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2006 Aboriginal population profile for Calgary : Profil de la population autochtone de 2006 pour Calgary

24 Feb 2010

Statistics Canada 5 2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for Calgary Introduction This report examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the Aboriginal population living in the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Calgary.1 The census metropolitan area of Calgary includes the Tsuu T'ina Nation (Tsuu T'ina Nation 145). [...] The census metropolitan area of Edmonton had the largest number of Aboriginal people (52,105), with almost double the Aboriginal population of Calgary. [...] The Métis population of Calgary grew by 40% over this time period, while the Inuit population grew by 31% and the First Nations population, by 15%.2 Métis—largest Aboriginal group in Calgary In 2006, 14,770 persons living in Calgary identified as Métis, accounting for over half (56%) of the CMA’s Aboriginal population. [...] In 2006, the median age5 of the Aboriginal population in Calgary was 27 years, compared to 36 years for the non-Aboriginal population. [...] In 2006, almost half (46%) of the Aboriginal population was under the age of 25, compared to one-third of non- Aboriginal people.
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ISBN
9781100148182
Pages
20
Published in
Canada

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