Report: Indigenous economic impact across Atlantic Canada [Video]

The Atlantic Economic Council presented its latest findings when it comes to just how much Indigenous businesses and communities contribute to the economy in Atlantic Canada.

The latest data, which is from 2021, showed a significant increase from the last report just five years earlier.

“With the Atlantic Economic Council, they presented an earlier study done by the ATN back in 2015/2016 and, of course, between then and now, then numbers have grown, they have increased and it could be a multitude of reasons,” said Jarvis Googoo, the Integrated Research Program Director for Atlantic Indigenous Economic Development.

“More businesses are self identifying as indigenous, so we now know who’s contributing more so. Inflation is a factor. Post COVID recovery is a factor, but our population is continuing to grow as well. Our communities are continuing to get larger and with that businesses and job creation, taxation, they continue to increase as well.”

The newest report states that the …