Table 10
Occupational distribution of experienced labour force aged 15 years and over, by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2006

Table 10
Occupational distribution of experienced labour force aged 15 years and over, by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of Occupational distribution of experienced labour force aged 15 years and over. The information is grouped by Occupation, All occupations - Total population, All occupations - Females, All occupations - Males, appearing as row headers and is grouped by Total Aboriginal population, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Non-Aboriginal population appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Occupation Total Aboriginal population First Nations Métis Inuit Non-Aboriginal population
percentage
All occupations – Total population 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.3 9.8
Business, finance and administrative 14.5 13.7 15.4 15.0 18.0
Natural and applied sciences 3.3 2.9 3.9 3.0 6.7
Health 4.0 3.5 4.8 2.1 5.7
Social science, education, government service and religion 9.6 11.2 7.3 13.1 8.4
Art, culture, recreation and sport 2.2 2.3 1.9 4.9 3.0
Sales and service 28.5 28.9 27.8 31.7 23.8
Trades, transport and equipment operators 20.1 19.3 21.3 19.1 15.0
Occupations unique to primary industry 6.1 6.6 5.8 2.9 3.8
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 5.2 5.2 5.3 1.9 5.9
All occupations - Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.6 7.6
Business, finance and administrative 23.0 21.7 24.6 23.4 27.2
Natural and applied sciences 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.4 3.1
Health 7.0 6.1 8.5 3.5 9.6
Social science, education, government service and religion 14.7 16.9 11.3 20.7 12.0
Art, culture, recreation and sport 2.4 2.3 2.2 5.2 3.5
Sales and service 36.5 36.3 36.8 36.5 28.9
Trades, transport and equipment operators 3.6 3.7 3.6 2.1 2.2
Occupations unique to primary industry 2.0 2.1 2.1 0.4 1.8
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 3.1 3.2 3.0 1.4 4.2
All occupations - Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management 6.8 6.6 7.0 7.0 11.8
Business, finance and administrative 6.3 5.9 6.7 6.8 9.8
Natural and applied sciences 4.8 4.1 5.6 4.6 9.9
Health 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.8 2.2
Social science, education, government service and religion 4.8 5.6 3.7 5.7 5.1
Art, culture, recreation and sport 2.1 2.2 1.6 4.6 2.6
Sales and service 20.9 21.7 19.5 27.2 19.3
Trades, transport and equipment operators 36.0 34.5 37.7 35.7 26.5
Occupations unique to primary industry 10.0 11.1 9.2 5.4 5.5
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 7.2 7.3 7.5 2.5 7.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
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