Homicide Survey

Aboriginal identity reported of person, category

Aboriginal identity reported refers to identification by police as First Nations persons (either status or non-status), Métis, Inuit, or an Aboriginal identity where the Aboriginal group was not known to police determined through information provided by the person themselves, or through other means such as status cards, information supplied by the persons' families, community members, or other sources (i.e., such as band records).

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.