What are the levels of English literacy among NWT adults?

• 50% of NWT adults do not have the literacy skills they need for daily living.
  
  
• 66% of Aboriginal adults and 31% of non-Aboriginal adults do not have the literacy skills needed for daily living.
  
  
• Aboriginal adults in the NWT have lower literacy levels than Aboriginal adults in southern Canada.

You can get more information on literacy in the Northwest Territories by going to http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/litfact/litfact.htm such as including:

• Low literacy and job opportunities
  
  
• Low literacy and poverty
  
  
• Low literacy and health
  
  
• Low literacy and children
  
  
• Low literacy and the justice system
  
  
• Low literacy and a person's ability to participate in their community