2006 Aboriginal population profile for Prince Albert : Profil de la population autochtone de 2006 pour Prince Albert

Over half (56%) the Aboriginal population in Prince Albert was under the age of 25, almost double the proportion of 28% for the non-Aboriginal population. [...] The unemployment rate for the Aboriginal core working age population (aged 25 to 54) in Prince Albert was higher than that of the non-Aboriginal population (14.3% compared to 5.2%). [...] Statistics Canada 5 2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for Prince Albert Introduction This report examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the Aboriginal population living in the census agglomeration (CA) of Prince Albert.1 The following First Nation reserve communities are located within the boundaries of Prince Albert: Wahpaton Dakota Nation (Wahpaton 94A) and Peter Ballanty [...] Setting the context A total of 1,172,790 people in Canada identified themselves as an Aboriginal person in the 2006 Census, accounting for 3.8% of the total population of Canada. [...] In 2006, the census agglomeration of Prince Albert, with 13,570 Aboriginal people, had the highest concentration of Aboriginal people of any city in Saskatchewan.