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• The Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration of Val-d'Or is young and growing. In 2006, 1,970 Aboriginal people lived there, a 24% increase from 2001.
• More than half (56%) the Aboriginal population in Val-d'Or was under the age of 25, almost double the proportion of 30% for the non-Aboriginal population.
• Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 in Val-d'Or had lower school attendance rates than their non-Aboriginal counterparts (56% versus 66%). However, Aboriginal people have a greater tendency to return to school later in life than do non-Aboriginal people.
• In Val-d'Or, one in four Aboriginal men (25%) and 36% of Aboriginal women aged 25 to 64, had completed postsecondary education, compared to 54% of their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
• The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Val-d'Or was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (14.3% compared to 6.2%).
• In 2006, while Métis men (63.6%) aged 25 to 54 living in Val-d'Or were less likely to be employed than non-Aboriginal men in this age group (85.5%), their employment rate was higher than that of First Nations men (37.0%). The employment rates of Métis and non-Aboriginal women of core working age were comparable (75.0% and 77.2%, respectively) while that of First Nations women was 42.9%.
• Aboriginal men in Val-d'Or who worked full time full year in 2005 continued to earn less than their non-Aboriginal counterparts, and the gap had widened since 2000. In 2000, Aboriginal men working full time full year earned 67% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had decreased to 57%. During this same period the gap had reversed among women. In 2005, Aboriginal women working full time full year earned more ($31,200) than non-Aboriginal women ($29,600).