Statistics Canada in partnership with NAFC releases Aboriginal seniors population centres in Canada, 2012 study

On March 21, 2017, Statistics Canada released the study “Aboriginal seniors in population centres in Canada, 2012” written in partnership with National Association of Friendship Centres. This article uses data from the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine the living arrangements and socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal seniors aged 65 years and over living in private households in population centres. A population centre is an area with a population of at least 1,000 persons and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre.