Table 3
Aboriginal peoples and the labour market

Table 3
Aboriginal peoples and the labour market
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of aboriginal peoples and the labour market. This information is grouped by december (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Change 2010-2011 (appearing as column headers), calculated using thousands of dollars and percentage change as a unit of measure.
  December Change 2010-2011
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
'000 '000 % change
Employment, all ages
Total, all ages 16,931.6 17,101.4 16,848.8 17,134.8 17,330.8 196.0 1.1
Non-Aboriginal 16,563.3 16,715.0 16,485.7 16,773.5 16,945.7 172.2 1.0
Aboriginal 368.3 386.4 363.0 361.3 385.1 23.8 6.6
First Nations living off-reserve 166.7 173.0 164.1 162.7 171.9 9.2 5.7
Métis 192.8 205.5 192.4 192.0 205.5 13.5 7.0
Employment rate % % point change 2010-2011
Total, all ages 63.5 63.2 61.4 61.7 61.7 0.0
Non-Aboriginal 63.6 63.3 61.5 61.8 61.8 0.0
Aboriginal 58.1 60.0 55.5 54.4 57.1 2.7
First Nations living off-reserve 53.9 55.2 51.6 50.5 52.7 2.2
Métis 62.1 64.9 59.2 58.5 61.4 2.9
Total, age 15 to 24 58.0 57.6 53.1 53.1 53.5 0.4
Non-Aboriginal 58.4 57.8 53.5 53.4 53.7 0.3
Aboriginal 47.6 50.8 44.2 45.3 48.3 3.0
First Nations living off-reserve 42.2 42.4 38.4 38.3 43.3 5.0
Métis 54.3 59.8 51.2 52.4 53.5 1.1
Total, age 25 to 54 82.6 82.4 80.6 80.9 81.4 0.5
Non-Aboriginal 82.9 82.7 81.0 81.3 81.7 0.4
Aboriginal 70.3 71.4 67.3 65.1 70.1 5.0
First Nations living off-reserve 64.7 66.0 62.6 61.5 63.8 2.3
Métis 75.8 77.0 71.8 69.3 76.4 7.1
Total, 55 and over 32.5 32.8 33.2 34.4 34.2 -0.2
Non-Aboriginal 32.4 32.7 33.2 34.4 34.2 -0.2
Aboriginal 34.5 34.8 34.7 34.4 34.3 -0.1
First Nations living off-reserve 33.2 35.3 34.8 32.1 32.8 0.7
Métis 34.9 33.6 34.6 36.8 35.6 -1.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, December 2007 to December 2011, data not seasonally adjusted.
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