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Statistical Profiles of Aboriginal Peoples

These profiles provide comparisons of the socio-economic conditions of the Aboriginal populations as well as profiles of Aboriginal groups such as First Nations, Métis, and Status Indians using data available from the 2006 Census. These profiles provide a range of data with particular focus on education and labour market issues.

Profiles 2006:

• British Columbia—coming soon
• College Regions
• Aboriginal compared to the non-Aboriginal population
• First Nations compared to the Métis population
• Registered compared to non-Registered population
• Health Authorities
• Aboriginal compared to the non-Aboriginal population
• First Nations compared to the Métis population
• Registered compared to non-Registered population
• Health Service Delivery Areas
• Aboriginal compared to the non-Aboriginal population
• First Nations compared to the Métis population
• Registered compared to non-Registered population
• Nisga'a—coming soon

Profiles 2001: Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal population

• British Columbia
• College Regions
• Health Authorities
• Health Service Delivery Areas
• B.C. Off-Reserve First Nations and Métis
• B.C. Status Indians
• Nisga'a

Profiles 1996: Profiles 2001: Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal population

• College Regions

Cautionary Note

There were very large increases in the number of persons identifying as Aboriginal peoples between the Censuses, an increase well above what would be expected from natural increase. The explanation of why the growth is so high is that the willingness of Aboriginal people to identify has been increasing over time, particularly among those over 35 years of age and the Métis.

Therefore any comparisons made between Censuses of the characteristics of Aboriginal people, such as their unemployment rates or educational attainment, should be done with caution as change may be due primarily to the difference in who identified between the two periods.

For more information on cautions and comparability, please see cautions.pdf [10k].

Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Users are forbidden to copy the data and redisseminate them, in an original or modified form, for commercial purposes, without the expressed permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of a wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from Statistics Canada's Regional Offices, its Web site at http://www.statcan.ca, and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.

Sponsors

Funding for these profiles was made possible through the Labour Market Information initiative under the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Agreement (LMA), which is administered for B.C. by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.