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Introduction
About the Aboriginal children's survey
The Aboriginal Children's Survey (ACS) provides an extensive set of data about Aboriginal (Métis, Inuit, and off-reserve First Nations) children under six years of age in urban, rural, and northern locations across Canada. The Aboriginal Children's Survey (ACS) was designed to provide a picture of the early development of Aboriginal children and the social and living conditions in which they are learning and growing.
The survey was developed by Statistics Canada and Aboriginal advisors from across the country and was conducted jointly with Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
The Aboriginal Children's Survey (ACS) is a post-censal survey, that is, the sample was selected from
The Aboriginal Children's Survey (ACS) is a post-censal survey, that is, the sample was selected from
children living in private households whose response on their 2006 Census questionnaire indicated that they:
had Aboriginal ancestors and / or
identified as North American Indian and/or Métis and / or Inuit, and / or
had treaty or registered Indian status and / or
had Indian Band membership.
While nationally the ACS covers First Nations children living off reserve, Métis children, and Inuit children, information was also collected in some First Nations communities in Quebec and in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Additionally, non-Aboriginal children in the territories were included as part of the Survey of Northern Children. The focus of these supporting data tables is North American Indian children living off reserve, Métis children, and Inuit children. A small number of Inuit and Métis children live on reserve and are not included in the ACS.
More detailed information about the survey is available in the ACS 2006 Concepts and Methods Guide (catalogue number 89-634).
Data relate to children under six years who are part of the Aboriginal identity population and do not include the Aboriginal ancestry population. Total counts are rounded to the nearest 10 and reflect the weighted number of people to whom the question was directed. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Throughout the supporting data tables 'Atlantic region' includes all Atlantic Provinces combined. 'Territories' includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut combined.
Children were identified as 'North American Indian'; however in the ACS analytical article the term 'First Nations children' is used interchangeably throughout the report.
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