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  • The census metropolitan area of Calgary, with 26,575 Aboriginal people, had the second largest Aboriginal population among cities in Alberta in 2006.
  • The Aboriginal population of Calgary is young and growing. Between 2001 and 2006, the Aboriginal population grew by 26%. Almost half (46%) of the Aboriginal population was under the age of 25, compared to one-third (33%) of non-Aboriginal people.
  • While Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Calgary had lower school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (50% versus 63%), older Aboriginal adults attended school at similar or higher rates compared to their non-Aboriginal peers.
  • Over half of Aboriginal women (56%) and Aboriginal men (51%) aged 25 to 64 had completed postsecondary education, compared to about two-thirds of their non-Aboriginal counterparts (66% and 68%, respectively).
  • The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Calgary was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (5.6% compared to 3.1%). Unemployment rates were higher for Calgary youth.
  • The proportions of Métis women and men working full time full year in 2005 resembled those of their non-Aboriginal counterparts. The percentage of Métis women working full time full year (39%) was slightly higher than that of non-Aboriginal women (36%); for Métis men the percentage of full-time full-year workers (50%) closely approached that of non-Aboriginal men (52%).
  • Aboriginal people in Calgary who worked full time full year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. In 2000, Aboriginal people working full time full year earned 76% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had increased to 82%.
  • Almost two-thirds of Calgary's Aboriginal population moved at least once between 2001 and 2006, compared to about half of the non-Aboriginal population.
  • More than six in 10 Métis (63%) and First Nations (61%) adults living off reserve in Calgary rated their health as excellent or very good in 2006.
  • Over half of First Nations and Métis adults living off reserve in Calgary reported that they had been diagnosed with at least one chronic condition. The most commonly reported conditions were: respiratory problems, arthritis or rheumatism, and high blood pressure, heart problems or effects of a stroke.