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2006 Profile of Aboriginal Children, Youth and Adults

Step 1: Age group - 15 years of age and over
Step 2: Population - North American Indian Identity (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - Atlantic provinces (Urban), Atlantic provinces (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Atlantic provinces (Urban) or Atlantic provinces (Rural)

Education	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	30	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	84	83
Part-time, day or evening	^x	^x
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	17^E	8^E
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	^F
One to six	5^E	7
Seven or eight	8	12
Nine	8	12
Ten	10	11
Eleven	20	17
Twelve or thirteen	48	39
High school
Graduated from high school³	52	42
Did not finish high school³	17	13
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.7	15.3
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	9	13
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	3^E	3
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	2^E	3
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	63	53
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	23	24
Currently attending education above the high school level³	20	16
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	56	57
Part-time, day or evening	35	25^E
Type of educational institution:
University³	43	31
Community college or CEGEP³	45	49
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	24	26
Private business school or private training institute³	16	17
Another school above high school³	14	14
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	23	18
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	57	46
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	93	83
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	^F
Less than high school diploma	31	38
High school diploma or High school equivalency	12	13
Some trade/vocational school	^F	1^E
Some other non-university institution	8	7
Some university	7	5
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	12
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	17	15
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2^E	1^E
Bachelor's degree	8	4
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	4^E	2^E
Languages	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	29	31
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	20	26
with effort or a few words	77	70
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	36	65
with effort or a few words	62	35
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	19	24
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	22	25
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	30	37
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	30	36
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	31	33
Somewhat important	30	31
Not very important or not important	37	35
No opinion	^x	^x
Labour activity	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	30	43
Fished in the past 12 months	38	49
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	52	66
Trapped in the past 12 months	12^E	29
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	55	47
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	7	9
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	36	43
Income	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	62	59
Employment insurance	12	26
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	9	14
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	11	17
Social assistance or welfare benefits	13	10
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	24	18
Health	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	56	53
Good	24	26
Fair or poor	19	21
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	74	69
Traditional healer	4^E	2^E
Nurse	28	28
Dentist or orthodontist	54	47
Other health professional³	57	58
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	59	59
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	6
Diabetes	9	10
Type 1³	16^E	14^E
Type 2³	62	64
Arthritis or rheumatism	24	28
Cancer	3^E	4^E
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	14	11
Kidney disease	1^E	3^E
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	22	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	23	27
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	^x	2^E
Other long term health condition	19	15
Communication technology	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	81	68
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	78	65
Housing	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	43	17
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	57	82
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	87	87
With a smoke detector	98	95
With a telephone	96	97
With a stove for cooking	99	98
With electricity	99	99
With a generator	9	19
With cold running water	99	98
With hot running water	99	98
With a flush toilet	99	98
Without a septic tank or sewage system	5^E	^F
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	9	11
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	16	18
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	25	26

Symbols:

E use with caution

F too unreliable to be published

x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Notes:

1. To access the comma-separated values (CSV) or the tab-separated values (TAB) file, use the conversion features available in most spreadsheet software, or use a free-of-charge viewer.
2. Percentages may not add to 100 because missing data (i.e., don't know, refusal, not stated) were included in the calculation of all estimates and because of rounding. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
3. Updated October 31, 2011.

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.