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Aboriginal Children's Survey
The Aboriginal Children’s Survey (ACS) is designed to provide a picture of the early childhood development of First Nations and North American Indian, Inuit and Métis children under the age of six.
Major census-related topics and subtopics
Aboriginal peoples
- Household information
- Family and cultural background
- Child’s health, activity limitation
- Food and nutrition, sleep
- Developmental milestones
- Education
- Child care
- Language
- Strengths and difficulties
- Learning and activities
- Activity limitation
- Chronic health problems
- Injuries
- Family and household composition
- Relationships
- Child health
- Communication, development, behaviour, child care use
- Socio-demographic profile of parents
- Languages spoken or understood
- Languages spoken at home
- Perception of the importance of speaking and understanding Aboriginal language
Secondary census-related topics
None
Limited census-related topics
Education
Mobility
Sample size
Approximately 17,000 Aboriginal children
Frequency
Every 5 years (held in 2006)
Lowest levels of geography
Provinces and territories
Products and services
- Basic standard products
- Customized tabulations
