Canada's Aboriginal Population, 1981-1991

Résumé du livre

This study explores the changes over 1981-91 in selected socio-economic characteristics of Canada's Aboriginal population. Data presented for the Aboriginal population distinguish among four main sub-groups: registered Indians, non-status Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The study focuses on two main objectives: whether the concepts of Aboriginality associated with the 1981 Census and the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey are sufficiently comparable to support analysis of temporal changes in the socio-economic characteristics of Canada's Aboriginal population; and to identify the nature of those changes over 1981-91 and compare these changes to those characterizing the non- Aboriginal population. The socio-economic characteristics selected for study include unemployment rates, labour force participation, employment by occupation and industry group, individual income, and highest educational level attained.