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Table 9
Percentage of Aboriginal children aged 0 to 3 years breastfed, by Aboriginal group, 2001
  Inuit First Nations
on selected
reserves
First Nations
off reserve
Métis
percent
0 to 3 year olds ever or currently breastfed 66 62 72 70
Number of months ever or currently breastfed
Less than 3 months 17E 24 23 24
3 to 6 months 24 34 34 37
More than 6 months 59 42 43 39
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001.