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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 - British Columbia, All provinces

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	British Columbia	All provinces
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	23	23
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	79	81
Part-time, day or evening	15^E	14
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	19^E	14
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1^E
One to six	2^E	4
Seven or eight	7	8
Nine	8	9
Ten	15	14
Eleven	17	16
Twelve or thirteen	50	48
High school
Graduated from high school³	45	47
Did not finish high school³	22	18
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	9
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	16.1	15.8
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	22	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	9	8
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	5	5
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	57	56
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	30	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	17	17
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	46	49
Part-time, day or evening	45	39
Type of educational institution:
University³	33	36
Community college or CEGEP³	58	55
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	25	24
Private business school or private training institute³	14	14
Another school above high school³	13	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	19	17
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	57	54
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	88	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	17	15
Some trade/vocational school	2^E	2
Some other non-university institution	11	9
Some university	5	5
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	9
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	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	2^E	2
Languages	British Columbia	All provinces
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	54	51
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	20	29
with effort or a few words	78	70
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	29	44
with effort or a few words	66	54
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	23	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	18	26
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	33	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	36	36
Somewhat important	27	27
Not very important or not important	35	35
No opinion	^F	1^E
Labour activity	British Columbia	All provinces
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	25	29
Fished in the past 12 months	35	39
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	47	47
Trapped in the past 12 months	^F	13
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	64	59
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	6	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	29	33
Income	British Columbia	All provinces
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	68	64
Employment insurance	12	12
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	9	8
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	13	14
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	26	25
Health	British Columbia	All provinces
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	52	53
Good	30	27
Fair or poor	18	19
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	70	72
Traditional healer	8	8
Nurse	25	29
Dentist or orthodontist	55	56
Other health professional³	66	64
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	54	55
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	4	5
Diabetes	5	8
Type 1³	^x	13
Type 2³	70	62
Arthritis or rheumatism	21	22
Cancer	3^E	3
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	13	13
Kidney disease	2^E	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	15	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	19	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	6	4
Other long term health condition	16	15
Communication technology	British Columbia	All provinces
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	83	80
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	79	76
Housing	British Columbia	All provinces
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	49	47
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	50	52
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	88	88
With a smoke detector	90	95
With a telephone	94	95
With a stove for cooking	98	99
With electricity	99	99
With a generator	10	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	4	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	11	10
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	11	13
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	27	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.