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The 2006 Census found that Aboriginal people were much more likely to live in dwellings that were in need of major repair.

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The Inuit population showed the largest increase in the proportion of people in homes needing major repair.

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Indigenous children in Canada are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than non-Aboriginal kids, according to new findings released by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives.

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Poverty rates are highest for First Nations kids on reserves in Manitoba at 76 per cent and Saskatchewan at 69 per cent.

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A house in the First Nations community of Pikangikum in northwestern Ontario. 

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A house in the First Nations community of Pikangikum in northwestern Ontario. 

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More than 40 per cent of homes on reserves need major repairs, compared with seven per cent outside reserves.

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The rates of poverty on-reserve worsened between 2005 and 2010, the researchers found, citing long-standing barriers such as underfunded schools and child welfare services that stand in the way of kids achieving their full potential.

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The Liberal budget made substantial investments on housing, clean water and education for First Nations, but the bulk of that money is not scheduled to be spent for a few years yet.

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The budget also contains immediate suggestions for a poverty reduction plan for reserves including calls to improve direct income support and bolster employment prospects.

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Shirley's story of housing conditions in Roseau River First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. These reserve housing conditions are very common within Canada.