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This chart shows three vertical bar clusters for each of the age groups 45 to 64 years and 65 years of age and older. For each age group the three bar clusters are shown for the following sources of income groups: employment income, government transfer payments, and other. Each cluster consists of two vertical bars for the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations. The chart shows that both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal seniors relied on government transfer payments as their main source of income in 2000; however, government transfer payments formed a larger proportion of the total income of Aboriginal seniors (73%) compared to non-Aboriginal seniors (48%). In 2000, while employment income formed the main source of income (79%) for Aboriginal people aged 45 to 64 years, employment income represented only 14% of the total income for Aboriginal people 65 years and over.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.