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The Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration area of Kamloops is young and growing. In 2006, 7,050 Aboriginal people lived there, a 23% increase from 2001.
Almost half (46%) of the Aboriginal population was under the age of 25, compared to 30% of the non-Aboriginal population.
Aboriginal youth aged 15 to 24 living in Kamloops were as likely to be attending school as their non-Aboriginal counterparts (62% versus 63%).
Half of the Aboriginal adult population (aged 25 to 64 years) in Kamloops have completed a postsecondary education. Close to half of Aboriginal men (48%) and just over half of Aboriginal women (61%) aged 25 to 64 had completed postsecondary education. In comparison, 58% of the non-Aboriginal population had completed a postsecondary education.
The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Kamloops was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (12.4% compared to 4.5%).
In 2006, both Métis (82.7% and 67.2%) and First Nations (70.8% and 69.4%) men and women aged 25 to 54 living in Kamloops had lower employment rates than those of non-Aboriginal men (87.8%) and non-Aboriginal women (80.1%).
In 2000, Aboriginal people in Kamloops working full time full year earned 93% of what their non-Aboriginal counterparts were earning. By 2005, this percentage had decreased to 80%, slightly widening the gap in median earnings of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Over half of Kamloops' Aboriginal population had moved at least once, either within Kamloops or to Kamloops from another community, between 2001 and 2006.