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Average hourly wages of employees aged 25 to 54 by aboriginal identity, sex, province or region, and educational attainment, 2007

Average hourly wages of employees aged 25 to 54 by aboriginal identity, sex, province or region, and educational attainment, 2007
  Non-Aboriginal Aboriginal
Total North American Indians Métis
  dollars
Total employees 22.33 19.70 19.33 20.09
Sex  
Men 24.28 20.98 20.33 21.66
Women 20.37 18.35 18.32 18.34
Province or region  
Atlantic Region 18.77 17.52 16.04 18.59
Quebec 21.02 18.38 19.39 17.45
Ontario 23.37 20.22 19.96 20.56
Manitoba 20.55 17.90 17.17 18.32
Saskatchewan 21.20 19.23 18.17 19.95
Alberta 24.55 21.42 21.37 21.69
British Columbia 22.25 19.95 19.16 21.06
Educational attainment  
Some post-secondary or less 18.57 17.66 16.93 18.58
University degree or post-secondary certificate or diploma 24.25 21.66 21.88 21.41
Note(s):
Data excludes people living on reserves or in the territories.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.