The health of Inuit children

Statistics Canada Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division Inuit in Canada: Findings from the Aboriginal Peoples Survey - Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic The Health of Inuit Children: Report 2001 Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada © Minister of Industry, 2007 All rights reserved. [...] In 2001, most Inuit children lived in one of four Inuit Regions in the Arctic: the Inuvialuit Region in the Northwest Territories, the territory of Nunavut, Nunavik in northern Quebec and Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador. [...] Inuit children in Nunavut in 2001 were significantly less likely to have received dental treatment in the last 12 months - 58% compared to 71% in both Nunavik and the Inuvialuit Region, and 72% of children in Labrador (Table 6). [...] Compared to other Aboriginal children, Inuit children were less likely to have received dental treatment in the last 12 months – 67% of Inuit children compared to 70% of First Nations children on selected reserves, 77% of First Nations children off reserve and 75% of Métis children (Table 7). [...] Inuit children in Nunavik and the Inuvialuit region were more likely to report eating breakfast 5 to 7 days a week (86% of children in each region) than were children in Labrador and Nunavut (79% in each region).