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  • The Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration of Kenora is young and growing. In 2006, 2,365 Aboriginal people lived there, a 40% increase from 2001.
  • Half (50%) the Aboriginal population in Kenora was under the age of 25, almost double the proportion of 27% for the non-Aboriginal population.
  • Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Kenora had higher school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (80% versus 64%). Aboriginal people also have a greater tendency to return to school later in life than do non-Aboriginal people.
  • Aboriginal women in Kenora in 2006 were more likely than Aboriginal men to have completed post-secondary education. Over half (54%) of Aboriginal women aged 25 to 64 years had completed postsecondary education, compared to one-third (34%) of their male counterparts.
  • The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Kenora was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (14.0% compared to 4.0%). Unemployment rates were higher for men than they were for women, regardless of the population group.
  • Métis men and women aged 25 to 54 had employment rates (80.8 % and 81.8%, respectively) that most resembled those of their non-Aboriginal counterparts (84.1% and 85.2 %, respectively).
  • Even though Aboriginal people in Kenora who worked full-time full-year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts, the gap had closed since 2000. In 2000, Aboriginal people working full-time full-year earned 86% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had increased to 95%.
  • The majority of off-reserve First Nations (52%) and Métis (58%) people 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.