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Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canada (APS)

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The Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) is a national survey sample conducted by Statistics Canada among First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada. The APS was conducted for the first time in 1991 and again in 2001, 2006, and 2012. The survey has changed substantially in the time since it was first administered.

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Inception of the APS in 1991

The purpose of the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey was to establish a statistical database covering employment, education, language, mobility, health, lifestyle, and housing among Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. In 1988, Statistics Canada entered into a consultation process with about 500 representatives from national and provincial Aboriginal organizations and government departments, as well as numerous research and service organizations (Statistics Canada 1995).

The 1991 APS population is derived from the Canadian 1991 Census of Population, in which “Aboriginals” are defined as individuals who at the time of the census reported at...

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  1. Département de Sociologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada

    Gérard Duhaime & Sébastien Lévesque

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  1. Gérard Duhaime
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Correspondence to Gérard Duhaime .

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Roma, Italy

    Filomena Maggino

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  1. Department of Political Science, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Mara Tognetti

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Duhaime, G., Lévesque, S. (2023). Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canada (APS). In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_2

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