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• The Aboriginal population living in the census metropolitan area of Montréal is young and growing. In 2006, 17,870 Aboriginal people lived there, a 60% increase from 2001.
• Slightly over a third (33%) of Aboriginal people in Montréal were under the age of 25, compared to 30% of the non-Aboriginal population.
• Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Montréal had lower school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (62% versus 71%). However, Aboriginal people aged 35 to 44 years were as likely as non-Aboriginal people in this age group to be at school. Aboriginal people aged 45 and over had higher school attendance rates than non-Aboriginal people (11% versus 7%).
• The majority of Aboriginal people in Montréal have completed postsecondary education. Over half of Aboriginal men (58%) and women (56%) aged 25 to 64 had completed postsecondary education compared to over 60% of their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
• The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Montréal was slightly lower than that of the non-Aboriginal population (7.5% compared to 6.1%).
• In 2006, Métis men and women aged 25 to 54 had employment rates of 76.2% and 64.5% respectively, as compared to non-Aboriginal men (85.0%) and women (76.6%). First Nations men had an employment rate of 83.7% compared to 71.1% of First Nations women.
• Aboriginal people in Montréal who worked full time full year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts; however, the gap is closing slightly. In 2000, Aboriginal people in Montréal working full time full year earned 82% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had increased to 83%.