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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 (Rural), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	British Columbia (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	29	23	26	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	77	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	3^E	4	4	4
Seven or eight	7^E	8	8	8
Nine	11	9	10	8
Ten	14	14	16	13
Eleven	9^E	16	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	55	48	43	52
High school
Graduated from high school³	47	46	41	50
Did not finish high school³	17	18	20	16
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	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	19	18	18	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	5^E	9	8	10
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	4^E	6	5	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	54	56	52	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	25	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	12^E	18	15	19
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	53^E	49	41	54
Part-time, day or evening	^x	39	41	37
Type of educational institution:
University³	30	35	31	38
Community college or CEGEP³	57	55	50	58
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	27	24	31	19
Private business school or private training institute³	17^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	24	17	14	19
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	47	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	32	34	38	30
High school diploma or High school equivalency	20	15	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	^x	2	2	1
Some other non-university institution	9^E	9	9	10
Some university	^F	5	4	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	10^E	9	12	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	16	11	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	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	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	57	52	53	52
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	16	30	28	32
with effort or a few words	82	68	71	66
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	33^E	46	43	47
with effort or a few words	66	53	55	51
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	27	30	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	20	26	29	24
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	35	38	41	35
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	47	47	49	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	32	37	34	40
Somewhat important	28	27	27	27
Not very important or not important	39	34	37	32
No opinion	^x	1^E	1^E	0^E
Labour activity	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	33	30	36	22
Fished in the past 12 months	48	40	50	32
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	61	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	63	59	63	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	5^E	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	30	33	27	37
Income	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	70	64	70	60
Employment insurance	13	12	13	11
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	11	8	8	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	12	10	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	9^E	14	11	17
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	22	25	19	31
Health	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	58	53	57	50
Good	25	28	27	28
Fair or poor	17	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	72	71	64	78
Traditional healer	8^E	9	7	10
Nurse	28	30	25	34
Dentist or orthodontist	62	56	54	59
Other health professional³	69	64	60	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	52	54	50	58
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5^E	5	4	6
Diabetes	5^E	8	8	9
Type 1³	^x	13	16	11
Type 2³	70	62	60	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	20	21	17	25
Cancer	^x	3	2	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	11	12	11	13
Kidney disease	^x	2	1	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	13	18	15	20
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	21	20	20	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3^E	4	4	4
Other long term health condition	15	14	11	17
Communication technology	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	81	80	79	81
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	76	76	75	77
Housing	British Columbia (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	23	47	44	50
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	76	52	55	50
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	86	87	88	87
With a smoke detector	90	95	95	95
With a telephone	98	95	94	96
With a stove for cooking	100	99	98	99
With electricity	100	99	99	99
With a generator	23	12	14	11
With cold running water	99	99	99	99
With hot running water	99	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	99	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	^x	8	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	10	10	9	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	12	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	24	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.