Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will be speaking to you in French. Like Dan, I would like to begin by thanking you for inviting us to join our colleagues from Statistics Canada to talk about the 2006 census. My presentation will certainly complement that of Ms. Badets. We will provide some brief updates, an

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, it's extensive research on housing needs, covering all aboriginal groups, both on- and off-reserve. It's been a project long in development—for well over two years, because of the extent of the data that need to be covered and analyzed. And it's also done in partnership with

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're referring to the supply side. As my director points out, we're not the best people to answer that question. But on the demand side, the literature was pretty silent in terms of the detailed information that was required to handle family doubling, overcrowding, and popula

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a bit early to establish whether there have been improvements or not. When you talk about the improvements noted in 2006, you refer to analyses we had put forward some two years ago on the community wellness index, which comprises a housing component. There was a significant

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and as I was explaining a little earlier on, we currently have a major research project underway with CMHC and the people responsible for housing at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada. The project is intended to assess the current housing needs,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For the moment, we are not able to do an analysis of the supply. From a research perspective, we are certainly able to do an analysis of the housing demand, but a balanced analysis of supply and demand must be done, both for housing as well as for educational programs or other pr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For non-status Indians, we can use self-identification. It is the same thing as for the Métis issue that we discussed earlier. People must answer a question on their identity. Do they identify themselves as North American Indians, as Métis or as Inuit? That is the language that w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The answers are accepted at face value, they are not manipulated. That is why four indicators are used: origin, self-identification, registration in the Indian register and membership in a band. By combining these aboriginal dimensions, we can create more precise figures. By th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not necessarily more, because the total aboriginal population is the same--1,172,000. We use the same three questions to build up, if I may use that expression, to that 1,172,000. It's how we break it into separate groups afterwards. Statistics Canada puts the emphasis on self-

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, no, it's all census based. A person can be a registered Indian, have no first nation ancestry, not declare first nation identity, and not be a band member, because of the Indian Act before 1985.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Exactly. That's how you end up with some of these differences. It's where you put the emphasis first. At INAC we put the emphasis first on registration, for obvious reasons. Then within the rest of the aboriginal population we break it down based on identity. Why are there four

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think you partly answered your own question when you referred to the mobility aspect. Throughout the years, in the research we've done on migration mobility, we have found that there's a lot of what we call in-and-out mobility. Housing is one element that triggers such mobility

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say Winnipeg is the largest.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, fertility is higher among the aboriginal population than the non-aboriginal population, but it's not the main driver.