--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/research/aboriginal-labour-market-performance-in-canada-2007-2011/" title: "Aboriginal Labour Market Performance in Canada: 2007-2011" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-02T13:17:10+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-02T13:17:10+00:00" post_type: "research" summary: "" post_tag: - "Aboriginal labour market" - "Canada" - "employment" - "heritage group" - "Indigenous" - "Labour Force Survey" - "Métis" - "province" - "recession" country_focus: - "Canada" province_region: - "National" research_theme: - "Indigenous Economic Development" - "Labour Markets" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/old-reports_hero_banner_bg.webp" status: "publish" --- # Aboriginal Labour Market Performance in Canada: 2007-2011 Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/research/aboriginal-labour-market-performance-in-canada-2007-2011/ # Aboriginal Labour Market Performance in Canada: 2007-2011 [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2012-04-1.pdf) Cite this report × Cite this report as: Centre for the Study of Living Standards. 2012. “Aboriginal Labour Market Performance in Canada: 2007-2011.” CSLS Research Report 2012-04. 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This is performed by first providing an overview of how the recession affected the Canadian labour market, followed by a Canada-wide portrait of the Aboriginal labour market in 2011. The Aboriginal labour market performance from 2007 to 2011 is then compared to the rest of the labour force on a national level, before being broken down by province and main heritage group. Using this information, the report then discusses the implications of future labour market developments for Aboriginal Canadians and for the labour market policies and programs that support their labour market performance. L’objectif de ce rapport est d’examiner la performance des Autochtones sur le marché du travail canadien de 2007 à 2011, à l’aide de données de l’Enquête sur la population active, qui exclut les personnes vivant en réserve ou dans les territoires. 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