In 2013/2015, according to the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, 46.3% of First Nations children were living in crowded homes¹ – that is homes having more than one person per habitable room.²

This was up from 37.5% in 2008/2010 and 32.4% in 2002/2003, according to the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey.

First Nations households had an average of 5.7 persons (2.4 adults and 3.4 children and youth).³

First Nations households with children had almost three times as many children as households in the general Canadian population – 3.2 vs. 1.1.⁴

¹First Nations Information Governance Centre, Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey. 2016. http://fnigc.ca/sites/default/files/docs/fnigc_fnreees_national_report_2016_en_final_28072016_0.pdf-accessed August 25, 2017.
²Statistics Canada. 2006 Census: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Metis and First Nations. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-558/note-eng.cfm-accessed August 22, 2017.
³Jackson, A., & Roberts, P. (2001). Physical housing conditions and the well being of children. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development. http://www.peelearlyyears.com/pdf/Physical%20Housing%20Conditions%20and%20the%20Wellbeing%20of%20Children,%20Canada.pdf-accessed August 3, 2017.
⁴Statistics Canada. (2007). Census families by number of children at home, by province and territory (2006 Census). http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?objId=97-553-X2006009&objType=46&lang=en&limit=0-accessed June 12, 2017.