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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 - All provinces, Canada (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - All provinces or Canada (Rural)

Education	All provinces	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	23	22	21	23
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	81	81	81	82
Part-time, day or evening	14	11	9^E	12^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	14	13	12^E	13^E
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	1^E	1	1^E	1^E
One to six	4	6	7	5
Seven or eight	8	11	12	9
Nine	9	11	11	11
Ten	14	15	16	13
Eleven	16	14	15	13
Twelve or thirteen	48	42	37	47
High school
Graduated from high school³	47	41	36	46
Did not finish high school³	18	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	18	18	19	17
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	8	10	11	9
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	5	7	7	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	56	51	48	55
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	27	25	23	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	17	14	13	16
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	49	45	38	50
Part-time, day or evening	39	36	38	34
Type of educational institution:
University³	36	28	23	33
Community college or CEGEP³	55	56	51	61
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	24	26	35	18
Private business school or private training institute³	14	14	13	15
Another school above high school³	9	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	54	46	37	53
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	89	84	79	87
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	1^E	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	34	38	41	35
High school diploma or High school equivalency	15	14	14	14
Some trade/vocational school	2	1	2^E	1^E
Some other non-university institution	9	9	7	10
Some university	5	3	3	4
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	9	13	5
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	16	12	19
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2	2	2^E	2^E
Bachelor's degree	6	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	2	2^E	2^E
Languages	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	51	56	54	58
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	29	36	36	36
with effort or a few words	70	63	62	63
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	44	57	59	55
with effort or a few words	54	42	39	44
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	29	36	38	35
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	26	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	46	51	52	50
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	36	40	37	42
Somewhat important	27	26	25	26
Not very important or not important	35	33	36	30
No opinion	1^E	1^E	^F	1^E
Labour activity	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	29	47	56	31
Fished in the past 12 months	39	54	62	46
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	47	63	62	64
Trapped in the past 12 months	13	24	27	18
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	59	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	33	35	31	39
Income	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	64	64	69	60
Employment insurance	12	15	18	13
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	8	11	11	11
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	10	13	14	13
Social assistance or welfare benefits	14	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	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	53	54	56	52
Good	27	28	26	29
Fair or poor	19	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	72	68	62	74
Traditional healer	8	7	7	8
Nurse	29	34	28	39
Dentist or orthodontist	56	55	51	59
Other health professional³	64	60	55	65
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	55	52	49	56
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	5	5	6
Diabetes	8	9	8	10
Type 1³	13	12	10^E	13^E
Type 2³	62	66	69	64
Arthritis or rheumatism	22	22	19	26
Cancer	3	3	2^E	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	13	11	11	11
Kidney disease	2	2	2^E	2^E
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	18	16	13	18
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	21	22	23	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	4	3	3	3
Other long term health condition	15	13	11	16
Communication technology	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	80	73	69	77
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	76	68	64	72
Housing	All provinces	Canada (Rural)
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	47	24	22	25
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	52	75	77	74
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	88	85	86	85
With a smoke detector	95	93	94	92
With a telephone	95	96	96	96
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	98	99
With a generator	12	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	9	3	4	3
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	10	11	10	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	13	16	14	18
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	17	21	20	22

Symbols:

E use with caution

F too unreliable to be published

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.