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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 - Saskatchewan (Rural), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	33	23	26	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	94	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	6^E	4	4	4
Seven or eight	10^E	8	8	8
Nine	13	9	10	8
Ten	20	14	16	13
Eleven	12^E	16	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	38	48	43	52
High school
Graduated from high school³	34	46	41	50
Did not finish high school³	17	18	20	16
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	12^E	9	9	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.6	15.8	15.9	15.6
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	33	18	18	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	22	9	8	10
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	18	6	5	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	46	56	52	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	22^E	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	9^E	18	15	19
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	^x	49	41	54
Part-time, day or evening	^x	39	41	37
Type of educational institution:
University³	45	35	31	38
Community college or CEGEP³	32	55	50	58
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	34	24	31	19
Private business school or private training institute³	10^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	12^E	17	14	19
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	49	54	46	59
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	80	89	85	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	44	34	38	30
High school diploma or High school equivalency	16	15	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	^x	2	2	1
Some other non-university institution	^F	9	9	10
Some university	7^E	5	4	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	8^E	9	12	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	11	16	11	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	2	1	2
Bachelor's degree	4^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	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	79	52	53	52
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	58	30	28	32
with effort or a few words	41	68	71	66
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	67	46	43	47
with effort or a few words	33	53	55	51
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	52	30	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	41	26	29	24
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	57	38	41	35
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	62	47	49	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	59	37	34	40
Somewhat important	16	27	27	27
Not very important or not important	23	34	37	32
No opinion	^x	1^E	1^E	0^E
Labour activity	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	46	30	36	22
Fished in the past 12 months	58	40	50	32
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	68	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	27^E	14	17	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	53	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	36	33	27	37
Income	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	56	64	70	60
Employment insurance	10^E	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	7^E	10	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	22	14	11	17
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	21	25	19	31
Health	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	58	53	57	50
Good	28	28	27	28
Fair or poor	14	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	59	71	64	78
Traditional healer	17	9	7	10
Nurse	40	30	25	34
Dentist or orthodontist	50	56	54	59
Other health professional³	59	64	60	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	41	54	50	58
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	6^E	5	4	6
Diabetes	9	8	8	9
Type 1³	^x	13	16	11
Type 2³	65	62	60	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	15	21	17	25
Cancer	^x	3	2	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	9^E	12	11	13
Kidney disease	^x	2	1	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	10	18	15	20
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	18	20	20	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	^x	4	4	4
Other long term health condition	10^E	14	11	17
Communication technology	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	80	80	79	81
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	75	76	75	77
Housing	Saskatchewan (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	37	47	44	50
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	62	52	55	50
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	89	87	88	87
With a smoke detector	89	95	95	95
With a telephone	94	95	94	96
With a stove for cooking	98	99	98	99
With electricity	98	99	99	99
With a generator	16	12	14	11
With cold running water	97	99	99	99
With hot running water	97	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	97	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	9^E	8	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	13	10	9	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	23	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	27	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.