Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Economy"

Canoes are stacked for the winter as the sun rises on the Fort Hope First Nation in northern Ontario. An eSupply Canada analysis of the total revenue spent on materials and supplies by Indigenous businesses found that Ontario had the third-highest average among provinces at 8.67 per cent. Toronto Star: First Nations in Canada could...

Mark Podlasly, chief sustainability officer of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Windspeaker.com: Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was among the 1,700 delegates attending the two-day First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference that concluded Tuesday in Toronto. Freeland, who is also the minister of Finance, took part...

NationTalk:  Indigenous Services Canada – Yesterday, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, convened an economic reconciliation roundtable between Indigenous leaders from National Indigenous Organizations and national Indigenous economic institutions, executives from Canada’s banks and the financial sector, and federal Ministers and senior officials to discuss shared goals and challenges, and to explore opportunities...

The Globe and Mail: OPINION – A new paper from researchers at the Bank of Canada tells us a lot about the state of the Indigenous economy within Canada. But one thing that stands out is how much the paper can’t tell us – because the basic economic data, in 2023, don’t exist. The 30-page overview, published...

Staff Discussion Paper 2023-25 (English) Available as: PDF Attempts to measure aspects of the Indigenous economy in Canada are limited by data availability and quality. Drawing on the most recent data sources and research, we provide an overview of the Indigenous economy in Canada. This includes a discussion of the various characteristics of the Indigenous economy,...