Employment, industry and occupations of Inuit in Canada, 1981-2001 : Inuit au Canada, selon l'emploi, l'industrie et la profession, 1981-2001

Employment, Industry and Occupations of Inuit in Canada, 1981-2001 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Research and Analysis Directorate January, 2007 Research Project Manager: Sacha Senécal, Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate Indian and Northern Affairs Canada The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Indian and Northern Affairs Cana [...] Data for men and women are shown, comparisons are made between Inuit in the north and south, charts are provided on the situation in each Inuit region across the Canadian north and where appropriate, comparisons with non-Inuit are made. [...] With the exception of Nunavut, the northern regions referred to here are somewhat different from those of the remaining Inuit land claim regions (Nunatsiavut in Labrador, Nunavik in northern Québec and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories). [...] Although some of this increase may have been real as indicated by the data for non-Inuit women, it was in part due to changes in the census questions over time and changes in the way in which they were answered.5 A major factor affecting labour market trends is the age structure of the population. [...] Participation rates for Inuit women were highest in the Northwest Territories while the rates for Labrador, northern Québec and Nunavut were approximately the same.