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2006 Profile of Aboriginal Children, Youth and Adults

Step 1: Age group - 6 to 14 years of age
Step 2: Population - Aboriginal Ancestry (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - All provinces, Canada

Related 2006 Census data:

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

Healthy living	All provinces	Canada
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	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
General Health
In excellent or very good health	84	83	82	85
In good health	13	14	15	12
In fair or poor health	3	3	3	3
Activity limitations
With one or more activity limitations:
Yes, sometimes	9	9	10	8
Yes, often	9	9	11	7
No, does not have any difficulty	82	82	79	85
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional)
With one or more health conditions	50	50	54	46
With one or more severe chronic health conditions	42	41	46	36
With allergies	19	19	20	17
With asthma	15	14	17	11
With a heart condition	2	2	2	2
With ear infections or ear problems	8	9	9	8
With a hearing impairment	3	3	3	2
With a visual impairment	11	11	11	11
Physical injuries
Injured in last 12 months	12	12	13	10
Health care
Who has parent or guardian seen in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health of the child or youth:
Pediatrician, general practitioner or family physician	56	55	57	53
Another medical specialist	32	32	32	31
Community health nurse, public health nurse or nurse practitioner	18	19	19	19
Traditional Aboriginal healer	4	3	4	3
Dental care
Children and youth who last received dental care:
Within the last 12 months	83	82	81	83
More than 1 year ago	15	15	16	14
Children and youth in need of dental treatment	27	27	26	28
Of those in need of dental treatment:
Arrangements have been made for dental treatment	54	54	52	55
Arrangements have not been made for dental treatment	41	41	42	39
Education and social activities	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
School attendance
Currently attending school	98	98	98	98
Attended an early childhood development or preschool program	61	61	60	61
Attended Aboriginal specific early childhood development or preschool program	16	18	18	18
Absence from school:
Absent or missed school for a period of 2 or more weeks in a row	3	3	3	3
Attributes of the school (parent or guardian's views)
School provides enough information about his/her academic progress:
Strongly agree or agree	92	91	91	91
Disagree or strongly disagree	6	7	7	6
School provides enough information about his/her attendance:
Strongly agree or agree	95	95	95	95
Disagree or strongly disagree	3	3	3	3
School provides enough information about his/her behaviour at school:
Strongly agree or agree	91	91	91	91
Disagree or strongly disagree	7	7	7	7
Satisfied with the level of discipline at this school:
Strongly agree or agree	85	85	85	85
Disagree or strongly disagree	11	12	12	11
Feel the presence of drugs and alcohol is a problem at this school:
Strongly agree or agree	12	12	12	12
Disagree or strongly disagree	82	81	82	81
Feel violence is a problem at this school
Strongly agree or agree	19	19	20	19
Disagree or strongly disagree	77	76	76	77
Satisfied with the quality of teaching at this school
Strongly agree or agree	90	90	89	90
Disagree or strongly disagree	8	8	8	7
Child is challenged to work at his/her full potential
Strongly agree or agree	86	86	85	87
Disagree or strongly disagree	11	11	12	11
Satisfied with how this school is preparing him/her to make choices about his/her future:
Strongly agree or agree	84	84	83	84
Disagree or strongly disagree	11	11	11	10
School has high academic standards:
Strongly agree or agree	82	81	81	80
Disagree or strongly disagree	13	13	13	13
Satisfied with the availability of extracurricular activities at this school:
Strongly agree or agree	75	75	74	76
Disagree or strongly disagree	20	20	20	20
Child or youth is happy at this school
Strongly agree or agree	93	92	92	93
Disagree or strongly disagree	5	6	6	5
Performance at school (parent or guardian's views)
Very well or well	72	72	67	77
Average	22	22	26	18
Poorly or very poorly	5	5	5	4
Importance of graduating from high school (parent or guardian's views)
High school graduation is very important	97	97	96	97
Social activities
Average number of hours used to watch TV, videos or DVDs per day (count)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Average number of hours used to play video games per day (count)	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.4
How often child or youth plays sports:
Never or less than once per week	30	30	26	34
One or more times per week	69	69	72	65
Languages	All provinces	Canada
	Total	Total	Male	Female
	percent²
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language
Able to speak and understand	10	13	12	13
Able to understand only	21	21	21	22
Neither speak nor understand	67	65	66	64
Language group of primary Aboriginal language spoken
Able to speak or understand Cree	26	19	18	20
Able to speak or understand an Inuit language	8	17	19	16
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language	66	64	63	64
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language (parent or guardian's views)
Very important or somewhat important	50	52	52	53
Not very important or not important	47	45	46	45
Who receive help learning an Aboriginal language from:
Grandparents	14	15	15	15
Parents	16	19	18	19
Aunts and uncles	4	5	5	5
School teachers	7	10	10	9

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.

Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.