The most comprehensive account of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada paints a dark picture.

According to an RCMP report released Friday, native women in Canada are much more likely to meet a violent death than non-native women.

On the prairies, those statistics are even more startling.

But one thing families of these missing or murdered Indigenous women and RCMP agree on is victims are more than just statistics.

"That's somebody's mother, somebody's sister somebody's daughter, aunt, somebody's loved one," said RCMP Deputy Commissioner Janice Armstrong.

The report claims there are 1,181 victims in Canada, a startling statistic but one that advocates and families always feared was true.

"There's a significant over representation of Aboriginal women as victims of going missing or victims of homicide," said RCMP Superintendent Tyler Bates.

The 22-page RCMP report includes cases of missing or murdered women between 1980 and 2012. The data was collected from close to 300 policing agencies across Canada.

"There are 225 that remain unsolved. Cases that we're working diligently on throughout the country," adds Bates.

RCMP said 32 of those victims are from Manitoba, with 12 missing and 20 murdered.

But it's a number at least one volunteer rescue group believes is grossly underestimated.

"That sounds like a pretty low number, especially with the amount of calls we receive and the amount of communications we have with communities. That seems like half the number I would believe,” said George Leonard, volunteer search and rescue member.

RCMP admit more work needs to be done to solve these cases.

It's committing resources and agreeing to collaborate with stakeholders to introduce crime prevention programs, but stops short of calling for a national inquiry.

"I don't think that’s a question the police should be weighing in on, I think as was mentioned earlier we need to squarely focus our efforts on the prevention initiatives," said Armstrong. It's left some First Nations agencies and advocates invited to the announcement frustrated and angry and even more determined to push for a national inquiry.