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This chart shows four vertical bar clusters for each of the Aboriginal population and non-Aboriginal populations. In each of the population groups the four bar clusters are shown for the age groups: 25 and over, 25 to 44, 45 to 64, and 65 years of age and older. Each cluster consists of two vertical bars for: 1996 and 2001. The chart shows that between 1996 and 2001, the percentages of Aboriginal people with postsecondary qualifications increased in every age group. Among Aboriginal seniors, 9% had post-secondary qualifications in 1996, and by 2001 this was up to 13%. Increases were also observed in the percentages of non-Aboriginal seniors with post-secondary schooling. As a result, the gap between the percentages of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal seniors with post-secondary qualifications remained largely unchanged in this time period (approximately 13 to 14 percentage points). Post secondary qualifications include trades or college certificates or diplomas, university certificates or diplomas below the bachelor degree level, and university degrees at the bachelor level or higher.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey; 1996 and 2001 Censuses of Canada.