Distribution of children and youth reporting Aboriginal identity, by age group, Canada, 2006, Total = 560,895
Adapted from Statistics Canada, at http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo40a-eng.htm, http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo40b-eng.htm, http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo40c-eng.htm and http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo40d-eng.htm
accessed on July 8, 2011
Of the over 560,000 Aboriginal children and youth under 25 living in Canada at the time of the 2006 Census, 19% were infants, toddlers and young children under the age 5 years; 21% were children between the ages of 5 and 9 years; 22% were older children and young adolescents aged 10 to 14 years; 21% were youth ages 15 through 19 years and 17% were youth aged 20 to 24 years.