Métis National Council

The Métis National Council (French: Ralliement national des Métis) is a representative body of the Métis people of northwestern Canada. The MNC represented the Métis Nation both nationally and internationally, receiving direction from the elected leadership of the Métis Nation's provincial-level governments. The goal of the MNC is to "secure a healthy space for the Métis Nation's on-going existence within the Canadian federation".

Since the late-2010s, the MNC has faced disputes over fundamentals as who is considered Métis, and which organizations should have the democratic mandate to speak for the Métis Nation to Canada's federal and provincial governments. Two of its founding members, Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) and Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) withdrew from the Council in 2021 and 2024 respectively: both organizations cited the MNC's continued recognition of the Métis Nation of Ontario, which has been accused of recognising communities with insufficient ancestral and cultural ties to the traditional Métis homeland.