Aboriginals in Vancouver

Term Paper # 100067

Canadian Studies > First Nations
Canadian Studies > Gender, Race, Class issues

This paper examines the Aboriginal population of Vancouver.

1,571 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper presents a variety of statistics and reveals that members of Vancouver's Aboriginal population are likely to be younger, poorer and less well paid than their non-Aboriginal neighbors. The paper discusses the services and institutions that serve or support them and notes how problems are sometimes exacerbated by the fact that agencies are not status-blind, causing some Aboriginals to fall through the cracks. The paper highlights how there remains substantial work to be done before equality among all Vancouver residents can be attained.

From the Paper:

"Approximately 4.4% of the population of Canada identifies as at least partly Aboriginal. This proportion is steadily increasing, due to the fact that the Aboriginal population is growing faster than the non-Aboriginal population - and this trend is intensifying. For example, Statistics Canada notes that during the 20th century, the number of Aboriginal people increased by a factor of 10, while the total population of Canada increased by a factor of only 6. In addition, this difference became much more marked in the second half of the century. In the first half of the 20th century, the total population of Canada more than doubled, growing by 161%, while the numbers of Aboriginal people grew by just 29%."

Sample of Sources Used:

BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. Retrieved from http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/channel.do?action=ministry&channelID=-536896053&navId=NAV_ID_province
Hiller, Harry H. Urban Canada: Sociological Perspectives. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Ponting, J. Rick. "Urban Aboriginal People." In Hiller, Harry H. Urban Canada: Sociological Perspectives. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2005: 138-167.
Statistics Canada. "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada." n.d. Retrieved from http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/abor/canada.cfm
Vancouver Aboriginal Council. Retrieved from http://www.vac-bc.ca/default.html