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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 - Manitoba, Canada (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Manitoba or Canada (Rural)
Aboriginal Population Profile - Manitoba

Education	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	23	22	21	23
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	86	81	81	82
Part-time, day or evening	12^E	11	9^E	12^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	18^E	13	12^E	13^E
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
One to six	4^E	6	7	5
Seven or eight	12	11	12	9
Nine	10	11	11	11
Ten	16	15	16	13
Eleven	16	14	15	13
Twelve or thirteen	40	42	37	47
High school
Graduated from high school³	38	41	36	46
Did not finish high school³	19	16	16	15
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	8	9	9	9
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.9	15.6	15.6	15.5
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	29	18	19	17
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	12	10	11	9
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	10	7	7	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	50	51	48	55
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	27	25	23	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	19	14	13	16
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	52	45	38	50
Part-time, day or evening	35	36	38	34
Type of educational institution:
University³	45	28	23	33
Community college or CEGEP³	43	56	51	61
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	19	26	35	18
Private business school or private training institute³	14	14	13	15
Another school above high school³	10	10	11	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	18	19	14	22
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	57	46	37	53
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	85	84	79	87
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	40	38	41	35
High school diploma or High school equivalency	14	14	14	14
Some trade/vocational school	^x	1	2^E	1^E
Some other non-university institution	7	9	7	10
Some university	7	3	3	4
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	7	9	13	5
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	14	16	12	19
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2^E	2	2^E	2^E
Bachelor's degree	5	4	2^E	5
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	^F	2	2^E	2^E
Languages	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	74	56	54	58
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	43	36	36	36
with effort or a few words	56	63	62	63
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	61	57	59	55
with effort or a few words	38	42	39	44
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	40	36	38	35
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	32	29	32	26
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	44	43	45	40
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	51	51	52	50
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	49	40	37	42
Somewhat important	25	26	25	26
Not very important or not important	25	33	36	30
No opinion	^x	1^E	^F	1^E
Labour activity	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	25	47	56	31
Fished in the past 12 months	41	54	62	46
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	41	63	62	64
Trapped in the past 12 months	11^E	24	27	18
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	52	57	59	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	9	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	36	35	31	39
Income	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	62	64	69	60
Employment insurance	12	15	18	13
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	8	11	11	11
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	9	13	14	13
Social assistance or welfare benefits	20	11	10	12
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	29	23	19	28
Health	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	47	54	56	52
Good	32	28	26	29
Fair or poor	21	18	18	19
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	71	68	62	74
Traditional healer	13	7	7	8
Nurse	30	34	28	39
Dentist or orthodontist	55	55	51	59
Other health professional³	62	60	55	65
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	54	52	49	56
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5^E	5	5	6
Diabetes	14	9	8	10
Type 1³	11^E	12	10^E	13^E
Type 2³	64	66	69	64
Arthritis or rheumatism	20	22	19	26
Cancer	^F	3	2^E	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	11	11	11	11
Kidney disease	2^E	2	2^E	2^E
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	18	16	13	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	21	22	23	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	4^E	3	3	3
Other long term health condition	12	13	11	16
Communication technology	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	73	73	69	77
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	69	68	64	72
Housing	Manitoba	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	58	24	22	25
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	41	75	77	74
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	86	85	86	85
With a smoke detector	94	93	94	92
With a telephone	92	96	96	96
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	98	99
With a generator	7	22	24	20
With cold running water	99	98	98	99
With hot running water	99	98	97	98
With a flush toilet	99	98	97	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	11	3	4	3
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	11	11	10	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	14	16	14	18
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	15	21	20	22

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.