Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS)

Aboriginal identity of person, category

Aboriginal identity refers to whether the person identified with the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This includes those who are First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada), and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, Section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Aboriginal Identity (2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey), Total Responses
  Data tables

  • Aboriginal peoples survey, access to and use of health care services, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0003
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, educational attainment and labour force status, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 578-0001
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, food security, by Aboriginal identity, age group, sex, and number of persons in household, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0009
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, harvesting activities by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0005
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, importance of speaking and understanding an Aboriginal language, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0013
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, long-term health problems (self-reported) by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 12 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0006
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, long-term health problems (self-reported) by Aboriginal identity and sex, population aged 6 to 11 years, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0005
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, making handcrafted goods by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0001
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, path to obtaining high school diploma and postsecondary education, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 578-0003
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, perceived general health, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0001
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, perceived mental health and suicidal thoughts, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 18 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0013
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, primary Aboriginal language spoken and self-rated ability to speak primary Aboriginal language, by age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0011
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, primary Aboriginal language understood and self-rated ability to understand primary language, by age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0012
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, reasons for harvesting, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0007
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, reasons for making handcrafted goods, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0003
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, self-rated ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 576-0009
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, smoking status, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0007