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Median total income in 2005 by Aboriginal identity, population aged 25 to 54

  • In 2012-2013, 33.6 per cent of on-reserve First Nations peoples received social income assistance compared to just over 5 per cent of the Canadian population

This statistic shows that in comparison with the regular Canadian population, aboriginals reach out for social income assistance more. The shocking percentage of 33.6 demonstrates that the aboriginals suffer lot more poverty than the 5% of Canadians.

  • Discrimination in the workplace

Aboriginals face a lot of discrimination in the workplace and this makes it hard to sustain proper employment. This discrimination heavily correlates to income considering if one is being harassed at work than its hard for them to stay in the employment, potentially causing unemployment. Even with post-secondary education, unemployment rates are higher for racial minorities, especially with Aboriginal peoples (23 per cent) compared to whites (7 per cent) and Canadian-born visible minorities (8 per cent).

This statistic shows the clear difference in incomes between aboriginal peoples and non-aboriginal peoples.

Brief Summary

Causes of poverty among aboriginals

  • Lack of education

Education and income directly correlate. As many studies prove, higher education often links with higher income. The issue with aboriginals and education is the lack of. Many individuals that live on reserve do not have schools nearby and getting to the schools off reserve requires transportation which they do not have. Getting a university degree is very costly and so aboriginal families living under the poverty line can not send their children off to university, which creates this circle of poverty.

Work Cited

For years and years aboriginal people of Canada have been discriminated against. This discrimination has lead to many issues in the aboriginal community; one being poverty. Through unequal treatment the aboriginal people of Canada have been pushed below the poverty line. This presentation will view the status of poverty among aboriginal people from the past to present.

Chart 11 median total income in 2005 by aboriginal identity, population aged 25 to 54. (2010, June 21). Retrieved June 7, 2016, from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-645-x/2010001/c-g/c-g011-eng.htm

Sawchuk, J. (2001, January 31). Social conditions of aboriginal people. Retrieved June 7, 2016, from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/native-people-social-conditions/

Weiner, N. Employment barriers still block Aboriginals & visible minorities. Retrieved June 7, 2016, from https://www.cautbulletin.ca/en_article.asp?articleid=1711

Comparing Past to Present

As we saw with the previous two statistics. Between 2005 and 2012 no significant changes have occurred with the aboriginal community and poverty. The aboriginal community continues to suffer with poverty.

Poverty among aboriginals in Canada

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