Table 2.

Selected socio-economic and health indicators for Aboriginal peoples and Non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Data	Aboriginal peoples			Non-Aboriginal
	Total	On-reserve	Off-reserve
Population: Canada
Population in 2006	1,172,790	308,490	864,300	30,068,240
Median age	27	N/A	N/A	40
% of people under age 24	48	N/A	N/A	31
Growth rate (96-06)	45%	N/A	N/A	8%
Vital stats (2001)
Life expectancy
Males	N/A	67.1	N/A	76
Females	N/A	73.1	N/A	81.5
Household conditions (2006)
% of population living in crowded conditionsa	11	26	7	3
% of households requiring major repairs	23	44	17	7
Health
% reporting at least one chronic health condition (Tjepkema, 2002)	N/A	N/A	60.1	49.6
Income
% of government support beneficiaries (2006)	18.1	N/A	N/A	10.9
Average incomeb	25,961c	28,355d	34,696d	36,616c
Incidence of low income in total population of private households in (low income occurring when >20% of income spent on food, clothing and shelter) (2000)	34.2	N/A	31.5	15.8
Labour Force (2006)
Participation rate	63.0	52.3	N/A	66.9
Unemployment rate	14.8	24.8	10.6e	6.3
Employment rate	53.7	39.3	59.06	62.7
Human Development Index (2001)	.815 (ranked 32nd)	N/A	N/A	.900 (ranked 8th)

^aMore than one person per room.

^bFor persons with employment income.

^cCensus 2006.

^dCensus 2001.

^eStats Can, Labour Force Survey (2007).