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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 - Alberta (Urban), Canada (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Alberta (Urban) or Canada (Rural)

Education	Alberta (Urban)	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	19	22	21	23
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	79	81	81	82
Part-time, day or evening	16^E	11	9^E	12^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	14^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	2^E	6	7	5
Seven or eight	5	11	12	9
Nine	9	11	11	11
Ten	17	15	16	13
Eleven	17	14	15	13
Twelve or thirteen	49	42	37	47
High school
Graduated from high school³	45	41	36	46
Did not finish high school³	21	16	16	15
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	9	9	9	9
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.8	15.6	15.6	15.5
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	20	18	19	17
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	10	10	11	9
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	8	7	7	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	56	51	48	55
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	30	25	23	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	20	14	13	16
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	39	45	38	50
Part-time, day or evening	51	36	38	34
Type of educational institution:
University³	34	28	23	33
Community college or CEGEP³	54	56	51	61
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	28	26	35	18
Private business school or private training institute³	16	14	13	15
Another school above high school³	8^E	10	11	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	17	19	14	22
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	61	46	37	53
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	89	84	79	87
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	34	38	41	35
High school diploma or High school equivalency	14	14	14	14
Some trade/vocational school	2^E	1	2^E	1^E
Some other non-university institution	9	9	7	10
Some university	6	3	3	4
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	10	9	13	5
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	16	12	19
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	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	2^E	2	2^E	2^E
Languages	Alberta (Urban)	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	62	56	54	58
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	32	36	36	36
with effort or a few words	66	63	62	63
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	39	57	59	55
with effort or a few words	60	42	39	44
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	21	36	38	35
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	21	29	32	26
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	37	43	45	40
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	42	51	52	50
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	39	40	37	42
Somewhat important	25	26	25	26
Not very important or not important	34	33	36	30
No opinion	^x	1^E	^F	1^E
Labour activity	Alberta (Urban)	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	21	47	56	31
Fished in the past 12 months	32	54	62	46
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	39	63	62	64
Trapped in the past 12 months	5^E	24	27	18
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	68	57	59	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	6	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	25	35	31	39
Income	Alberta (Urban)	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	74	64	69	60
Employment insurance	9	15	18	13
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	5	11	11	11
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	7	13	14	13
Social assistance or welfare benefits	13	11	10	12
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	25	23	19	28
Health	Alberta (Urban)	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	56	54	56	52
Good	27	28	26	29
Fair or poor	17	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	11	7	7	8
Nurse	32	34	28	39
Dentist or orthodontist	58	55	51	59
Other health professional³	67	60	55	65
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	50	52	49	56
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	5	5	6
Diabetes	7	9	8	10
Type 1³	20^E	12	10^E	13^E
Type 2³	59	66	69	64
Arthritis or rheumatism	19	22	19	26
Cancer	2^E	3	2^E	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	10	11	11	11
Kidney disease	1^E	2	2^E	2^E
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	15	16	13	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	19	22	23	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3^E	3	3	3
Other long term health condition	12	13	11	16
Communication technology	Alberta (Urban)	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	85	73	69	77
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	81	68	64	72
Housing	Alberta (Urban)	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	87	85	86	85
With a smoke detector	96	93	94	92
With a telephone	96	96	96	96
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	98	99
With a generator	11	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	7	3	4	3
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	8	11	10	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	11	16	14	18
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	12	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.