Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Eligibility - Population(s) Served

Affiliation limited to one organization per province or territory * no individual memberships

Executives

Elmer St Pierre - National Chief
Jim Devoe - Chief Executive Officer

Languages

English

Area(s) Served

Canada

Description of Services:

National representative body for Aboriginal advocacy * annual general assemblies * lobbies for federal funds

Nationally administers programs including Aboriginal youth civic engagement, Aboriginal skills and employment training funds

Provincial and territorial organizations formally and legally associate themselves as affiliates * the affiliates deliver the programs to their constituents: off-reserve Non-Status and Status Indians, Métis Aboriginal Peoples and and Southern Inuit Aboriginal Peoples living in urban, rural, remote and isolated areas

About Us

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (formerly known as the Native Council of Canada) is the national representative organization and the national voice for the constituency and their Affiliate Organizations making up the Congress' family of advocates for the Off-Reserve, Non-Status, and Status Indians, Métis and Southern Inuit Aboriginal Peoples living in urban, rural remote and isolated areas throughout Canada. As of 2011, more than 70 percent of Aboriginal Peoples live off-reserve.