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  • The Aboriginal population living in the census metropolitan area of Sudbury is young and growing. In 2006, 9,970 Aboriginal people lived there, a 35% increase from 2001.
  • Four in ten (41%) Aboriginal people in Sudbury were under the age of 25, compared to 30% of the non-Aboriginal population.
  • Seven in ten (72%) Aboriginal women aged 15 to 24 living in Sudbury in 2006 were attending school, a rate almost mirroring that of non-Aboriginal women in the same age group (73%). Young Aboriginal men were, however, less likely than their non-Aboriginal counterparts to be in school (62% versus 67%).
  • Over half of Aboriginal men (55%) and women (53%) aged 25 to 64 living in Sudbury in 2006 had completed postsecondary education compared to six in ten non-Aboriginal men and women.
  • In 2006, the unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Sudbury was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (7.8% compared to 5.6%).
  • In 2006, Métis men (79.6%) and Métis women (66.9%) aged 25 to 54 living in Sudbury were less likely to be employed than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (84.1% and 76.2%). Their employment rates were, however, higher than those of First Nations men (69.2%) and First Nations women (58.6%).
  • Even though Aboriginal people in Sudbury who worked full-time full-year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts, the gap is closing. In 2000, Aboriginal people in Sudbury working full-time full-year earned 86% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had increased to 89%.
  • The majority of off-reserve First Nations (52%) and Métis (58%) people aged 15 and over living in Ontario rated their health as excellent or very good in 2006.
  • Six in ten off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults in Ontario reported that they had been diagnosed with at least one chronic condition. The most commonly reported conditions were: arthritis or rheumatism, respiratory problems, high blood pressure, heart problems or effects of a stroke.