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This report describes the literacy, numeracy and problem-solving proficiencies of the Aboriginal population between the ages of 16 and 65 in Canada. Where possible, results are presented for North American Indians, Metis and Inuit, and Aboriginal people in three territories. Where possible, the Aboriginal sub-group results are compared with the results of the non-Aboriginal population. The plan for the rest of the paper is the following. The remaining part of [the introduction] discusses the demographic profile of the Aboriginal population in Canada. Section two describes the distribution of working age Aboriginal people living in various provinces and territories. Section three is devoted to explaining the educational attainment of Aboriginal people while section four is devoted to explaining their labour market status. Section five presents in detail the literacy performance of Aboriginal people in comparison to non-Aboriginal people. This section also includes the relationships between literacy level or literacy scores, and education and labour market outcomes of non-Aboriginal people and various sub-groups of Aboriginal people, including those in the territories. The discussion of the relationship between the literacy proficiencies of non-Aboriginal and various sub-groups of Aboriginal people and their annual earnings is covered in section six. Finally, section seven concludes the report.