Country Profile – CA

CANADA

Population: 34,482,779 – 2011

Indigenous Population: 1,172,790 – 2006

Percentage population which is Indigenous: 3.8%

Total cases of HIV: 65,000 – 2008

Total new infections – most recent year: estimated 2,300 to 4,300 – 2008

Indigenous HIV epidemiological information collected? yes

Percentage of new infections which are Indigenous – most recent year: 10.5% of all estimated – 2008

Indigenous specific approaches to HIV: yes

Number of Indigenous AIDS service organizations: >20

Indigenous Peoples groups in nation state: First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

Web link to epi information: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/publication/epi/2010/index-eng.php