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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 - Winnipeg (CMA), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	23	23	26	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	93	80	81	79
Part-time, day or evening	^x	14	13^E	15
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	^x	15	12	19
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
One to six	^x	4	4	4
Seven or eight	12^E	8	8	8
Nine	9^E	9	10	8
Ten	16	14	16	13
Eleven	18	16	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	41	48	43	52
High school
Graduated from high school³	40	46	41	50
Did not finish high school³	19	18	20	16
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	7^E	9	9	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	16.1	15.8	15.9	15.6
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	29	18	18	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	11	9	8	10
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	9^E	6	5	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	50	56	52	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	26	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	19^E	18	15	19
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	52^E	49	41	54
Part-time, day or evening	35^E	39	41	37
Type of educational institution:
University³	49	35	31	38
Community college or CEGEP³	40	55	50	58
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	18^E	24	31	19
Private business school or private training institute³	14^E	14	12	14
Another school above high school³	10^E	9	11	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	17^E	17	14	19
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	61	54	46	59
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	85	89	85	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	40	34	38	30
High school diploma or High school equivalency	14^E	15	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	^x	2	2	1
Some other non-university institution	5^E	9	9	10
Some university	7^E	5	4	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	7^E	9	12	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	15	16	11	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^F	2	1	2
Bachelor's degree	5^E	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	^x	2	2	2
Languages	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	69	52	53	52
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	40	30	28	32
with effort or a few words	59	68	71	66
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	58	46	43	47
with effort or a few words	42	53	55	51
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	42	30	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	31	26	29	24
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	42	38	41	35
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	50	47	49	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	48	37	34	40
Somewhat important	25	27	27	27
Not very important or not important	27	34	37	32
No opinion	^x	1^E	1^E	0^E
Labour activity	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	15^E	30	36	22
Fished in the past 12 months	34	40	50	32
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	38	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	^x	14	17	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	50	59	63	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	10^E	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	38	33	27	37
Income	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	61	64	70	60
Employment insurance	11	12	13	11
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	7^E	8	8	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	8^E	10	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	20	14	11	17
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	30	25	19	31
Health	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	46	53	57	50
Good	34	28	27	28
Fair or poor	20	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	15	9	7	10
Nurse	28	30	25	34
Dentist or orthodontist	56	56	54	59
Other health professional³	61	64	60	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	55	54	50	58
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5^E	5	4	6
Diabetes	14	8	8	9
Type 1³	^x	13	16	11
Type 2³	64	62	60	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	18	21	17	25
Cancer	^x	3	2	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	10^E	12	11	13
Kidney disease	^x	2	1	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	19	18	15	20
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	19	20	20	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	5^E	4	4	4
Other long term health condition	13	14	11	17
Communication technology	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	74	80	79	81
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	72	76	75	77
Housing	Winnipeg (CMA)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	66	47	44	50
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	33	52	55	50
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	88	87	88	87
With a smoke detector	95	95	95	95
With a telephone	90	95	94	96
With a stove for cooking	100	99	98	99
With electricity	100	99	99	99
With a generator	6^E	12	14	11
With cold running water	100	99	99	99
With hot running water	100	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	100	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	12^E	8	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	9^E	10	9	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	13	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	14	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.