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The population and geographical area serviced by any one Friendship Centre is not easily defined. In addition, census data products provided by Statistics Canada conform to a predetermined set of geographic units that in many cases do not logically represent the population and geographical area serviced by a Friendship Centre. These challenges make it difficult to use standard Statistics Canada products in analysing the Aboriginal population potentially served by a Friendship Centre.
To provide an improved estimate of the coverage and evaluate the population serviced by each Friendship Centre, a methodology for defining service areas (also referred to as catchment areas) was developed. These service areas and the combined statistics based on them were then used as the basis for the resulting maps, charts and data tables provided on this website. The map included on each report details the service area coverage which corresponds to the data assembled on each report.
Service Area Methodology
Constraints set on service area identification:
The actual location of each Friendship Centre was used to identify its “core” CSD or DA. This was used as the starting point in defining the service areas.
Densely Populated Regions Approach
In areas of Canada where CSD areas were not unreasonably large a tiered approach was used in identifying the service area. This approach was mostly was used in urbanized areas of Canada.
Using the core CSD as a starting point every CSD that touched this core was identified as being part of the Friendship Service area (see image).
Sparsely Populated Regions Approach
For areas where the southern approach produced unreasonable results DA (Dissemination Areas) were used to define the service areas.
Using the core DA as a starting point a 50km buffer was created. The service area includes every DA that falls completely within the buffer or had at least 50% of it’s area within the buffer. (See the illustration)
Friendship Centre Potentially Needed
At the time this project was initiated, there were 117 Friendship Centres across Canada. In addition, there are non-reserve communities in Canada – with significant Aboriginal populations – that do not appear to be serviced by an existing Friendship Centre. Using the Densely Populated Region approach methodology described above, service areas were identified for these “Friendship Centre Potentially Needed” communities.
Unique Identifier - Name of Friendship Centre = the unique identifier is a code used to identify this particular Friendship Centre or the Friendship Centre Potentially Needed Location in the database and mapping files. For potential locations the name is displayed as “Friendship Centre Potentially Needed Location”.
2001 / 2006 = Toggle between Census years data. This is only available for Friendship Centre locations. (Sept-Îles was only identified as a Friendship Centre in 2006 it was a Potential location in 2001)
City = the major city identified with the location. For potential locations this is the name of Census Subdivision
Province = The province is in reference to the location of the Friendship Centre or potential location and does not indicate that the entire service area is within that province.
Aboriginal Identity = Includes those with Aboriginal identity and/or who reported being registered under the Indian Act and/or who reported having band membership.
Map = The map shows the geographic coverage area of the service area. The service centre location is shown with a red dot and is labelled as: “Unique Identifier – Friendship Centre or Census Subdivision Name” (For example “F4 – Canadian Native Friendship Centre”). A detailed 8½” x 11” sized map can be downloaded for Friendship Centres by clicking on the link on the map.
Income Bar Charts
Housing Bar Charts
Labour Bar Charts
Education Bar Charts
National Values
Aboriginal Cultural Indicators
Community Well Being (CWB) Scores
The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index was developed by researchers at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to measure the well-being of First Nations communities. The purpose of the Index was to facilitate comparisons among First Nations communities and between First Nations communities and non-First Nations communities. The CWB Index was adapted for use in this project.
The CWB Index is composed of four primary indicators: education, labour force activity, income, and housing conditions.
The Community Well Being (CWB) chart displays the four calculated components that are used to calculate the final CWB score. The chart only displays values for the service area which is considered to be, for this report, a community.
A community’s score is defined by the following equation: CWB = Income + [(2/3) Literacy + (1/3) HSP] + (HQual + HQuant/2) + (LFP + Employment/2)] /4
Where:
In essence, the scale components, (weighted or re-ranged where applicable) are added together. The resultant sum is divided by the total number of scale elements to produce the Community Well-being Index score. The scale runs from 0-100, with 100 being the highest score and zero being the lowest.
Disparity values are also provided. These represent the degree to which an Aboriginal CWB Index is not at parity with the non-Aboriginal CWB Index. Because it compares Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal conditions for residents living in the same area, the disparity index provides a clearer way of assessing whether or not there is inequality in the well-being of the Aboriginal population compared to the non-Aboriginal population in a given community.
Values for the Disparity Index were categorized using the following scale:
Further information about the CWB Index can be obtained at: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rs/pubs/re/qna/qna-eng.asp
Comparability of the data from the 2006 Census with the 2001 Census has been affected by several factors, including changes in question formats, wording, examples, instructions and data processing, as well as changes in geographies and by the social environment at the time of the census. For further information about comparability of data from the 2006 and 2001 Census, please consult the Statistics Canada website (www.statcan.gc.ca).
Lloydminster– The location of the Friendship Centre was incorrectly identified for the retrieval of 2001 Census information. The reported information does not accurately cover the area of Lloydminster as can be seen by the map included on the report. This location error was corrected for the retrieval of 2006 census information.
Census Subdivision (CSD): Area that is a municipality or an area that is deemed to be equivalent to a municipality for statistical reporting purposes (e.g. as an Indian reserve or an unorganized territory). Municipal status is defined by laws in effect in each province and territory in Canada
Dissemination Area (DA): Small area composed of one or more neighbouring blocks, with a population of 400 to 700 persons. All of Canada is divided into dissemination areas.
