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The Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration area of Prince George is young and growing. In 2006, 8,855 Aboriginal people lived there, an 11% increase from 2001.
Almost half (49%) of the Aboriginal people in Prince George were under the age of 25, compared to 32% of the non-Aboriginal population.
Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 living in Prince George were as likely to be attending school as their non-Aboriginal counterparts (63% versus 64%).
Almost half of the Aboriginal adult population (aged 25 to 64 years) in Prince George have completed a postsecondary education. Close to half of Aboriginal men (43%) and Aboriginal women (46%) aged 25 to 64 had completed a postsecondary education, compared to over half of their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Prince George was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (13.7% compared to 6.0%). Unemployment rates were slightly higher for men in Prince George than they were for women.
In 2006, the men and women in both Métis (81.8% and 69.4%) and First Nations populations (66.3% and 55.8%) had lower employment rates than the non-Aboriginal population (87.1% and 78.2%, respectively).
In 2000, Aboriginal people in Prince George working full time full year earned 75% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had increased to 79%.
Over half of Prince George's Aboriginal population had moved at least once, either within Prince George, or to Prince George from another community, between 2001 and 2006.