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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 - Canada (Rural), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Canada (Rural)			Canada
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	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	22	21	23	23	26	20
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	81	81	82	80	81	79
Part-time, day or evening	11	9^E	12^E	14	13^E	15
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	13	12^E	13^E	15	12	19
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	1	1^E	1^E	1	1^E	1^E
One to six	6	7	5	4	4	4
Seven or eight	11	12	9	8	8	8
Nine	11	11	11	9	10	8
Ten	15	16	13	14	16	13
Eleven	14	15	13	16	18	14
Twelve or thirteen	42	37	47	48	43	52
High school
Graduated from high school³	41	36	46	46	41	50
Did not finish high school³	16	16	15	18	20	16
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	9	9	9	9	9	10
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.8	15.9	15.6
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	18	19	17	18	18	18
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	10	11	9	9	8	10
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	7	7	7	6	5	7
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	51	48	55	56	52	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	25	23	27	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	14	13	16	18	15	19
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	45	38	50	49	41	54
Part-time, day or evening	36	38	34	39	41	37
Type of educational institution:
University³	28	23	33	35	31	38
Community college or CEGEP³	56	51	61	55	50	58
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	26	35	18	24	31	19
Private business school or private training institute³	14	13	15	14	12	14
Another school above high school³	10	11	9	9	11	9
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	19	14	22	17	14	19
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	46	37	53	54	46	59
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	84	79	87	89	85	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	1	1^E	1^E	1	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	38	41	35	34	38	30
High school diploma or High school equivalency	14	14	14	15	14	15
Some trade/vocational school	1	2^E	1^E	2	2	1
Some other non-university institution	9	7	10	9	9	10
Some university	3	3	4	5	4	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	9	13	5	9	12	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	16	12	19	16	11	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2	2^E	2^E	2	1	2
Bachelor's degree	4	2^E	5	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	2	2^E	2^E	2	2	2
Languages	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	56	54	58	52	53	52
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	36	36	36	30	28	32
with effort or a few words	63	62	63	68	71	66
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	57	59	55	46	43	47
with effort or a few words	42	39	44	53	55	51
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	36	38	35	30	32	29
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	29	32	26	26	29	24
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	43	45	40	38	41	35
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	51	52	50	47	49	46
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	40	37	42	37	34	40
Somewhat important	26	25	26	27	27	27
Not very important or not important	33	36	30	34	37	32
No opinion	1^E	^F	1^E	1^E	1^E	0^E
Labour activity	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	47	56	31	30	36	22
Fished in the past 12 months	54	62	46	40	50	32
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	63	62	64	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	24	27	18	14	17	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	57	59	55	59	63	55
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	7	8	6	7	8	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	35	31	39	33	27	37
Income	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	64	69	60	64	70	60
Employment insurance	15	18	13	12	13	11
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	11	11	11	8	8	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	13	14	13	10	10	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	11	10	12	14	11	17
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	23	19	28	25	19	31
Health	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	54	56	52	53	57	50
Good	28	26	29	28	27	28
Fair or poor	18	18	19	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	68	62	74	71	64	78
Traditional healer	7	7	8	9	7	10
Nurse	34	28	39	30	25	34
Dentist or orthodontist	55	51	59	56	54	59
Other health professional³	60	55	65	64	60	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	52	49	56	54	50	58
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	5	6	5	4	6
Diabetes	9	8	10	8	8	9
Type 1³	12	10^E	13^E	13	16	11
Type 2³	66	69	64	62	60	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	22	19	26	21	17	25
Cancer	3	2^E	4	3	2	4
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	11	11	11	12	11	13
Kidney disease	2	2^E	2^E	2	1	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	16	13	18	18	15	20
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	22	23	21	20	20	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3	3	3	4	4	4
Other long term health condition	13	11	16	14	11	17
Communication technology	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	73	69	77	80	79	81
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	68	64	72	76	75	77
Housing	Canada (Rural)			Canada
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	24	22	25	47	44	50
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	75	77	74	52	55	50
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	85	86	85	87	88	87
With a smoke detector	93	94	92	95	95	95
With a telephone	96	96	96	95	94	96
With a stove for cooking	99	98	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	98	99	99	99	99
With a generator	22	24	20	12	14	11
With cold running water	98	98	99	99	99	99
With hot running water	98	97	98	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	98	97	99	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	3	4	3	8	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	11	10	12	10	9	12
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	16	14	18	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	21	20	22	18	17	18

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.