Table 2
Prevalence of frequency of consumption of traditional or country foods among First Nations children living off reserve, Métis children and Inuit children, household population aged 2 to 5, Canada, 2006

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Table summary
This table displays the results of prevalence of frequency of consumption of traditional or country foods among first nations children living off reserve. The information is grouped by food item/ frequency of consumption (appearing as row headers), first nations living off reserve (n=3,640), métis (n=2,685), inuit (n=1,234), prevalence and 95% confidence interval, calculated using %, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Food item/ Frequency of consumption First Nations living off reserve (n=3,640) Métis (n=2,685) Inuit (n=1,234)
Prevalence 95% confidence interval Prevalence 95% confidence interval Prevalence 95% confidence interval
% from to % from to % from to
Traditional or country foods  
No 29.7 28.0 31.4 37.6 35.6 39.6 9.8 7.5 12.6
Yes 70.3 68.6 72.0 62.4 60.4 64.4 90.2 87.4 92.5
Bannock or fry bread  
Does not consume 45.6 43.8 47.3 60.3 58.2 62.2 19.1 16.2 22.4
Less than once per week 29.7 28.1 31.3 25.0 23.3 26.8 21.8 19.3 24.5
At least once per week, but less than once per day 20.8 19.4 22.3 12.5 11.4 13.8 34.2 31.4 37.0
Once per day or more 4.0 3.4 4.7 2.2 1.7 2.9 24.9 22.7 27.3
Salt and fresh water fish  
Never or less than once per month 61.3 59.6 63.0 63.1 61.1 65.1 32.3 29.2 35.5
Once per month or more 38.7 37.0 40.4 36.9 34.9 38.9 67.7 64.5 70.8
Large game animals such as deer, moose or caribou  
Never or less than once per month 67.3 65.6 69.0 71.6 69.7 73.3 24.0 21.0 27.2
Once per month or more 32.7 31.0 34.4 28.4 26.7 30.3 76.0 72.8 79.0
Game birds such as goose, duck, partridge or ptarmigan  
Never or less than once per month 92.2 91.2 93.1 92.0 90.9 92.9 67.0 64.4 69.4
Once per month or more 7.8 6.9 8.8 8.0 7.1 9.1 33.0 30.6 35.6
Small game animals such as rabbit or muskrat  
Never or less than once per month 94.7 93.9 95.5 95.9 95.2 96.6 94.2 92.8 95.3
Once per month or more 5.3 4.5 6.1 4.1 3.4 4.8 5.8 4.7 7.2
Sea-based mammals such as whale, seal or walrus  
Does not consume 99.4 99.1 99.7 99.5 99.2 99.7 45.9 43.0 48.9
Consumes 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.9 0.5Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.7 54.1 51.1 57.0
E use with caution
Source: 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey.