_________________________________ Global Forest Watch Canada (GFWC) 2003 This file was last updated: 11/03 _________________________________ Metadata information: 1) Data name: Socio-Economic Conditions: Selected Aboriginal Communities (aborigcom65dim96.shp) 2) Short description: Spatial (point) dataset of the 634 selected Aboriginal communities in Statistics Canada's “Dimensions Series: Portrait ofAboriginal Population--Census 1996” with populations greater than 65 (Aboriginal communities = the selected census subdivisions with high concentrations of Aboriginal population which are found in this dataset). These are the communities for which data was gathered and analyzed for the GFWC report, "Aboriginal Communities in Forest Regions in Canada: Disparities in Socio-Economic Conditions." 3) Data type and format: Vector digital data, Arc View (*.shp) 4) Creation Date: January 2002 (last edited: October 2003) 5) Source of information--data origin: Dataset was created by GFWC by merging the list of communities (including specific attributes) obtained from Statistics Canada's "Portrait of Aboriginal Population" with populated places data (VMAP0_R4). Additional attributes were added by GFWC, including geographical classes. 6) Projection Information: Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic Units: meters Spheroid: Clarke 1866 Central Meridian: -95 degrees Reference Latitude: 49 degrees Standard Parallel 1: 77 degrees Standard Parallel 2: 49 degrees False Easting: 0 m False Northing: 0 m 7) Publisher: Global Forest Watch Canada 10337 146 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5N 3A3 www.globalforestwatch.org gfwcanada@shaw.ca -------------------------------- Description of Fields: (Some information is not available, or not applicable, for communities outside the forest region.) Csduid: Census subdivision unit identification number Csdname: Census subdivision name (community name) Csdtype: Census subdivision type (see key below) Csdpop96: Census subdivision population, 1996 Csddwell: Number of private dwellings in census subdivision Csdarea: Area of census subdivision, in square kilometres Csdpop91a: Population of census subdivision in 1991 Eauid: Enumeration area unit identification number Ealat: Enumeration Area Latitude Ealong: Enumeration Area Longitude Pr: Province (see key below) Fed: Federal Electoral District Ea: Enumeration Area Er: Economic Region Cd: Census Division CCd: Census County Division CSd: Census Subdivision Cma: Census Metropolitan Area Pcma: Primary Census Metropolitan Area Ct: Census Tract Ua: Urban Area Dpl: Designated Place Selected_c: Selected Characteristics - [Csdname (Csduid) Csdtype] Population: Population (= Csdpop96) Perc_less1: Percent of the population under 15 years of age Perc_lesg9: Percent of the population aged 15 and older with less than grade 9 education Empl_pop: Employment:population ratio (employment rate) Av_income: Average income Ppl_per_rm: Average number of people per room in a private household For_nonfor: Whether community is within ("Forest") or outside ("Nonforest") the forest region Prov: Province in which community is located (see key below) Resv_non: Whether community is classified as a reserve community Treaty: Treaty area community is located within, if applicable (see key below) For_reg: Forest region community is located within, if applicable (see key below) Trty_non: Whether or not community is located within a historical treaty area Cfz_non: Whether or not community is located within the commercial forest zone Sdpl15: Standard deviation value for the indicator, "Percent of the population under 15 years of age" (see key below) Sdplgr9: Standard deviation value for the indicator, "Percent of the population aged 15 and older with less than grade 9 education" (see key below) Sdemppop: Standard deviation value for the indicator, "Employment:population ratio" (see key below) Sdavgin: Standard deviation value for the indicator, "Average income" (see key below) Sdplrm: Standard deviation value for the indicator, "Average number of people per room in a private household" (see key below) Sum_sds: Sum of the standard deviation values of all five indicators (see explanation below) ----- KEYS: ----- Csdtype ------- CC: Chartered Community COM: Community DM: District Municipality HAM: Hamlet ID: Improvement District IGD: Indian Government District LGD: Local Government District MD: Municipal District NH: Northern Hamlet NT: Northern Town NV: Northern Village RM: Rural Municipality RV: Resort Village S-E: Indian Settlement SET: Settlement SUN: Subdivision of Unorganized T: Town TP: Township TR: Terres reservees UNO: Unorganized - Non organise V: Ville VC: Village cri VL: Village VN: Village nordique Pr/Prov ------- 10/NL: Newfoundland 11/PE: Prince Edward Island 12/NS: Nova Scotia 13/NB: New Brunswick 24/QC: Quebec 35/ON: Ontario 46/MB: Manitoba 47/SK: Saskatchewan 48/AB: Alberta 59/BC: British Columbia 60/YK: Yukon Territory 61/NT: North West Territories (& Nunavut[NU]) Treaty ------ Man_Isl: Manitoulin Island Treaty (1862) Pc_Fr: Peace and Friendship Treaties (1725-1779) Rob_Hur: Robinson-Huron Treaty (1850) Rob_Sup: Robinson-Superior Treaty (1850) Tty_1: Treaty 1 (1871) Tty_2: Treaty 2 (1871) Tty_3: Treaty 3 (1873) Tty_4: Treaty 4 (1874) Tty_5a: Treaty 5 (1875) Tty_5b: Treaty 5 (1908) Tty_6a: Treaty 6 (1876) Tty_6b: Treaty 6 (1889) Tty_7: Treaty 7 (1877) Tty_8: Treaty 8 (1899) Tty_9a: Treaty 9 (1905/06) Tty_9b: Treaty 9 (1929/30) Tty_10: Treaty 10 (1906) Tty_11: Treaty 11 (1921) Upp_Can: Upper Canada Treaties (1764-1836) Van_Isl: Vancouver Island Treaties (1850-1854) Will_Tts: Williams Treaties (1923) For_reg ------- Acadn: Acadian Aspen: Aspen Boreal: Boreal Carol: Carolinean Coast: Coastal Columb: Columbian GrLks: Great Lakes Montn: Montane SubAlp: Subalpine Taiga: Taiga Standard deviation values ------------------------- The standard deviation values were assigned to each community for each indicator as follows: Sdpl15: 1 = more than 1 standard deviation ABOVE average 2 = within 1 standard deviation of average 3 = more than 1 standard deviation BELOW average Sdplgr9: 1 = more than 1 standard deviation ABOVE average 2 = within 1 standard deviation of average 3 = more than 1 standard deviation BELOW average Sdemppop: 1 = more than 1 standard deviation BELOW average 2 = within 1 standard deviation of average 3 = more than 1 standard deviation ABOVE average Sdavgin: 1 = more than 1 standard deviation BELOW average 2 = within 1 standard deviation of average 3 = more than 1 standard deviation ABOVE average Sdplrm: 1 = more than standard deviation ABOVE average 2 = within 1 standard deviation of average 3 = more than 1 standard deviation BELOW average Sum_sds: The standard deviation values for all of the indicators were summed to obtain this value, in order to provide an overall picture of the socio- economic status of the communities. Communities with sums of 5-8 were considered to be below average (i.e. showing the highest disparity), those with sums of 9-11 were considered to be of average disparity, and those with sums of 12-15 were considered to be above average (showing the lowest disparity). All possible combinations of standard deviation values for each sum are shown below. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1