Table 5.2
Frequency of reading books, North American Indian children aged 6 to 14, living off reserve, by age group, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006

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Canada
Total age groups 96,400 100 52 50.1 53.2 27 25.8 28.5 20 19.2 21.8 1E 0.6 1.1
6 to 10 51,990 100 61 58.7 62.7 27 24.8 28.6 12 10.7 13.4 1E 0.4 1.0
11 to 14 44,410 100 41 38.8 43.2 28 25.7 29.6 30 28.3 32.6 1E 0.6 1.4
Atlantic region
Total age groups 5,790 100 51 46.1 56.0 26 21.8 30.8 22 17.8 26.1 x x x
6 to 10 3,060 100 65 57.9 71.0 25 19.4 31.8 10E 6.7 14.1 x x x
11 to 14 2,730 100 36 29.4 42.8 27 21.2 33.8 35 28.4 42.1 x x x
Quebec
Total age groups 5,990 100 47 42.0 53.0 27 22.2 31.6 24 19.6 29.0 x x x
6 to 10 3,090 100 56 48.9 63.5 25 19.6 31.9 17 12.6 24.0 x x x
11 to 14 2,900 100 38 30.2 46.5 28 21.5 35.7 31 23.8 38.7 x x x
Ontario
Total age groups 26,240 100 53 49.2 56.8 27 23.9 30.5 20 17.0 23.1 x x x
6 to 10 14,240 100 62 56.7 66.3 27 23.2 32.1 11 8.3 14.3 x x x
11 to 14 12,000 100 43 37.7 48.2 27 22.1 31.9 30 25.5 35.8 x x x
Manitoba
Total age groups 11,340 100 48 43.8 52.6 29 25.4 33.4 22 18.5 25.2 x x x
6 to 10 6,460 100 55 49.0 60.9 28 23.0 34.2 16 12.0 20.0 x x x
11 to 14 4,880 100 39 33.2 45.4 31 25.0 36.5 30 24.5 35.4 x x x
Saskatchewan
Total age groups 11,500 100 46 42.5 49.9 30 27.1 33.5 22 19.2 25.5 1E 0.8 2.5
6 to 10 6,530 100 51 46.5 56.5 32 28.0 36.6 15 11.8 19.1 x x x
11 to 14 4,970 100 39 34.3 44.4 28 23.3 32.6 32 26.9 36.5 x x x
Alberta
Total age groups 14,190 100 52 48.5 55.5 27 23.6 29.7 21 18.3 23.9 x x x
6 to 10 7,570 100 64 59.6 68.5 24 20.1 27.9 11 8.9 14.8 x x x
11 to 14 6,620 100 38 33.3 43.2 30 25.2 34.6 32 27.3 36.8 x x x
British Columbia
Total age groups 17,700 100 58 54.3 61.5 24 21.0 27.4 17 14.5 19.9 x x x
6 to 10 9,150 100 70 64.5 74.3 23 19.0 28.3 6E 4.2 9.2 x x x
11 to 14 8,550 100 45 40.7 50.5 25 20.9 29.2 29 24.2 33.3 x x x
Territories
Total age groups 3,660 100 45 40.1 50.3 31 26.1 35.7 22 18.6 26.7 x x x
6 to 10 1,900 100 49 42.4 56.4 29 23.4 35.9 19 14.7 25.7 x x x
11 to 14 1,760 100 40 33.6 48.0 32 25.6 39.6 26 20.0 31.9 x x x
Notes:
"Frequency of reading books" was measured by the following question: "How often does __ read or have books read to him/her?" Please do not include reading that is required for school.
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006