It was agreed by most government and Métis representatives during the First Ministers' Conference processes of 1983-1992 that three major factors should play a role in determining whether or not a given individual is Métis. The person should be of some Aboriginal ancestry. The person should identify him/herself as Métis. The person should be recognized or accepted as Métis by a/the Métis community.  

It is a comon misconception that all Métis are a mixture of Indian and French peoples. Although the term "Métis" is certainly French, and Métis is the term most often applied to Indian/French mixtures, it has also been applied, historically and in modern times, to anyone of mixed Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry. Even in Red River during the Riel period of 1865 to 1870, the mixed blood population was pretty evenly divided between French halfbreeds on the one hand, and English and Scottish halfbreeds on the other. More importantly, when the term "Métis" was entrenched in the Constitution Act of 1982, it was negotiated into the document by the Native Council of Canada to cover anyone of mixed Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry who identified themselves as Métis at that time.  

In any case, if most of your answers to the following questions are "yes," then chances are you have the right and/or the choice to identify yourself as Métis. Even if most of your answers are "no," you might be suprised at the some of the possibilities that may still exist.