| Kwiakah | 68.80 | 21 | ||
| Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis | 179.10 | 309 | ||
| Mamalilikulla-QweʼQwaʼSotʼEm | 232.40 | 481 | ||
| Namgis | 442 | 2,008 | ||
| Quatsino | 402.70 | 609 | ||
| Tlatlasikwala | 3,474.40 | 68 | ||
| Tlowitsis | 176.40 | 455 | ||
| We Wai Kai | 663.10 | 1,305 | ||
| Nuu-chah-nulth | Ahousaht | 565.5 | 2,233 | |
| Ehattesaht | 139.3 | 568 | ||
| Hesquiaht | 320.5 | 753 | ||
| Hupacasath | 219.10 | 377 | ||
| Huu-ay-aht | 7,181[c] | 733 | ||
| Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' | 376.90 | 581 | ||
| Mowachaht/Muchalaht | 388.30 | 610 | ||
| Nuchatlaht | 92.20 | 167 | ||
| Pacheedaht | 117.70 | 301 | ||
| Tla-o-qui-aht | 347.80 | 1,242 | ||
| Toquaht | 194.70 | 158 | ||
| Tseshaht | 593.60 | 1,270 | ||
| Uchucklesaht | 232.70 | 259 | ||
| Ucluelet | 199.30 | 681 | ||
| Wuikinuxv | Wuikinuxv | 712.80 | 292 | |
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