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  • The Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration (CA) of Sault Ste. Marie is young and growing. In 2006, 7,760 Aboriginal people lived there, a 29% increase from 2001.
  • Over four in ten Aboriginal people (43%) were under the age of 25, compared to 27% of the non-Aboriginal population.
  • While Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Sault Ste. Marie had lower school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (66% versus 72%), Aboriginal people have a greater tendency to return to school later in life than do non-Aboriginal people.
  • Half of Aboriginal men (50%) and women (52%) aged 25 to 64 in Sault Ste. Marie had completed postsecondary education compared to 61% and 57%, respectively of their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
  • The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Sault Ste. Marie was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (11.9% compared to 4.7%). First Nations men and women and Métis men had similar rates of unemployment. Métis women were, however, much less likely to be unemployed.
  • In 2006, the employment rate of Métis women (75.9%) aged 25 to 54 living in Sault Ste. Marie resembled that of non-Aboriginal women (77.0%) while the rate for First Nations women (67.9%) was lower. Among men, First Nations men (66.7%) were less likely to be employed than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (84.1%). However, their employment rate was higher than that of Métis men (62.1%).
  • In 2000, Aboriginal people in Sault Ste. Marie working full-time full-year earned 87% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, the gap had widened with the earnings of Aboriginal people working full-time full-year being 73% of that of non-Aboriginal full-time full-year workers.
  • The majority of off-reserve First Nations people (52%) and Métis (58%) aged 15 years and over living in Ontario rated their health as excellent or very good in 2006.
  • Six in ten off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults living in Ontario reported that they had been diagnosed with at least one chronic condition. The most commonly reported conditions were: arthritis or rheumatism, respiratory problems, high blood pressure, heart problems or affects of a stroke.