Where Aboriginal peoples represent 2% of the Canadian population, 15.4% of female prisoners are Aboriginal.

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This statistic comes from a report by the Office of the Correctional Investigator, which found that Indigenous women make up 42% of women in custody in Canada, despite representing only 4% of the female population overall. The report notes that Indigenous women are disproportionately affected by factors like poverty, intergenerational trauma, and systemic discrimination, which can increase their risk of entering the criminal justice system.

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