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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, Alberta (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

  • Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Yukon or Alberta (Rural)
  • Aboriginal Population Profile - Yukon
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Healthy living Yukon Alberta (Rural)
percent2
General Health
In excellent or very good health 85 78
In good health 14E 17
In fair or poor health  x 4E
Activity limitations
With one or more activity limitations:
Yes, sometimes 8E 8E
Yes, often 6E 11E
No, does not have any difficulty 85 80
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more health conditions 42 46
With one or more severe chronic health conditions 31 39
With allergies 19 12E
With asthma 9E 10E
With a heart condition  x  x
With ear infections or ear problems 10E 7E
With a hearing impairment  x  x
With a visual impairment  x 17
Physical injuries
Injured in last 12 months 9E 9E
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 38
Community health nurse, public health nurse or nurse practitioner 38 24
Traditional Aboriginal healer 9E 7E
Dental care
Children and youth who last received dental care:
Within the last 12 months 89 79
More than 1 year ago 9E 19
Children and youth in need of dental treatment 38 26
Of those in need of dental treatment:
Arrangements have been made for dental treatment 56 48
Arrangements have not been made for dental treatment 27E 45
Education and social activities Yukon Alberta (Rural)
percent2
School attendance
Currently attending school 98 97
Attended an early childhood development or preschool program 59 67
Attended Aboriginal specific early childhood development or preschool program 28 49
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 85
Disagree or strongly disagree 12E 7E
School provides enough information about his/her attendance:
Strongly agree or agree 86 90
Disagree or strongly disagree  x  x
School provides enough information about his/her behaviour at school:
Strongly agree or agree 87 87
Disagree or strongly disagree 7E 5E
Satisfied with the level of discipline at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 75 80
Disagree or strongly disagree 13E 13
Feel the presence of drugs and alcohol is a problem at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 16E 11E
Disagree or strongly disagree 73 75
Feel violence is a problem at this school
Strongly agree or agree 23 22
Disagree or strongly disagree 66 68
Satisfied with the quality of teaching at this school
Strongly agree or agree 75 84
Disagree or strongly disagree 17E 8E
Child is challenged to work at his/her full potential
Strongly agree or agree 74 84
Disagree or strongly disagree 18 9E
Satisfied with how this school is preparing him/her to make choices about his/her future:
Strongly agree or agree 67 81
Disagree or strongly disagree 15E 10E
School has high academic standards:
Strongly agree or agree 61 74
Disagree or strongly disagree 27 13E
Satisfied with the availability of extracurricular activities at this school:
Strongly agree or agree 70 68
Disagree or strongly disagree 22 22
Child or youth is happy at this school
Strongly agree or agree 80 87
Disagree or strongly disagree 13E 6E
Performance at school (parent or guardian's views)
Very well or well 58 67
Average 27 27
Poorly or very poorly 9E  x
Importance of graduating from high school (parent or guardian's views)
High school graduation is very important 97 96
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 0.9
How often child or youth plays sports:
Never or less than once per week 28 32
One or more times per week 71 67
Languages Yukon Alberta (Rural)
percent2
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak and understand 41 34
Able to understand only 43 38
Neither speak nor understand 14E 27
Language group of primary Aboriginal language spoken
Able to speak or understand Cree  x 46
Able to speak or understand an Inuit language  x  x
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language 100 53
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 18
Who receive help learning an Aboriginal language from:
Grandparents 44 36
Parents 22 34
Aunts and uncles 10E 6E
School teachers 60 23

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x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Notes:

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.