Table 6 Regional and National Funding Source and Pay Structure
|  | British Columbia N = 10 | Alberta N = 7 | Saskatchewan N = 15 | Manitoba N = 18 | Ontario N = 7 | Québec N = 15 | Atlantic N = 12 | National N = 84 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding Source | ||||||||
 Provincial | 27.3% | 0.0% | 6.4% | 8.5% | 51.0% | 25.2% | 11.7% | 15.9% |
 Federal | 0.0% | 28.1% | 43.5% | 70.6% | 43.8% | 44.8% | 57.6% | 41.8% |
 Community | 50.4% | 29.7% | 42.9% | 13.7% | 1.0% | 2.3% | 29.8% | 23.2% |
 Tribal Council | 13.7% | 0.8% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
 Other | 8.7% | 41.4% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 24.3% | 0.0% | 15.7% |
Pay Structure | ||||||||
 Salary | 42.5% | 73.6% | 81.6% | 83.6% | 63.6% | 91.3% | 91.4% | 80.4% |
 Contract/Per diem | 24.2% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 7.5% |
 Fee-for-service | 13.8% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 11.3% | 22.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
 Honorarium | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 2.0% |
 Other | 19.5% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 13.6% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 4.6% |
Filled Full-Time Equivalent Positions per Community | ||||||||
 Average (min-max) | 10.2 (4.6–31.3) n = 9 | 25.6 (8–53.4) n = 5 | 7.9 (2.0–15.5) n = 11 | 7.4 (0.4–19.0) n = 9 | 15.8 (9–28) n = 3 | 16.3 (6–31.2) n = 9 | 9.0 (0.5–24) n = 12 | 11.8 (0.4–53.5) n = 58 |