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Aboriginal people saw better employment rates in 2006 than in 2001. However, employment rate gaps remain between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
In 2006, the employment rate for Aboriginal people of core working age (aged 25 to 54) was 66%, up from 61% in 2001. This compares with 82% for non- Aboriginal people in 2006, up from 80% five years earlier.
First Nations people saw a greater gain in employment rates off reserve than on reserve. In 2006, 52% of the on-reserve First Nations population aged 25 to 54 was employed, compared with 50% in 2001.
Off reserve, 66% of the First Nations population was employed, up from 61% in 2001. The employment rate for Aboriginal people aged 25 to 54 was highest in Alberta, 78% in 2007. Alberta had the narrowest employment rate gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Saskatchewan, with rates of 66% for the Aboriginal population and 88% for non-Aboriginal people, had the widest employment gap.
