Benchmarking Metis Economic and Social Development

Abstract

The Métis National Council has commissioned this benchmarking report, which will draw on the framework developed by the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board (NAEDB), to provide information on the extent to which Métis in Canada are participating in the economy and in society compared with non-Aboriginal Canadians. A number of indicators from the NAEDB report are used to compare Métis economic performance with that of non-Aboriginal Canadians in terms of employment, income, and education. In addition, new indicators of Métis socio-economic development are suggested for governance, land and resources, and entrepreneurship and business development. In short, this descriptive report provides an indication of the appropriate indicators to benchmark Métis socio-economic development against non-Aboriginal socio-economic development, while establishing a benchmark against which future progress can be gauged.

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