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• The census agglomeration of La Tuque included 3,515 Aboriginal people in 2006. Almost one in four (23%) people in La Tuque were Aboriginal.
• The Aboriginal population of La Tuque is young and growing. Between 2001 and 2006, the Aboriginal population grew by 10%. Over half (54%) of the Aboriginal population was under the age of 25, compared to about a quarter (24%) of non-Aboriginal people.
• Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 living in La Tuque had lower school attendance rates in 2006 than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (36% versus 65%).
• Almost four in 10 Aboriginal men (38%) and women (37%) aged 25 to 64 had completed postsecondary education. This compared to over five in 10 of their non-Aboriginal counterparts (59% and 52%, respectively).
• The employment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in La Tuque was lower than that of the non-Aboriginal population (54.9% and 76.5% respectively).
• In 2005, Aboriginal men earned 61% of what non-Aboriginal men were earning while Aboriginal women earned 96% of non-Aboriginal women's earnings.
• The Aboriginal population of La Tuque experienced improvements in housing conditions between 2001 and 2006. The proportion of Aboriginal people living in houses in need of major repairs decreased from 28% in 2001 to 20% in 2006. The proportion living in crowded homes declined slightly from 32% in 2001 to 29% in 2006.