The Aboriginal People of Winnipeg

Paper Summary:

This paper reports that 8.4 per cent of the total 661,730 population of Winnipeg is aboriginal, which is the second highest percentage of the 13 major Canadian cities. The author points out that the young age of the majority of the aboriginals in Winnipeg is very important because it can have a major impact on the need for more educational and welfare services. The paper stresses that the effects of poverty and housing issues may be a major cause of poor health among aboriginal people in Winnipeg. The author relates that the demographic profiles seem to indicate that social and economic disadvantages facing aboriginal people in Winnipeg have been limiting their educational achievements. The paper includes several quotations.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aboriginal Population of Winnipeg
Income, Employment and Poverty
Housing Issues
Health Issues
Education Issues
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The differences in incomes between aboriginal people and non-aboriginal people in Winnipeg can be partially explained by differences in employment and unemployment rates. The total employment rate for Winnipeg in 2001 was 64.8 per cent and the unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent. The employment rate for aboriginals in Winnipeg is only 55.1 per cent and the unemployment rate is 14.3 per cent. This would seem to indicate that the higher unemployment rate in the aboriginal population of Winnipeg is a major factor in the poverty of that population."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Adelson, Naomi, "The Embodiment of Inequity: Health Disparities in Aboriginal Canada" in Canadian Journal of Public Health. Ottawa, Vol.96, Mar/Apr 2005: S45-S62.
• Anonymous, "Community Highlights: Winnipeg" on E-Stat Webpage,2001:http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/details/ Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=602__&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&Data= Count&SearchText=Winnipeg&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1= All&Custom=.
• Anonymous, "Homeless Resources Winnipeg" on the Proposal Fund Allocation Committee Webpage, http://www.spcw.mb.ca/pfac_ documents/ aboriginal_homelessness.pdf.
• Martens, Patricia J., Sanderson, Doreen and Jebamani, Laurel S.,"Mortality Comparisons of First Nations to All Other Manitobans: A Provincial Population-based Look at Health Inequalities by Region and Gender" in Canadian Journal of Public Health, Ottawa, Vol.96, Jan/Feb 2005: S33-S39.
• Ponting, J. Rick, "Urban Aboriginal People" Chapter 7 in Urban Canada, Harry H. Hiller(ed), Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2005: 138-168.

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