Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
No, that would be Native Americans. . .
Thx. One thing for certain I've never heard of anyone nor read recent stuff that uses the term "Native Canadian" up here in Kanata (aboriginal name from which Canada is derived from). Highly doubtful that the Russian skating duo even know the latter fact. Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, etc. are also aboriginal-based names.

Guess what? In the past I've referred to myself to others as a 'native-born Canadian', meaning I was born in Canada.

"Aboriginal peoples" is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. The Canadian constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal people: Indians (commonly referred to as First Nations), Métis and Inuit. These are three distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. More than one million people in Canada identify themselves as an Aboriginal person, according to the 2006 Census.
Aboriginal communities are located in urban, rural and remote locations across Canada. They include:
• First Nations or Indian Bands, generally located on lands called reserves;
• Inuit communities located in Nunavut, NWT, Northern Quebec (Nunavik) and Labrador;
• Métis communities; and
• communities of Aboriginal people (including Métis, Non-Status Indians, Inuit and First Nation individuals) in cities or towns which are not part of reserves or traditional territories (for example, the Aboriginal community in Winnipeg).
Source published by the Canadian federal government:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/index-eng.asp

Another resource: http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/ac.../en/index.html