Canada's Aboriginal population, 1981-1991 : a summary report / by Don Kerr, Andy Siggner, Jean Pierre Bourdeau.: Z1-1991/1-41-185E-PDF

"With the availability of the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS), the present report attempted to demarcate subsamples of the 1991 population that were roughly comparable with those reporting Aboriginal origins in 1981. As the APS made available for the first time a question on Aboriginal self-identification -- it was the contention of the present report that this item allowed for the establishment of subsamples of the 1991 APS-based population roughly comparable with the 1981 Census numbers. The first part of this report introduced definitions of ethnicity as relied upon in the 1981 and 1991 Censuses -- along with the self-identity concept in the 1991 APS. The second section moved on to systematically consider whether reasonable time series are identifiable, with the Inuit, Métis, and North American Indian populations separately. The last section moves on to examine a series of selected census variables, including labour force participation, unemployment, individual income, occupation/industry, and highest level of schooling"--Executive summary, p. 3.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Privy Council Office.
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division.
Title Canada's Aboriginal population, 1981-1991 : a summary report / by Don Kerr, Andy Siggner, Jean Pierre Bourdeau.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Historical publication digitized by the Privy Council Office of Canada.
Imperfect: p. 5 missing in this digitized edition.
Cover title.
"Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, October 1995."
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical comparability of Aboriginal terms in the 1981 Census and 1991 APS -- 3. Summary of the major findings on the historical comparabilty of 1981 Census and 1991 APS concepts -- 4. Socio-economic characteristics: a ten year comparison.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, [1995]
Author / Contributor Kerr, Donald W., 1959-
Bourdeau, Jean-Pierre.
Description 39 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • Z1-1991/1-41-185E-PDF
Subject terms Commissions of inquiry
Aboriginal peoples
Demographic statistics
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