Impacts of rising prices on the well-being of Indigenous people, 2024

In 2024, close to half of First Nations people living off reserve (45%) and Métis (44%), and more than half of Inuit (54%) (all aged 15 years and older) reported that it was "difficult" or "very difficult" in the 12 months preceding the survey to meet their financial needs in terms of transportation, housing, food, clothing, and other necessary expenses.

Released today, new data from the Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit, collected from August 30 to September 22, 2024, sheds light on the well-being of, and impacts of rising prices on, Indigenous people aged 15 and older. The purpose of this survey series is to improve the visibility of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit in national statistics and to fill key data gaps with timely and culturally relevant data.