Aboriginal Businesses

Question

I have a doctoral student who’s trying to identify barriers to new on-reserve business ventures.

At the moment he needs information about the number of on-reserve businesses for each First Nation in SK. If he can get more than that, number of employees, business size , ownership structure, industry/sector, great, but not a deal breaker.

Given past experience with finding information about on-reserve activities, I’m not optimistic, but thought I’d see if anyone has any suggestions.

I’ve contacted a number of SK tribal councils to see if (a.) they keep such stats and, (b.) they’d be willing to share them for research purposes. As yet, I haven’t heard from any of them.

Answer
The First Nations Information Governance Centre’s First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey (FNREEES) may have what your student is looking for. They survey on-reserve populations exclusively.

You can e-mail them at fndc@fnigc.ca 

Answer 2
How about contacting the First Nations Information Governance Centre. They are actually giving a presentation this morning at Carleton U.

You can get more info here: http://fnigc.ca/

Answer 3

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I’ve tried a couple of division and unfortunately it looks like there is no collection of aboriginal businesses operating on reserves at Statistics Canada. Sylvie Lafortune did suggest contact the First Nations Information Governance Centre.

GSS Cycle 23, Victimisation - The North, PUMF and Master File, and Aboriginal Identity

Question

Hello,

We would like to request information please on the GSS 23 microdata files and also have one question about comparability with the GSS 18.

I have been assured by a researcher, in communication with the CCHS, that since cycle 18, when it was covered as a pilot - http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85f0033m/85f0033m2006011-eng.htm , the North has been included in the GSS Victimization Surveys. Further to this, an upcoming issue of Juristat will be dealing with the GSS 23 and the North. The Main Product page may be misleading in this regard: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=12M0023X&lang=eng

1. Was the North covered in cycle 23 and if so, will this data be available, e.g., through DLI as a separate PUMF(s) and will it be available through the RDC's through the master file(s)?

2. Is it correct that the SOR_Q110 Sexual orientation question been suppressed on the PUMF? …from page 328 of the questionnaire: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/meta/gss-esg/cycle23-2009/gssc-esgc23que-eng.pdf

3. Will/does the GSS 23 master file(s) provide postal code detail?

4. We noticed that the sample size for Aboriginal groups decreased in 2009 (668 in 2009, down from the sample size in 2004). We also noticed that the questions were quite different: Aboriginal identify (yes/no in cycle 23) and Background (Aboriginal= 13 … one of multiple responses regarding cultural or racial backgrounds),

- Why did this number decrease? We have some questions about coding and comparability …

- In 2004 were responses for Aboriginal coded even if someone gave up to 3 other ethnicities?

- Is it possible that “only” people who identified primarily with an Aboriginal group would have responded to the 2009 question (ie mixed ancestry people didn’t identify as part Aboriginal in 2009 the way they might have in 2004)?

CYCLE 23
AIR_Q110 Are you an Aboriginal person, (for this survey an Aboriginal person refers to, First Nations’[North American Indian], Métis or Inuk [Inuit])?
1 Yes = 668
2 No Go to end of module
Don’t know Go to end of module
Refusal Go to end of module

CYCLE 18
VMS_Q110 Canadians come from many cultural or racial backgrounds. I'm going to read you a list. Are you:

INTERVIEWER: Accept a maximum of 4 responses.
INTERVIEWER: Read categories to respondent.

11 ... White?
12 ... Chinese?
13 ... Aboriginal? (that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit)
14 ... South Asian? (for example, East Indian, Sri Lankan, etc.)
15 ... Black?
etc.

Thank you very much for any help you can provide,

Answer

The author division provided the following information in response to your recent questions about the General Social Survey cycle 23 - victimization PUMF:

Question 1: "Cycle 23 did sample the North but the data is separate from the main Cycle 23 collection and will be released to the RDCs (Research Data Centres) in the summer. There is no PUMF planned for the North due to confidentiality and privacy concerns."

Question 2: Yes, SOR_Q110 is suppressed on the PUMF.

Question 3: Postal code is suppressed on the PUMF but available on the analytical file (i.e. the file in the RDCs).

Question 4: "For Cycle 23, the number of Aboriginal respondents did decrease slightly by 15 respondents (from 683 in Cycle 18 to 668 in Cycle 23) as our sample size had decreased since 2004. However, the weighted Aboriginal population did increase to 877,496 for 2009, up from 628,391 in 2004. As mentioned, it is important to note that the question which was used to identify the Aboriginal population in the 2009 victimization survey is different than that used in 2004 and 1999. The question in Cycle 23 (2009) is now in line with what the census uses. The 2009 results for the Aboriginal population should not, therefore, be directly compared with those from previous victimization surveys. "

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions.

Aboriginal identity population

Question

I am looking for Total population, Aboriginal identity population by Census subdivision (CSD) for Alberta.

Answer
I believe that the following 2006 Census table has the information you need (Total population, Aboriginal identity population by CSD for Alberta): Aboriginal identity population by age groups, median age and sex, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) - 20% sample data

To get to this table:
Go to http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/Aboriginal/index.cfm?Lang=E
Under Table 1 - Census subdivisions (CSDs) - Municipalities, click on: By province or territory - All CSDs with an Aboriginal identity population of 250-plus

You may also want to refer your user to the "Note to readers" found in the Daily release for this data (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080115/dq080115a-eng.htm). It has some important information regarding how the Aboriginal identity population was counted.