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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 - Alberta (Urban), Manitoba (Urban)

Related 2006 Census data:

Aboriginal population showing population counts and percentage change - Alberta (Urban) or Manitoba (Urban)

Education	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
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Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	19	21
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program:
Full-time	79	90
Part-time, day or evening	17^E	^x
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	16^E	16^E
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	^x	^x
One to six	2^E	3^E
Seven or eight	6^E	15
Nine	8	10
Ten	16	17
Eleven	18	17
Twelve or thirteen	49	36
High school
Graduated from high school³	44	35
Did not finish high school³	23	18
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	10	8
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.9	16.0
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	25	30
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	13	14
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	11	12
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	56	49
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	30	27
Currently attending education above the high school level³	23	20
Of those attending postsecondary education:
Full-time	45	53
Part-time, day or evening	44	30^E
Type of educational institution:
University³	35	47
Community college or CEGEP³	57	43
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	26	19
Private business school or private training institute³	13	12^E
Another school above high school³	5^E	11^E
Correspondence or distance education:
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	14	16
Financial assistance:
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	68	65
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	90	85
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	^x	^x
Less than high school diploma	34	43
High school diploma or High school equivalency	13	12^E
Some trade/vocational school	2^E	^x
Some other non-university institution	9	6^E
Some university	7	8^E
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	8	8^E
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	17	13
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	^x	3^E
Bachelor's degree	5	5^E
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	2^E	^x
Languages	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	72	79
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	37	45
with effort or a few words	61	53
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language:
very well or relatively well	42	62
with effort or a few words	57	37
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	21	41
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	20	33
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	37	43
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	43	53
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	48	56
Somewhat important	25	24
Not very important or not important	25	19
No opinion	^x	^x
Labour activity	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	25	19
Fished in the past 12 months	33	39
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	41	40
Trapped in the past 12 months	^x	^F
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	67	49
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	7	10^E
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	25	38
Income	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	74	60
Employment insurance	9	11
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	5^E	7^E
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	6	8^E
Social assistance or welfare benefits	16	24
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	27	31
Health	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	58	46
Good	26	33
Fair or poor	16	21
Health care
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health:
Family doctor or general practitioner	71	72
Traditional healer	16	16
Nurse	33	29
Dentist or orthodontist	60	56
Other health professional³	68	62
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	45	54
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	4	5^E
Diabetes	7	16
Type 1³	15^E	14^E
Type 2³	59	62
Arthritis or rheumatism	16	18
Cancer	3^E	^F
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	9	10
Kidney disease	^x	^F
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	13	16
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	17	20
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3^E	6^E
Other long term health condition	10	12
Communication technology	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	85	73
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	82	70
Housing	Alberta (Urban)	Manitoba (Urban)
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	65	69
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	34	31
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	86	87
With a smoke detector	97	95
With a telephone	95	90
With a stove for cooking	98	100
With electricity	98	100
With a generator	11	5^E
With cold running water	99	100
With hot running water	98	100
With a flush toilet	99	100
Without a septic tank or sewage system	8	11^E
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	9	11
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	12	13
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	12	14

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.