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Table 3
Percentage distribution of demographic, socio-economic and geographic characteristics of non-Aboriginal adults, Métis and Registered Indians, by sex, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991

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Characteristic Men Women
Non- Aboriginal Métis Registered Indians Non- Aboriginal Métis Registered Indians
Number 1,307,800 5,700 24,600 1,316,500 6,100 32,100
Percentage distribution
Age group
25 to 34 27 38 41 28 43 44
35 to 44 26 28 28 26 28 28
45 to 54 18 18 16 17 14 15
55 to 64 14 10 9 12 8 8
65 to 74 10 4 5 10 5 4
75 or older 5 2 2 6 2 2
Marital status
Single (never married) 13 20 22 11 16 16
Common-law 7 19 18 6 17 17
Married 73 51 51 63 48 51
Previously married 7 9 10 19 19 16
Educational attainment
Less than high school graduation 34 54 60 34 51 56
High school graduation 38 34 32 35 31 28
Postsecondary diploma 13 8 7 19 14 13
University degree 15 4 2 12 4 3
Labour force status
Employed 73 61 50 59 47 40
Unemployed 6 18 21 5 10 11
Not in labour force 21 21 29 36 43 49
Income adequacy quintile
Quintile 1 (lowest) 14 29 40 19 36 42
Quintile 2 19 24 26 19 22 25
Quintile 3 21 19 17 20 18 17
Quintile 4 23 17 12 20 14 11
Quintile 5 (highest) 23 11 6 21 9 5
Region
Atlantic Canada 8 2 5 8 2 5
Quebec 26 8 9 26 7 10
Ontario 37 8 18 37 8 17
Prairies 16 69 41 16 69 42
British Columbia 12 6 21 12 5 20
Territories 1 8 6 <1 8 6
Community size
1,000,000 or more 31 6 3 32 5 4
500,000 to 999,999 16 14 4 17 15 5
100,000 to 499,999 15 5 5 16 6 5
10,000 to 99,999 14 15 12 14 16 12
Less than 10,000 23 59 76 21 58 73
Living on reserve
Yes <1 7 73 <1 8 68
No 100 93 27 100 92 32
Notes: Métis were defined based on the ancestry responses (see "Derivation of Métis within the cohort"). A total of 2,200 cohort members (800 men and 1,300 women) were classified both Métis and Registered Indians.
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.
Date Modified: 2015-07-17

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