Community Profiles
Community profiles were constructed to provide
data for the spreadsheet model. First Nations have different population
sizes, different service needs, different locations and different
economic development or revenue opportunities. To account for
differences among First Nations and to see how different fiscal
options would work for different types of First Nations, three
community profiles were constructed for use within a spreadsheet
model.
Demographic, economic and government data was collected from a
variety of sources to construct these three community profiles.
Data sources included census data, the Department of Indian Affairs,
Treaty Offers (past offers that had been made public) and audited
financial statements from participating First Nations.
Table 1 - Summary of Community Profiles
|
PROFILE
A |
PROFILE
B |
PROFILE
C |
| POPULATION |
1,000 with approx. 50% living on TSL |
1,000 with approx. 50% living on TSL |
1,000 with approx. 35% living on TSL |
| COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT |
Potential for commercial development, lease revenues |
Limited potential for commercial development |
Virtually no potential for commercial development |
| FORESTRY RESOURCES |
Limited forestry resources |
Significant forestry resources |
No forestry resources |
| REFERENCE NAME |
Urban |
Resource |
Remote |
Since each and every community will have a unique
set of circumstances it is not expected that these profiles will
be fully consistent with the reality of any single First Nation.
Furthermore, as the community profiles were constructed it became
increasingly clear that it would not be easy to identify the profiles
with simple labels like: Urban, Resource, and Remote as the profiles
could each have elements of natural resources,
commercial development and remoteness.
The idea behind profile C was to examine a scenario in which there
would be minimal opportunities for a First Nation community to
generate any revenue of its own due to lack of resources or remoteness.
This scenario may not be realistic in the sense that it seems
reasonable that almost all First Nations could have some access
to natural resources as part of a treaty settlement. However,
it was hoped that such a scenario would provide an extreme case
to illustrate the differences among the fiscal options.
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