I work in the social and aboriginal statistics division. We have produced a report that looks at the situation of seniors in population centres. Among other things, the study looks at seniors who are in a low-income situation. It demonstrates that in 2011, 23% of aboriginal seniors who were living in population centres were in a low-income situation, and this compared with 13% of the non-aboriginal senior population.
We also see differences between men and women in the aboriginal population and the non-aboriginal population. A higher percentage of senior aboriginal women were part of a low-income population compared to senior men: 26% compared with 18%. In looking at the non-aboriginal population, again women are more likely to be in a low-income situation than men: 16% of women compared with 9% of men.