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Earned doctorate<br />
Master's degree<br />
Bachelor's Degree(s)<br />
(including LL.B.)<br />
College or CEGEP<br />
Registered apprenticeship<br />
certificate or diploma<br />
Other trades certificate<br />
or diploma<br />
High school certificate or<br />
equivalent<br />
No certificate, diploma<br />
or degree<br />
Total – Highest certificate,<br />
diploma or degree<br />
FIGURE 16: Earnings of Aboriginal Canadians increase with<br />
educational attainment<br />
Average income for full-time, full-year work<br />
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000<br />
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census<br />
These private benefits – higher income and employment rates – are<br />
the same factors that have driven demand for university education<br />
across Canada and around the world. These are also the factors that<br />
will Aboriginal likely cause demand for university education to increase among<br />
the rapidly growing Aboriginal Canadian population. The 2006<br />
Census reported more than 470,000 Aboriginal Canadians under<br />
the age of 20. The majority of these individuals will be entering<br />
the labour force during the next two decades. Increasing their<br />
participation rates will help to narrow the gap in attainment rates<br />
between Aboriginal Canadians and non-Aboriginal Canadians.<br />
For those Aboriginal Canadians who do get a university education,<br />
the benefits are clear. Aboriginal Canadians with university degrees<br />
earn higher wages, and have higher employment rates.<br />
Aboriginal Canadians with only a high school certificate earn on<br />
average $36,000 per year, compared to Aboriginal Canadians<br />
with a university degree, who earn on average $55,000 per year.<br />
As educational attainment rises, so does the average income of<br />
Aboriginal Canadians. Aboriginal Canadians with a master’s degree<br />
earn on average $67,000, and $71,000 with a PhD.<br />
Employment rates also increase significantly with higher levels of<br />
education. For example, the 2006 Census revealed that only about<br />
45 percent of Aboriginal Canadians between age 25 and 64 who<br />
have not completed secondary school are employed. Employment<br />
levels rise to 67 percent for high school graduates, 75 percent for<br />
college graduates and 84 percent for bachelor’s graduates. The<br />
latter is virtually identical to the 83 percent employment rates for<br />
non-Aboriginal bachelor’s graduates.<br />
AUCC<br />
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