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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 - Yukon, Atlantic provinces (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Yukon or Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Aboriginal Population Profile - Yukon

Education	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	14^E	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	45^E	83
Part-time, day or evening	32^E	^x
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	^x	8^E
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	^F
One to six	4^E	7
Seven or eight	10^E	12
Nine	13	12
Ten	19	11
Eleven	14	17
Twelve or thirteen	37	39
High school
Graduated from high school³	35	42
Did not finish high school³	17	13
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	11	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.4	15.3
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	29	13
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	23	3
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	14	3
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	48	53
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	30	24
Currently attending education above the high school level³	18^E	16
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	50^E	57
Part-time, day or evening	^x	25^E
Type of educational institution:
University³	24	31
Community college or CEGEP³	65	49
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	18	26
Private business school or private training institute³	11^E	17
Another school above high school³	5^E	14
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	20	18
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	60	46
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	88	83
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	^F
Less than high school diploma	39	38
High school diploma or High school equivalency	15	13
Some trade/vocational school	^x	1^E
Some other non-university institution	12	7
Some university	3^E	5
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	5^E	12
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	17	15
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	1^E
Bachelor's degree	4^E	4
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	^x	2^E
Languages	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	82	31
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	24	26
with effort or a few words	74	70
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	39	65
with effort or a few words	58	35
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	25	24
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	20	25
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	26	37
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	53	36
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	59	33
Somewhat important	18	31
Not very important or not important	19	35
No opinion	^x	^x
Labour activity	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	50	43
Fished in the past 12 months	67	49
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	66	66
Trapped in the past 12 months	16^E	29
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	57	47
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	7^E	9
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	33	43
Income	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	73	59
Employment insurance	14	26
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	9	14
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	10	17
Social assistance or welfare benefits	26	10
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	43	18
Health	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	52	53
Good	30	26
Fair or poor	17	21
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	69	69
Traditional healer	12	2^E
Nurse	48	28
Dentist or orthodontist	50	47
Other health professional³	58	58
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	48	59
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5^E	6
Diabetes	6^E	10
Type 1³	^x	14^E
Type 2³	53	64
Arthritis or rheumatism	15	28
Cancer	4^E	4^E
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	8^E	11
Kidney disease	^x	3^E
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	8^E	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	17	27
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	7^E	2^E
Other long term health condition	14	15
Communication technology	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	65	68
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	59	65
Housing	Yukon	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	57	17
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	41	82
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	80	87
With a smoke detector	78	95
With a telephone	79	97
With a stove for cooking	97	98
With electricity	98	99
With a generator	12	19
With cold running water	97	98
With hot running water	97	98
With a flush toilet	97	98
Without a septic tank or sewage system	11^E	^F
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	12	11
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	13	18
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	20	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.