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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 - Métis Identity
Step 3: Geography - All provinces, Atlantic provinces (Rural)

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Family and community	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
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Family and community	percent²
Family structure
Average number of children in family (count)	5.0	6.2
Single child in family	4	4^E
2 or 3 children	36	28
4 or 5 children	24	20
6 or 7 children	13	16
8 or more children in family	18	30
Did spend all or most of his/her childhood in a two-parent family	77	88
Did spend all or most of his/her childhood in a single-parent family	19	9^E
With father who is or was Aboriginal by ancestry	56	66
With mother who is or was Aboriginal by ancestry	64	67
Any Aboriginal language was ever spoken at home when a child	19	^x
Community
Still reside in same community where they were born	32	41
Child welfare	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Child welfare	percent²
Childcare
Very difficult	17	15^E
Somewhat difficult	23	31
Not too difficult	18	23^E
Not difficult at all	21	16^E
Food security
In past 12 months did not have enough to eat because of lack of money or had obtained food from food bank or other charitable organization	10	5^E
Social interaction	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Social interaction	percent²
Spouse/partner
Currently living with a spouse/partner	56	66
Spouse/partner is Aboriginal by ancestry	23	48
Cultural activities
Less than 1 year	26	19
From 1 to less than 2 years	9	7^E
From 2 to less than 3 years	7	6^E
From 3 to less than 5 years	6	5^E
5 or more years ago	18	11^E
Education	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Education	percent²
School enrolment
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program	22	10^E
Full-time	83	92
Part-time, day or evening	11	^x
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program	12	^x
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten):
No schooling	0^E	^x
One to six	3	7^E
Seven or eight	6	14
Nine	7	9^E
Ten	12	10^E
Eleven	15	12
Twelve or thirteen	56	48
High school
Graduated from high school³	54	48
Did not finish high school³	17	12
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)³	8	9^E
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years)	15.8	15.4
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides	14	15
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language	4	^x
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school	2	^x
Postsecondary schooling
Ever taken some education above the high school level	59	56
Did not finish postsecondary schooling³	25	21
Currently attending education above the high school level³	19	18^E
Full-time	50	65
Part-time, day or evening	41	28^E
University³	34	39
Community college or CEGEP³	55	46
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school³	25	32
Private business school or private training institute³	15	13^E
Another school above high school³	10	11^E
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education	19	15^E
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies	49	47
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies	88	86
Highest level of schooling ever completed
No schooling	0^E	^x
Less than high school diploma	28	32
High school diploma or High school equivalency	16	13
Some trade/vocational school	2	^x
Some other non-university institution	9	7^E
Some university	5	5^E
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program	10	8^E
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution	19	19
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level	2	^x
Bachelor's degree	6	8^E
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate	2	^x
Languages	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Languages	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	37	16
very well or relatively well	15	^x
with effort or a few words	82	90
very well or relatively well	36	^x
with effort or a few words	62	^x
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	27	12^E
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	29	26^E
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	42	31^E
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language³	45	28^E
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language
Very important	19	17
Somewhat important	29	31
Not very important or not important	51	51
No opinion	1	^x
Labour activity	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Labour activity	percent²
Harvesting country food
Hunted in the past 12 months	32	46
Fished in the past 12 months	46	49
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months	50	73
Trapped in the past 12 months	12	30^E
Employment status
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job	67	51
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work	6	10^E
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work	27	37
Income	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Income	percent²
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005)
Paid employment or self-employment	71	66
Employment insurance	11	30
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government	8	10^E
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans	10	16
Social assistance or welfare benefits	7	5^E
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other	24	22
Health	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Health	percent²
General health
Excellent or very good	59	58
Good	25	24
Fair or poor	16	18
Health care
Family doctor or general practitioner	71	67
Traditional healer	4	^x
Nurse	26	30
Dentist or orthodontist	56	49
Other health professional³	64	55
Has a regular medical doctor or family doctor	81	82
Less than a year ago	77	76
1 year to less than 2 years ago	11	11^E
2 years to less than 3 years ago	4	5^E
3 years to less than 4 years ago	1	^x
4 years to less than 5 years ago	0	^x
5 or more years ago	2	^x
Excellent	19	16
Good	33	30
Fair	22	25
Poor	21	23
Excellent	47	47
Good	36	38
Fair	9	10^E
Poor	3	^x
Injuries
Have been seriously injured in past 12 months	13	9^E
Vehicle accident	9	^x
Fall (excluding bicycle or sports)	20	32^E
Sport (excluding bicycle)	10	^x
Other	37	37^E
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more chronic health conditions	54	60
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic³	5	4^E
Diabetes	7	5^E
Type 1³	13	^x
Type 2³	64	71
Arthritis or rheumatism	21	28
Cancer	3	3^E
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers	12	14
Kidney disease	2	^x
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema)	18	19
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke	20	25
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS)	3	^x
Other long term health condition	15	17
Communication technology	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Communication technology	percent²
Computer and Internet use
Used a computer in previous twelve months	84	77
Used the Internet in previous twelve months	80	72
Housing	All provinces	Atlantic provinces (Rural)
Housing	percent²
Tenure
Home rented by adult or another member of the household	33	14
Home owned by adult or another member of the household	66	85
Features in the home
With cable or satellite television	89	87
With a smoke detector	96	93
With a telephone	97	97
With a stove for cooking	99	98
With electricity	99	99
With a generator	15	22
With cold running water	99	99
With hot running water	98	98
With a flush toilet	99	99
Without a septic tank or sewage system	10	^x
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem	8	9^E
Water supply
Water available to home is not safe to drink	11	17
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year	17	26

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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. Includes some data from the Métis Supplement of the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (adults who identified as Métis or who had Métis ancestry, living outside Inuit Nunaat).
3. Updated October 31, 2011.

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.