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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, Yukon

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	24	14^E
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	84	45^E
Part-time, day or evening	9^E	32^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	12^E	^x
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^F	^x
One to six	7	4^E
Seven or eight	11	10^E
Nine	10	13
Ten	11	19
Eleven	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	43	37
High school
Graduated from high school³	47	35
Did not finish high school³	15	17
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	11
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.5	15.4
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	11	29
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	3	23
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	2	14
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	58	48
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	23	30
Currently attending education above the high school level³	18	18^E
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	57	50^E
Part-time, day or evening	30	^x
Type of educational institution:
University³	37	24
Community college or CEGEP³	47	65
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	25	18
Private business school or private training institute³	16	11^E
Another school above high school³	14	5^E
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	20	20
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	52	60
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	88	88
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^F	^x
Less than high school diploma	34	39
High school diploma or High school equivalency	13	15
Some trade/vocational school	1^E	^x
Some other non-university institution	8	12
Some university	6	3^E
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	10	5^E
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	17
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2^E	^x
Bachelor's degree	6	4^E
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	3^E	^x
Languages	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	30	82
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	23	24
with effort or a few words	73	74
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	53	39
with effort or a few words	46	58
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	22	25
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	24	20
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	34	26
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	33	53
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	32	59
Somewhat important	31	18
Not very important or not important	36	19
No opinion	^x	^x
Labour activity	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	38	50
Fished in the past 12 months	44	67
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	60	66
Trapped in the past 12 months	23	16^E
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	51	57
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	8	7^E
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	40	33
Income	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	61	73
Employment insurance	20	14
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	12	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	14	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	12	26
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	21	43
Health	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	54	52
Good	25	30
Fair or poor	20	17
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	71	69
Traditional healer	3	12
Nurse	28	48
Dentist or orthodontist	50	50
Other health professional³	57	58
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	59	48
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	5^E
Diabetes	9	6^E
Type 1³	14^E	^x
Type 2³	63	53
Arthritis or rheumatism	27	15
Cancer	3	4^E
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	13	8^E
Kidney disease	2^E	^x
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	20	8^E
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	25	17
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	2^E	7^E
Other long term health condition	17	14
Communication technology	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	74	65
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	71	59
Housing	Atlantic provinces	Yukon
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	29	57
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	70	41
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	87	80
With a smoke detector	96	78
With a telephone	96	79
With a stove for cooking	99	97
With electricity	99	98
With a generator	14	12
With cold running water	99	97
With hot running water	99	97
With a flush toilet	99	97
Without a septic tank or sewage system	3^E	11^E
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	10	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	17	13
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	26	20

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.