Mathematics Strategies
using
Statistics Canada
Origins and Visible Minorities 2001 Census

(Including Population by Aboriginal Group)


The following Statistics Canada website
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/popula.htm#ori
allows students to analyze data related to:

Origins and Visible Minorities

Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: A Demographic Profile
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/abor/contents.cfm
This profile gives a demographic profile of Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

2001 Aboriginal Population Profiles
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01ab/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm
These profiles contain free information on the Aboriginal identity population for various communities in Canada where the Aboriginal identity population is above 250. Communities include cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, counties or their equivalents and metropolitan areas.

2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey Community Profiles
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01aps/home.cfm
These profiles contain free information on adult and child Aboriginal identity population for selected communities in Canada where the Aboriginal identity population is 200 or more according to the 2001 Census (includes social characteristics such as health, child care arrangements, housing, labour activity, education, and social activities).

Educational Attainment of the Population Reporting Aboriginal Identity
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/educ/canada.cfm#aboriginal

Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/ListProducts.cfm?Temporal=2001&APATH=3&THEME=45&FREE=0

These tables from the 2001 Census include profiles (tables 7 - 27 provide education, labour force activity, and income characteristics).

Learning Resources by Subject: Aboriginal Studies
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/courses/abst.htm