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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 - Manitoba (Rural), Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Education	Manitoba (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	21^E	21	24	19
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	80	79	80	77
Part-time, day or evening	^x	15	14^E	17^E
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	^x	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	7^E	4	4	4
Seven or eight	13	10	10	9
Nine	14	9	10	8
Ten	13	15	16	14
Eleven	13	16	17	15
Twelve or thirteen	38	44	41	47
High school
Graduated from high school³	34	42	38	45
Did not finish high school³	19	19	19	18
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	11^E	10	10	11
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.5	15.8	16.0	15.7
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	31	23	24	22
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	13	13	12	14
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	10^E	9	9	10
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	44	54	50	58
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	27^E	27	29	26
Currently attending education above the high school level³	14^E	19	16	21
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	^x	53	46	57
Part-time, day or evening	^x	35	35	35
Type of educational institution:
University³	33	36	30	40
Community college or CEGEP³	51	57	52	60
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	21	22	29	18
Private business school or private training institute³	16^E	13	12	13
Another school above high school³	13^E	8	10	7
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	19^E	16	14	18
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	42	61	52	67
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	89	89	84	91
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	1^E	1^E	1^E
Less than high school diploma	41	35	39	33
High school diploma or High school equivalency	17^E	14	15	13
Some trade/vocational school	^x	2	2^E	1^E
Some other non-university institution	8^E	9	9	9
Some university	4^E	5	5	6
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	7^E	8	11	6
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	13^E	16	12	20
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	2	1^E	2
Bachelor's degree	4^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^E	2
Languages	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	80	68	68	68
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	49	35	33	37
with effort or a few words	51	64	66	62
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	64	49	47	50
with effort or a few words	36	50	52	48
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	36	32	34	31
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	35	27	29	25
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	41	38	42	36
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	47	50	53	48
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	53	48	44	51
Somewhat important	21	26	26	25
Not very important or not important	25	24	27	22
No opinion	^x	^F	^F	0^E
Labour activity	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	47	32	38	24
Fished in the past 12 months	54	43	52	36
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	51	48	47	49
Trapped in the past 12 months	24^E	15	18	9
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	56	57	62	53
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	8^E	7	9	6
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	34	34	27	39
Income	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	65	64	70	59
Employment insurance	19	12	13	10
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	9^E	8	7	9
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	10^E	9	9	10
Social assistance or welfare benefits	18	17	13	19
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	23	27	21	31
Health	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	48	53	56	51
Good	29	28	27	28
Fair or poor	22	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	62	70	62	77
Traditional healer	7^E	11	9	13
Nurse	33	31	25	35
Dentist or orthodontist	53	58	54	60
Other health professional³	57	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	6^E	5	4	6
Diabetes	15	10	10	10
Type 1³	^x	14	15^E	14
Type 2³	63	62	61	63
Arthritis or rheumatism	23	20	16	23
Cancer	3^E	3	2	3
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	12	11	10	12
Kidney disease	^x	1	1^E	2
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	18	15	13	17
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	23	20	19	21
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	4^E	5	5	4
Other long term health condition	8^E	13	10	15
Communication technology	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	70	79	77	80
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	62	74	73	75
Housing	Manitoba (Rural)	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	39	52	49	54
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	60	47	50	45
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	84	87	87	86
With a smoke detector	90	94	95	94
With a telephone	96	94	93	95
With a stove for cooking	99	99	98	99
With electricity	99	99	99	99
With a generator	9^E	11	13	10
With cold running water	96	99	98	99
With hot running water	96	99	98	99
With a flush toilet	96	99	98	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	6^E	9	8	9
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	14	10	9	11
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	21	13	11	15
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	24	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.