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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: Treaty or Registered Indian (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - Atlantic provinces, Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Atlantic provinces or Canada
Aboriginal Population Profile - Canada

Education	Atlantic provinces	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	22	21	24	19
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	87	79	80	77
Part-time, day or evening	^x	15	14^E	17^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	17^E	17	14	21
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	1^E	1^E	1^E
One to six	8	4	4	4
Seven or eight	11	10	10	9
Nine	12	9	10	8
Ten	11	15	16	14
Eleven	17	16	17	15
Twelve or thirteen	41	44	41	47
High school
Graduated from high school³	44	42	38	45
Did not finish high school³	14	19	19	18
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	11	10	10	11
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.4	15.8	16.0	15.7
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	14	23	24	22
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	6	13	12	14
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	5	9	9	10
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	57	54	50	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	25	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	20	19	16	21
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	73	53	46	57
Part-time, day or evening	20^E	35	35	35
Type of educational institution:
University³	42	36	30	40
Community college or CEGEP³	46	57	52	60
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	26	22	29	18
Private business school or private training institute³	14	13	12	13
Another school above high school³	11	8	10	7
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	15	16	14	18
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	58	61	52	67
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	93	89	84	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1^E	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	36	35	39	33
High school diploma or High school equivalency	12	14	15	13
Some trade/vocational school	1^E	2	2^E	1^E
Some other non-university institution	7	9	9	9
Some university	8	5	5	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	10	8	11	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	15	16	12	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	1^E	2	1^E	2
Bachelor's degree	7	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	3^E	2	2^E	2
Languages	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	46	68	68	68
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	35	35	33	37
with effort or a few words	63	64	66	62
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	60	49	47	50
with effort or a few words	40	50	52	48
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	32	32	34	31
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	27	27	29	25
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	40	38	42	36
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	42	50	53	48
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	41	48	44	51
Somewhat important	31	26	26	25
Not very important or not important	27	24	27	22
No opinion	^x	^F	^F	0^E
Labour activity	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	43	32	38	24
Fished in the past 12 months	49	43	52	36
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	63	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	34	15	18	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	50	57	62	53
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	8	7	9	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	40	34	27	39
Income	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	61	64	70	59
Employment insurance	21	12	13	10
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	10	8	7	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	12	9	9	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	14	17	13	19
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	21	27	21	31
Health	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	54	53	56	51
Good	26	28	27	28
Fair or poor	20	19	17	21
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	71	70	62	77
Traditional healer	6	11	9	13
Nurse	27	31	25	35
Dentist or orthodontist	51	58	54	60
Other health professional³	55	64	58	68
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	57	52	48	56
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	7	5	4	6
Diabetes	10	10	10	10
Type 1³	12^E	14	15^E	14
Type 2³	63	62	61	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	25	20	16	23
Cancer	2^E	3	2	3
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	11	11	10	12
Kidney disease	2^E	1	1^E	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	18	15	13	17
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	27	20	19	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	2^E	5	5	4
Other long term health condition	15	13	10	15
Communication technology	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	71	79	77	80
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	67	74	73	75
Housing	Atlantic provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	29	52	49	54
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	70	47	50	45
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	87	87	87	86
With a smoke detector	95	94	95	94
With a telephone	95	94	93	95
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	99	99
With a generator	16	11	13	10
With cold running water	98	99	98	99
With hot running water	98	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	98	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	2^E	9	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	12	10	9	11
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	19	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	29	18	18	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.