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- In Canada, 1,172,790 people identified themselves as an Aboriginal person in 2006, up from 976,305 people in 2001 and 799,010 people in 1996.
- There were 698,025 First Nations people identified in 2006, as well as 389,780 Métis and 50,480 Inuit.
- In 2010, Aboriginal people aged 25 to 54 living off-reserve in the provinces earned an average hourly wage of $22.15, whereas non-Aboriginal people earned $24.46.
- The unemployment rate of the Aboriginal population was 14.3% in 2010, compared with 7.9% for non-Aboriginal people.
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