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Mental health providers/contacts used by Canadian First Nations adults 2015-2016

Percentage of Canadian First Nations adults that discussed their mental or emotional health with select providers/contacts from 2015 to 2016

The data displays the percentage of Canadian First Nations adults that had used select providers or contacts to discuss their mental or emotional health as of 2015-2016. According to the survey, 36.6% of adult respondents discussed their mental or emotional health with an immediate family member.

Immediate family member 36.6
Friend 36
Other family member 20
Mental health professional 7.6
Traditional healer 7.2
Family doctor 6.1
Nurse 2.8
Social worker 2
Other 2
Community health 1.5
Crisis line worker 0.8