The similarly-minded Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada began organizing independently in the summer of 2005.

that the two parties merged their applications for registration to facilitate gaining Elections Canada recognition.

The party nominated five candidates in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario in the 2006 federal election.

On December 26, 2005, Will Morin, an Ojibway from Michipicoten First Nation was the first of the five candidates to be officially registered by Elections Canada.

[2] Morin was the party's only candidate in the 2011 election, receiving 0.50 percent of the votes in the riding of Sudbury.