Go to our report here and the analysis here. Download the indicators here. For more Aboriginal coverage, go here. Read an update on the state of the Domtar-Waswanipi partnership here.

Methodology: Corporate Knights’ Aboriginal Relations ranking looks at five categories: Employment, Business Development, Community Relations, Environmental Impact, and Governance. Each category is equally weighted. The ranking examines Canadian operations only, and only those operations with significant interaction with Aboriginal peoples and/or their land. Information used in the assessment was culled from publicly available sources, including recent sustainability and annual reports, company websites, and press reports from the last two years. All research was conducted between February 1 and March 1, 2009. Each sector was examined separately.

Companies included below in alphabetical order (winner asterisked):

Forestry: AbitibiBowater, Canfor Corporation, Catalyst Paper Corporation, Domtar*, Tembec Inc., Weyerhaeuser. Inclusion was based on revenues in fiscal 2007 of $1.5 billion or more.

Mining: Barrick Gold, Cameco Corporation*, Goldcorp Inc., Rio Tinto (Alcan), Teck Cominco Ltd., Vale Inco, Xstrata. Inclusion was based on revenues in fiscal 2007 of $2 billion or more.

Oil and Gas: Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., EnCana Corp., Husky Energy Inc., Imperial Oil, Nexen Inc., Petro-Canada, Shell Canada, Suncor Energy Inc.*, Talisman Energy Inc. Inclusion was based on revenues in fiscal 2007 of $5 billion or more.

Utilities: BC Hydro and Power*, Enbridge, Hydro One, Hydro-Quebec, Ontario Power Generation, Transcanada Corp. Inclusion was based on revenues in fiscal 2007 of $4 billion or more.