Appendix Table 39: Increase in Income of Aboriginals Assuming Aboriginals Eliminate the 2001 Gap in Educational Attainment, Scenario 10: Employment Rates Reach
2001 Level of non-Aboriginals and Income the 2017 Level of non-Aboriginals
2001 |
2017 | |||||
Aboriginal Working Age Population Employment in Canada |
715,500 1,108,048,000 14,946,158 2001 |
1,013,900 18,485,547 2017 |
Income in |
Income in 2017 |
Absolute | |
Less than Grade 5 |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
372 16.1 |
2.13 26,859 4,411 20.4 |
63,359 |
118,467 |
55,108 |
Grades 5 to 8 |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
11.24 16,425 19,296 24.0 |
7.54 24.8 |
316,938 |
538,830 |
221,893 |
Grades 9 to 13 |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
32.87 16,007 87,492 37.2 |
21.22 47.4 |
1,400,450 |
2,691,235 |
1,290,785 |
Secondary - high school graduation certificate |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
9.45 62.4 |
14.22 33,008 93,280 64.7 |
915,098 |
3,079,012 |
2,163,914 |
Trades certificate or diploma |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
3.92 23,601 16,832 60.0 |
3.49 64.6 |
397,266 |
949,278 |
552,012 |
College: With trades certificate or diploma |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
7.56 27,033 37,093 68.6 |
6.65 73.7 |
1,002,728 |
2,044,820 |
1,042,092 |
College: With college certificate or diploma |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
9.22 71.4 |
12.20 75.5 |
1,197,960 |
3,826,172 |
2,628,212 |
University: With university or college certificate or diplo Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed _____________________________________________________Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
4.38 25,806 21,673 69.1 |
6.02 73.4 |
559,290 |
1,890,642 |
1,331,352 | |
University: With bachelor or first professional degree |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
3.43 33,081 19,229 78.3 |
10.81 54,378 85,818 78.3 |
636,115 |
4,666,593 |
4,030,478 |
University: With certificate or diploma above bachelor le Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed _____________________________________________________Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
0.46 38,005 2,303 69.3 |
1.63 |
87,516 |
716,839 |
629,324 | |
University: With master’s degree[s] |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
0.57 47,302 3,183 77.4 |
2.73 66,008 21,652 78.1 |
150,553 |
1,429,173 |
1,278,619 |
University: With earned doctorate |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
0.07 46,535 309 58.3 |
0.56 77.9 |
14,374 |
338,309 |
323,935 |
College: Without trades or college certificate or diploma Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed _____________________________________________________Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
8.75 18,557 34,940 55.8 |
6.40 66.4 |
648,374 |
1,308,980 |
660,606 | |
University: Without certificate, diploma or degree |
Share of the population Average Income (persons with positive in Number of aboriginals employed Employment rate of aboriginals__________ |
4.33 17,779 18,357 59.2 |
4.40 67.4 |
326,359 |
889,003 |
562,643 |
Source: Census 2001, Public Use Microdata Files. Estimation of 2017 WAP from Statistics Canada (2005), and GDP in 2017 and real wage growth from 2001 to 2017 from Dungan a
Note: The share of population in each education group is from the Census PUMF, while the total working age population absolute number is from Statistics Canada (2005).
To find the number of aboriginals in each group, the proportion was multiplied by the total number, and then to find the number with positive income, it was again multiplied by
the ratio of persons with positive income to the total working age population for each educational group. The number of persons obtained in this way was then multiplied by average in
to obtain the aggregate income in each group. The total increase in income between 2001 and 2017 is multiplied by two to find the corresponding increase in GDP, assuming that
incomes represent about half of GDP.