Table 7
Number and rate of incarcerated Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults aged 20 to 34, by employment and education status, selected jurisdictions, May 16, 2006

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Employment and education status Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Ratio between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal incarceration rates
Aboriginal in custody Aboriginal in the general population Incarceration rate on Census Day Non-Aboriginal in custody Non-Aboriginal in the general population Incarceration rate on Census Day
number rate per 1,000 population number rate per 1,000 population ratio
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia1
Without a diploma 12 1,980 6.0 109 32,365 3.4 1.8
With a diploma 29 6,570 4.4 384 251,280 1.5 2.9
Without employment 30 3,465 8.6 345 70,535 4.9 1.8
With employment 11 5,085 2.2 154 213,110 0.7 3.0
Overall population aged 20 to 34  41 8,550 4.8 499 283,645 1.8 2.7
Saskatchewan
Without a diploma, without employment 420 8,610 48.8 46 4,660 9.9 4.9
Without a diploma, with employment 147 3,550 41.4 36 13,170 2.7 15.1
With a diploma, without employment 75 7,590 9.9 29 21,475 1.4 7.3
With a diploma, with employment 50 11,575 4.3 36 108,205 0.3 13.0
Overall population aged 20 to 34  692 31,325 22.1 147 147,510 1.0 22.2
Alberta
Without a diploma, without employment 388 8,425 46.1 333 23,640 14.1 3.3
Without a diploma, with employment 204 8,165 25.0 348 67,450 5.2 4.8
With a diploma, without employment 55 6,655 8.3 154 94,720 1.6 5.1
With a diploma, with employment 53 22,045 2.4 285 491,620 0.6 4.1
Overall population aged 20 to 34  700 45,290 15.5 1,120 677,430 1.7 9.3
1. Due to small numbers for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, education and employment status were not combined.
Note: "Without employment" refers to all persons who did not have employment including those who are unemployed, inactive and on disability. "Diploma" refers to a high school diploma or higher. Ontario and the Correctional Service of Canada are excluded from this table due to insufficient data on education level and employment reported to the Integrated Correctional Services Survey.
Ratios are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey and 2006 Census of Population.
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