PPGC67H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lower Canada, 1969 White Paper, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate
11 Apr 2016
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Currently, aboriginal peoples make up between 3. 8 per cent of the canadian population. North american indians: 60: m tis: 30, inuit: 5% Eleven linguistic families, including cree, inuktitut, and ojibwa: over 50 languages. About 1/5 have aboriginal language as mother tongue (mostly inuit and those living on reserves) 15 per cent speak an aboriginal language at home. 68 per cent have english as mother tongue; 6 per cent french. There are 2370 reserves, average about 1160 hectares. Greater numbers in west, prairie provinces and nunavut. Also large urban cohort (i. e. do not live on reserves), especially in regina, saskatoon, winnipeg, Higher rates of poverty, alcoholism and suicide than non-aboriginals. Unemployment and incarceration rates are also very high. Suicide rate: suicide rate of native youth is 5 times higher than that of non-native youth. Aboriginal people are more likely to die as a result of violent crime (e. g. murder) Aboriginal peoples live shorter lives (7 years shorter on average)
