Economic activity of the on-reserve Aboriginal identity population in Canada : Gross domestic product estimates for Indian reserves, 2000 and 2005

The share of total national earnings in national GDP for the general population is then calculated, and the inverse of this number is multiplied by the total earnings of reserves to estimate the GDP of reserves at the national and provincial/territorial level. [...] Finally, in order to examine the sensitivity of these estimates to the assumption that the national share of earnings in GDP is the best reflection of the contribution of total earnings on reserves to income-based reserve GDP, GDP on reserves is also estimated using the provincial/territorial shares of total earnings in total GDP for the general population. [...] The third section provides an overview of some of the existing economic indicators for the Aboriginal identity population in 2001 and 2006, focusing on changes in the working age population, employment, total earnings, and average earnings per worker for the Aboriginal population residing on reserves. [...] The magnitude of the potential total earnings of a given population in a given period of time is determined by the following factors: (i) the size of the working age population, (ii) participation rate, (iii) employment, including the nature of employment (i.e. [...] The analysis in this report focuses only on the following three variables: (i) the size of the on-reserve Aboriginal identity working age population (the population 15 years of age and older), (ii) the employment rate for the Aboriginal identity population residing on reserves, and (iii) the average earnings of the on-reserve population.