METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 19 Community building The Ontario T rillium Foundation OTF an agency of the Ontario gover nment pr ovides grants to notfor pr oft or ganizations in the pr ovince Its mission is to help build healthy and vibrant communities by str engthen ing capacity in communitybased initiatives thr ough investment The grants pr ovided by the T rillium Founda tion enable or ganizations to build on their str engths and develop new ideas The Ontario T rillium Foundation r egularly pr oduces pr ofles of the communities it supported thr ough its grants The fndings help pr ovide valuable insight into wher e additional pr ograms and ser vices ar e needed In April 2010 it r eleased a r eport called Aboriginal Communities in Pr ofle Ontario The r eport confrms that the Aboriginal community in Ontario is gr owing at a rate much faster than the overall population Between 2001 and 2006 the community gr ew by 288 per cent compar ed to Ontario s over all population which incr eased by 66 per cent The Metis population r epr esented the most gr owth 595 per cent in the fve year period and r emains the second lar gest Aboriginal gr oup in the pr ovince 304 per cent A higher birth rate and mor e people identifying as Metis ar e two of the factors contributing to this gr owth W ithout pr oviding a br eakdown the pr ofle confrms that the Aboriginal population in Ontario is highly mobile with fr equent moves between urban and rural ar eas This tr end is mor e common amongst younger individuals within the population because of moves to and fr om mor e r emote communities to urban centr es for school or work A complete copy of the r eport is available thr ough the T rillium Foundation website www trilliumfoundationorg m et is people in Canada n early 9 out of 10 people or 85 per cent who ident ifed t hemselves as Met is l ived in eit her t he wester n pr ovinces or o ntario 21 per cent l ived in a l berta 19 per cent in o ntario 17 per cent in m anitoba 15 per cent in b rit ish Columbia and 12 per cent in s askatchewan Selfidentifed Metis Population in Ontario n at ional Household s urvey 2011