Canadians are people connected to Canada through residence, law, history, or culture, forming a multilingual and multicultural society shaped by Indigenous, French, British, and immigrant influences. The term originally applied to French colonists in New France, and its first known use to include both English and French settlers came from Prince Edward in 1792. Canadian identity grew through gradual independence from Britain, marked by the Statute of Westminster (1931), the Canadian Citizenship Act (1947), and full sovereignty with the patriation of the constitution in 1982. Demographically, Canadians make up just 0.5% of the world's population, with about 41% being first- or second-generation immigrants, while Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) numbered 1.67 million in 2016. The country's original inhabitants include Paleo-Indian cultures at sites like Old Crow Flats, and today, a strong sense of national pride prevails—87% of Canadians identify proudly as Canadian, with 61% feeling very proud.