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2006 Profile of Aboriginal Children, Youth and Adults

Step 1: Age group - Under 6 years of age
Step 2: Population - Treaty or Registered Indian (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - All provinces, Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - All provinces or Canada
Aboriginal Population Profile - Canada

Family and community	All provinces	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Family structure
Living with two parents	53	53	54	52
Living with one parent	42	41	40	42
Number of generations living in household
Living in a two generation family: child(ren) - parent(s)	85	85	85	85
Living in a three generation family: child(ren) - parent(s) - grandparent(s)	9	9	8	10
Child care³	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Receiving regular child care	46	46	45	46
Of children receiving child care:
In licensed child care	62	63	64	61
Child care promotes First Nations, Métis or Inuit traditional, cultural values and customs	29	30	30	30
Participate in learning activities, such as songs, stories, or learning-based play	92	92	92	91
Main type of care
Daycare or child care centre	44	44	45	42
Nursery school/preschool⁴	7	7	8	7
Aboriginal languages most often used in child care
Receive regular child care that uses an Aboriginal language⁴	9	9	8	10
Nurturing	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Nurturing and raising the child
Mother involved in raising the child⁵	93	92	92	93
Father involved in raising the child⁶	68	68	69	68
At least one grandparent involved in raising the child	44	44	46	43
At least one aunt/uncle/cousin/sibling involved in raising the child	29	30	31	29
Children that attend a child-parent program (e.g., 'mom and tots,' 'the dad program,' 'mother goose') at least once per week⁴	12	12	11	14
Healthy living	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Child health
In excellent or very good health	83	82	81	84
In good health	13	14	14	13
In fair or poor health	4	4	5	3
With a long-term health condition diagnosed by a health professional	30	29	33	25
Who have asthma or use Ventolin, an inhaler or puffer	16	15	18	12
Who have ever had dental problems	23	24	24	23
Birth weight
Weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth	6	6	5	6
Weighing between 2,500 and 4,000 grams at birth	70	70	67	72
Weighing over 4,000 grams at birth	18	18	21	15
Health care
Who has child seen in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor, general practitioner or pediatrician	81	80	80	80
Public health nurse, nurse practitioner	47	49	47	51
Another medical specialist	12	12	13	11
Dentist, dental therapist, orthodontist	44	44	44	44
Eye doctor or optometrist	16	16	16	16
Unable to obtain health care or medication when needed in the past 12 months	11	11	11	12
Sleep
Average number of hours child sleeps day and night:
Sleeping 8 hours or less day and night	7	7	8	6
Sleeping 9 hours or more day and night	92	92	91	93
Food and nutrition	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Breast feeding
Ever breast-fed	69	69	67	71
Breast-fed for at least 4 months	56	56	58	55
Breast-fed for at least 6 months	47	47	48	45
Aboriginal languages spoken or understood	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language⁴	32	31	30	32
Expected by parent/guardian to become fluent in an Aboriginal language	39	40	38	42
Children for which parent/guardian believes it is important to speak and understand an Aboriginal language	43	44	44	45

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. Excludes children who are currently attending school.
4. Updated October 31, 2011.
5. The category 'mother' includes birth mother, step mother (including common-law step parent), adoptive mother and foster mother.
6. The category 'father' includes birth father, step father (including common-law step parent), adoptive father and foster father.

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Children's Survey, 2006.