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Aboriginals in cities faring better
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Victoria
Calgary
Vancouver

2001

%
Non-Aboriginal
Participation rate 68.6 70.1 70.8 71.9 63.8 74.8 65.8
Employment rate 65.5 66.6 67.6 68.6 60.2 71.5 61.5
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.9 4.6 4.5 5.6 4.3 6.5
 
Aboriginal
Participation rate 63.5 56.8 56.8 65.9 62.1 74.7 62.3
Employment rate 55.1 45.3 46.3 57.4 53.4 67.7 53.5
Unemployment rate 13.2 20.2 18.5 12.1 13.9 9.4 14.0
 
2005
Non-Aboriginal
Participation rate 69.8 71.7 72.0 70.5 64.8 73.7 67.1
Employment rate 66.7 68.4 69.0 67.5 62.0 70.8 63.4
Unemployment rate 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.9 5.6
 
Aboriginal
Participation rate 63.8 62.4 59.9 66.0 63.6 75.1 70.9
Employment rate 57.5 54.3 50.6 58.7 58.1 70.8 60.4
Unemployment rate 9.8 12.9 15.5 11.1 8.6 5.7 14.8

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001; Labour Force Survey, 2005