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  • The Aboriginal population living in the census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay is young and growing. In 2006, 10,055 Aboriginal people lived there, a 23% increase from 2001.
  • Nearly half (48%) of Aboriginal people were under the age of 25, compared to 28% of the non-Aboriginal population.
  • While Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Thunder Bay had lower school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (65% versus 73%), Aboriginal people have a greater tendency to return to school later in life than do non-Aboriginal people.
  • Just under half of Aboriginal men (47%) and 52% of Aboriginal women aged 25 to 64 had completed postsecondary education compared to six in ten (61%) of their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
  • The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Thunder Bay was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (13.0% compared to 5.2%).
  • In 2006, while Métis men (66.9%) and Métis women (68.6%) aged 25 to 54 living in Thunder Bay were less likely to be employed than non-Aboriginal men (83.4%) and non-Aboriginal women (78.9%) in this age group, their employment rates were higher than those of First Nations men (63.1%) and First Nations women (52.4%).
  • Aboriginal people who worked full-time full-year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts and the gap is not closing. In 2000, Aboriginal people in Thunder Bay working full-time full-year earned 87% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had not changed.
  • The majority of off-reserve First Nations (52%) and Métis (58%) adults aged 15 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 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 effects of a stroke.