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Table 5
Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, by province and territory, 2016

Table 5
Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, by province and territory, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Indigenous and Non-indigenous, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Newfoundland and Labrador		Prince Edward Island		Nova Scotia		New Brunswick		Quebec
	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous
	percent
Education
High school completion^{Table 5 Note 1}	62	85	Note ...: not applicable	88	73	88	74	86	58	87
Labour Force Status^{Table 5 Note 2}
Participation rate	58	59	Note ...: not applicable	66	41	61	55	62	59	64
Employment rate	39	50	Note ...: not applicable	58	33	55	34	55	49	60
Unemployment rate	32	15	Note ...: not applicable	12	21	10	38	11	18	7
Income in bottom decile^{Table 5 Note 3}	9	9	Note ...: not applicable	10	52	11	44	11	16	9
Crowded housing^{Table 5 Note 4}	8	0	Note ...: not applicable	1	6	1	3	0	13	1

Table 5
Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, by province and territory, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Indigenous and Non-indigenous, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Ontario		Manitoba		Saskatchewan		Alberta		British Columbia
	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous
	percent
Education
High school completion^{Table 5 Note 1}	64	90	54	87	61	89	67	89	72	90
Labour Force Status^{Table 5 Note 2}
Participation rate	54	65	46	67	50	69	56	72	54	64
Employment rate	44	60	37	63	39	65	46	66	44	60
Unemployment rate	19	7	21	6	22	7	18	9	19	7
Income in bottom quintile^{Table 5 Note 3}	29	10	40	10	35	9	28	7	26	12
Crowded housing^{Table 5 Note 4}	8	2	16	3	13	2	9	2	3	2

Table 5
Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, by province and territory, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of populations served by police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canada, Indigenous and Non-indigenous, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Yukon		Northwest Territories		Nunavut		Canada
	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous	Indigenous	Non-indigenous
	percent
Education
High school completion^{Table 5 Note 1}	72	91	68	90	59	Note ...: not applicable	62	89
Labour Force Status^{Table 5 Note 2}
Participation rate	68	76	66	82	68	Note ...: not applicable	55	65
Employment rate	52	70	55	77	54	Note ...: not applicable	44	60
Unemployment rate	24	8	16	6	22	Note ...: not applicable	20	8
Income in bottom quintile^{Table 5 Note 3}	16	6	12	5	15	Note ...: not applicable	28	10
Crowded housing^{Table 5 Note 4}	3	2	7	3	22	Note ...: not applicable	11	2
... not applicable Note 1 Includes those with a high school diploma or equivalent or any postsecondary certificate or degree. Information on education refers to the population 24 to 64 years of age. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Information on labour force status refers to the population 15 years of age and over. For information on labour force status concepts see the 2016 Census Dictionary. The reference period for labour market activity for the 2016 Census was the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016. Early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories in February, March and April 2016. When enumeration has taken place before May 2016, the reference date used is the date on which the household was enumerated. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The economic family after-tax income decile group is based on total of income in 2015 from all sources, including employment income, income from government programs, pension income, investment income and any other money income. The deciles divide the population ranked by size of adjusted after-tax family income into 10 groups of equal size. The population in the bottom decile is the one that falls in the lower 10% of the adjusted after-tax family income distribution. The 10 groups were formed with the full population in private households of Canada, whether or not they reported income. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Crowded housing is based on the number of persons per rooms in a private dwelling. In Canadian research, a house is generally considered "crowded" when there is more than one person per room. Return to note 4 referrer Note: For more information on these measures, please refer to the 2016 Census Dictionary. Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. Using information on the CSD populations served by each police service in 2018, information from the 2016 Census was used to estimate socio-economic characteristics of populations served by police where the majority of the population they serve is Indigenous. The category "Indigenous" refers to police services that served a population where more than 50% of the population they serve identified as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census, or lived on reserve. The category "Non-Indigenous" refers to those police services where the majority of the population did not identify as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census or did not live on reserve. See the section "Data sources and concepts" for an explanation of the method used to identify police services serving majority Indigenous populations. Because these measures are calculated at a police service level, they will not match data published in the Census tables. This information should not be interpreted as representing all Indigenous communities or populations in Canada. Source: Statistics Canada; Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2016 Census of Population.

Date modified:: 2020-11-18