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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), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Atlantic provinces (Urban) or Canada
Aboriginal Population Profile - Canada

Education	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	30	23	26	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	84	80	81	79
Part-time, day or evening	^x	14	13^E	15
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	17^E	15	12	19
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
One to six	5^E	4	4	4
Seven or eight	8	8	8	8
Nine	8	9	10	8
Ten	10	14	16	13
Eleven	20	16	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	48	48	43	52
High school
Graduated from high school³	52	46	41	50
Did not finish high school³	17	18	20	16
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	9	9	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.7	15.8	15.9	15.6
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	9	18	18	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	3^E	9	8	10
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	2^E	6	5	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	63	56	52	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	23	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	20	18	15	19
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	56	49	41	54
Part-time, day or evening	35	39	41	37
Type of educational institution:
University³	43	35	31	38
Community college or CEGEP³	45	55	50	58
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	24	24	31	19
Private business school or private training institute³	16	14	12	14
Another school above high school³	14	9	11	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	23	17	14	19
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	57	54	46	59
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	93	89	85	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	31	34	38	30
High school diploma or High school equivalency	12	15	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	^F	2	2	1
Some other non-university institution	8	9	9	10
Some university	7	5	4	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	9	12	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	17	16	11	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2^E	2	1	2
Bachelor's degree	8	6	4	7
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	2	2
Languages	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	29	52	53	52
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	20	30	28	32
with effort or a few words	77	68	71	66
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	36	46	43	47
with effort or a few words	62	53	55	51
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	19	30	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	22	26	29	24
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	30	38	41	35
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	30	47	49	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	31	37	34	40
Somewhat important	30	27	27	27
Not very important or not important	37	34	37	32
No opinion	^x	1^E	1^E	0^E
Labour activity	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	30	30	36	22
Fished in the past 12 months	38	40	50	32
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	52	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	12^E	14	17	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	55	59	63	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	7	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	36	33	27	37
Income	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	62	64	70	60
Employment insurance	12	12	13	11
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	9	8	8	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	11	10	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	13	14	11	17
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	24	25	19	31
Health	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	56	53	57	50
Good	24	28	27	28
Fair or poor	19	19	16	21
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	74	71	64	78
Traditional healer	4^E	9	7	10
Nurse	28	30	25	34
Dentist or orthodontist	54	56	54	59
Other health professional³	57	64	60	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	59	54	50	58
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	5	4	6
Diabetes	9	8	8	9
Type 1³	16^E	13	16	11
Type 2³	62	62	60	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	24	21	17	25
Cancer	3^E	3	2	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	14	12	11	13
Kidney disease	1^E	2	1	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	22	18	15	20
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	23	20	20	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	^x	4	4	4
Other long term health condition	19	14	11	17
Communication technology	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	81	80	79	81
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	78	76	75	77
Housing	Atlantic provinces (Urban)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	43	47	44	50
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	57	52	55	50
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	87	87	88	87
With a smoke detector	98	95	95	95
With a telephone	96	95	94	96
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	99	99
With a generator	9	12	14	11
With cold running water	99	99	99	99
With hot running water	99	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	99	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	5^E	8	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	9	10	9	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	16	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	25	18	17	18

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.