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Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences)

Toward improved health for Ontario’s First Nations: The Aboriginal People’s Survey A presentation to the Association of Local Public Health Agencies February 8, 2008. Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences)

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Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences)

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  1. Toward improved health for Ontario’s First Nations: The Aboriginal People’s SurveyA presentation to the Association of Local Public Health AgenciesFebruary 8, 2008 Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences) Adjunct Professor (UWO, Geography & First Nations Studies)

  2. Outline of topics • What is the Aboriginal People’s Survey? • What does the APS measure? • How can you access the APS data?

  3. The Aboriginal People’s Survey (1) • A post censal survey conducted by Statistics Canada (1991, 2001, 2006 underway) • The report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples relied heavily on the 1991 APS data • Survey developed in consultation with national Aboriginal organizations, federal departments, provincial and territorial groups • All data collected under the authority of the Statistics Act • Data owned by Statistics Canada

  4. The Aboriginal People’s Survey (2) • The APS respondents represent diverse segments of the Aboriginal population (who report First Nation, Métis, Inuit ancestry and identity) • Geographic levels include on-reserve & off-reserve First Nations, Métis settlements, Inuit communities, urban, rural, Northern Aboriginal peoples • In total, 217 communities participated (> 120,000)

  5. The Aboriginal People’s Survey (3) • 22 communities were incompletely enumerated by the APS (5,455 individuals) • Refusal to participate, data collection interrupted • 40 other communities incompletely enumerated by 2001 Census • First Nations on-reserve sample not statistically representative or aggregated to the population level

  6. Objectives of the 2001 APS • To provide data on the social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people in Canada • To identify needs and priorities within the Aboriginal population APS Concepts and Methods Guide: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-591-XIE/89-591-XIE2003001.pdf

  7. APS Core Survey Content • Education • Language • Health • Labour Activity • Income • Schooling • Housing • Mobility

  8. APS Data Collection Tools • Personal and telephone interviews with residents of private dwellings • Four Survey Instruments • Children and youth survey (0-14 years old) • Adult core survey (all adults 15 and over) • Arctic Supplement (Inuit community residents) • Métis Supplement (Métis identity/ancestry)

  9. Strategies for accessing APS data • Perform your own data analysis at a Statistics Canada Research Data Centre • Use the 2001 APS Community Profiles

  10. Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centres (RDC’s) (1) • RDC’s provide researchers with access, in a secure university setting, to microdata from population and household surveys undetaken by Statistics Canada • StatCan datasets more readily available • 14 RDC’s across Canada • Staffed by StatCan employees • Projects must first be be approved • Researchers are ‘deemed employees’ and must abide by the Statistics Act

  11. Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centres (RDC’s) (2) • RDC’s in Ontario • Carleton, Ottawa, Outaouais Local Research Data Centre (COOL RDC) • University of Ottawa, Carleton University • Queen's University Research Data Centre • Toronto Regional Statistics Canada RDC • University of Toronto, Ryerson University, York University • McMaster University Research Data Centre • South Western Ontario Research Data Centre • University of Waterloo, Laurentian University • University of Western Ontario Research Data Centre

  12. The 2001 APS Community Profiles • Web address: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01aps/home.cfm • Information on Aboriginal identity population for select communities where population > 200 • Data available at the community level for: • Children • General health, health care utilization, medical conditions, physical injuries, dental care, education and social activities, language, childcare arrangements • Adults • Education, language, labour activity, health communication technology, mobility, housing

  13. Summary of the APS • The APS is a rich source of data on the Aboriginal population of Canada • APS data can be used to inform the health and social needs of Aboriginal peoples in Ontario and for targeting health care programming • Limitations relate to population or regional aggregation of First Nation on-reserve population • Community-level profiles are useful for understanding local conditions • A need to integrate information from other sources (i.e., the Regional Health Survey) and from other methods as well (e.g., qualitative approaches)

  14. Thanks for listening/ Miigwetch! Comments/questions: Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Department of Geography & The First Nations Studies Program The University of Western Ontario1151 Richmond StreetLondon, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2Tel: 519 661-2111, ext. 85324 Fax: 519 661-3750 E-mail: chantelle.richmond@uwo.ca

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