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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 - Ontario, All provinces

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Ontario	All provinces
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	25	23
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	84	81
Part-time, day or evening	13^E	14
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	8^E	14
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1^E
One to six	3^E	4
Seven or eight	6	8
Nine	8	9
Ten	13	14
Eleven	14	16
Twelve or thirteen	56	48
High school
Graduated from high school³	52	47
Did not finish high school³	18	18
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	8	9
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.9	15.8
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	11	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	6	8
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	3^E	5
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	60	56
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	27	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	15	17
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	46	49
Part-time, day or evening	44	39
Type of educational institution:
University³	33	36
Community college or CEGEP³	63	55
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	19	24
Private business school or private training institute³	13	14
Another school above high school³	8	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	17	17
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	50	54
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	91	89
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1^E
Less than high school diploma	31	34
High school diploma or High school equivalency	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	2^E	2
Some other non-university institution	11	9
Some university	4	5
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	9
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	18	16
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2^E	2
Bachelor's degree	5	6
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	3	2
Languages	Ontario	All provinces
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	44	51
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	19	29
with effort or a few words	80	70
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	30	44
with effort or a few words	68	54
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	29	26
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	41	37
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	47	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	32	36
Somewhat important	30	27
Not very important or not important	36	35
No opinion	^F	1^E
Labour activity	Ontario	All provinces
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	28	29
Fished in the past 12 months	40	39
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	47	47
Trapped in the past 12 months	11^E	13
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	61	59
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	6	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	31	33
Income	Ontario	All provinces
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	63	64
Employment insurance	10	12
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	7	8
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	9	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	12	14
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	23	25
Health	Ontario	All provinces
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	52	53
Good	26	27
Fair or poor	21	19
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	75	72
Traditional healer	7	8
Nurse	29	29
Dentist or orthodontist	60	56
Other health professional³	63	64
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	60	55
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	6	5
Diabetes	9	8
Type 1³	15^E	13
Type 2³	60	62
Arthritis or rheumatism	25	22
Cancer	3	3
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	14	13
Kidney disease	2^E	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	22	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	22	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3^E	4
Other long term health condition	17	15
Communication technology	Ontario	All provinces
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	84	80
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	80	76
Housing	Ontario	All provinces
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	42	47
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	57	52
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	89	88
With a smoke detector	98	95
With a telephone	97	95
With a stove for cooking	99	99
With electricity	99	99
With a generator	13	12
With cold running water	99	99
With hot running water	99	99
With a flush toilet	99	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	9	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	10	10
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	15	13
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	13	17

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.