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2006 Profile of Aboriginal Children, Youth and Adults

Step 1: Age group - 6 to 14 years of age
Step 2: Population - Treaty or Registered Indian (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - Yukon, Ontario (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

  • Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Yukon or Ontario (Rural)
  • Aboriginal Population Profile - Yukon
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Healthy living Yukon Ontario (Rural)
percent2
General Health
In excellent or very good health 85 84
In good health 14E 13E
In fair or poor health  x  x
Activity limitations
With one or more activity limitations:
Yes, sometimes 8E 14E
Yes, often 6E 10E
No, does not have any difficulty 85 77
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more health conditions 42 51
With one or more severe chronic health conditions 31 41
With allergies 19 17
With asthma 9E 11E
With a heart condition  x  x
With ear infections or ear problems 10E 9E
With a hearing impairment  x  x
With a visual impairment  x 11
Physical injuries
Injured in last 12 months 9E 15E
Health care
Who has parent or guardian seen in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health of the child or youth:
Pediatrician, general practitioner or family physician 44 54
Another medical specialist 19 28
Community health nurse, public health nurse or nurse practitioner 38 18
Traditional Aboriginal healer 9E 5E
Dental care
Children and youth who last received dental care:
Within the last 12 months 89 87
More than 1 year ago 9E 12E
Children and youth in need of dental treatment 38 27
Of those in need of dental treatment:
Arrangements have been made for dental treatment 56 61
Arrangements have not been made for dental treatment 27E 32E
Education and social activities Yukon Ontario (Rural)
percent2
School attendance
Currently attending school 98 98
Attended an early childhood development or preschool program 59 57
Attended Aboriginal specific early childhood development or preschool program 28 20E
Absence from school:
Absent or missed school for a period of 2 or more weeks in a row  x  x
Attributes of the school (parent or guardian's views)
School provides enough information about his/her academic progress:
Strongly agree or agree 82 87
Disagree or strongly disagree 12E 12E
School provides enough information about his/her attendance:
Strongly agree or agree 86 93
Disagree or strongly disagree  x  x
School provides enough information about his/her behaviour at school:
Strongly agree or agree 87 85
Disagree or strongly disagree 7E 14E
Satisfied with the level of discipline at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 75 85
Disagree or strongly disagree 13E 13E
Feel the presence of drugs and alcohol is a problem at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 16E 8E
Disagree or strongly disagree 73 86
Feel violence is a problem at this school
Strongly agree or agree 23 21
Disagree or strongly disagree 66 77
Satisfied with the quality of teaching at this school
Strongly agree or agree 75 87
Disagree or strongly disagree 17E 12E
Child is challenged to work at his/her full potential
Strongly agree or agree 74 82
Disagree or strongly disagree 18 16E
Satisfied with how this school is preparing him/her to make choices about his/her future:
Strongly agree or agree 67 80
Disagree or strongly disagree 15E 15E
School has high academic standards:
Strongly agree or agree 61 76
Disagree or strongly disagree 27 20
Satisfied with the availability of extracurricular activities at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 70 71
Disagree or strongly disagree 22 27
Child or youth is happy at this school
Strongly agree or agree 80 91
Disagree or strongly disagree 13E 7E
Performance at school (parent or guardian's views)
Very well or well 58 68
Average 27 27
Poorly or very poorly 9E 4E
Importance of graduating from high school (parent or guardian's views)
High school graduation is very important 97 97
Social activities
Average number of hours used to watch TV, videos or DVDs per day (count) 2.4 2.2
Average number of hours used to play video games per day (count) 1.1 0.8
How often child or youth plays sports:
Never or less than once per week 28 34
One or more times per week 71 65
Languages Yukon Ontario (Rural)
percent2
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak and understand 41 17E
Able to understand only 43 39
Neither speak nor understand 14E 42
Language group of primary Aboriginal language spoken
Able to speak or understand Cree  x  x
Able to speak or understand an Inuit language  x  x
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language 100 75
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language (parent or guardian's views)
Very important or somewhat important 90 80
Not very important or not important 10E 19
Who receive help learning an Aboriginal language from:
Grandparents 44 21
Parents 22 30
Aunts and uncles 10E 11E
School teachers 60 16

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x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Notes:

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.