Number of children and youth 0 to 24 years reporting an Aboriginal identity, by province and territory, 2006
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
In 2006, over 560,000 Aboriginal children and youth under 25 years of age lived in Canada. The greatest number of these children and youth lived in Ontario (105,205) and many others lived in Manitoba (90,360), Saskatchewan (78,680), Alberta (94,805) and British Columbia (90,065). Fewer Aboriginal children and youth lived in the Atlantic provinces. Although the total number of Aboriginal children and youth in the territories appears low compared to some provinces, the proportion far exceeds the proportion of non-Aboriginal children and youth in the territories.