TABLE 2.

Age at which 90% of off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were able to attain developmental skill

Developmental skill	First Nations	Métis	Inuit	NLSCY comparison sample
Ever run	17	17	18	20
Made a line	23	19	NA*	NA*
Copied actions or sounds	8	7	12
Offered toys	13	12	14
Taken turns when playing games or talking	25	27	30
Dressed himself/herself	37	37	36	46
Toilet trained	46	41	37
Found items	20	19	22
Counted three objects	35	34	36	33
Sorted objects	43	35	36
Shows that he/she understands how many three is	38	41	41
Counted out loud up to 10	55	46	60	NA*
Stopped making sounds and looked at someone or something	8	8	NA†
Use gestures	9	8	16
Expressed needs using sounds other than crying	14	12	15	14
Understands the names of common objects	NA*	21	23
Says the name of familiar objects	NA*	22	NA†	19
Expressed needs using two to three words	28	27	28
Expressed needs using sentences	45	36	42
Told or retold a story	41	38	46
Drawn a picture and told a story about it	55	56	59

^*Not attained by 90% of the sample by the age at which the question was included,

^†By-month sample too small to determine cutpoint. NA Not available; NLSYC National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth