Why are Indigenous people in Canada so much more likely to be shot and killed by police?
An Indigenous person in Canada is more than 10 times more likely to
have been shot and killed by a police officer in Canada since 2017 than a
white person in Canada.
have been shot and killed by a police officer in Canada since 2017 than a
white person in Canada.
A CTV News analysis reveals that of the 66 people shot and killed by
police in that timeframe for whom race or heritage could be identified,
25 were Indigenous.
That’s nearly 40 per cent of the total. Adjusted for population based
on 2016 census data, it means 1.5 out of every 100,000 Indigenous
Canadians have been shot and killed by police since 2017, versus 0.13
out of every 100,000 white Canadians.