Table 6
Age structure indicators of the population by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2006 and 2031, four projection scenarios

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Table 6
Age structure indicators of the population by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2006 and 2031, four projection scenarios
Table summary
This table displays the results of age structure indicators of the population by Aboriginal identity. The information is grouped by indicators appearing as row header and is grouped by aboriginal people, non-aboriginal people, 2006, 2031, observed, scenario 1, scenario 2, scenario 3 and scenario 4 appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage and year as units of measure.
Indicators Aboriginal people Non-Aboriginal people
2006 2031 2006 2031
Observed Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Observed Scenario 1
percentage
0 to 14 years 28.9 22.5 20.6 21.2 19.7 16.9 16.5
15 to 64 years 66.4 62.9 64.4 63.7 64.9 69.5 60.2
65 years and over 4.7 14.5 15.0 15.1 15.4 13.6 23.3
  year
Median age 26.6 35.0 36.1 35.9 36.7 39.4 43.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
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