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Distribution of those not in the labour force by education by province

  Not in labour force Less than postsecondary Completed postsecondary
Total Less than high school Completed high school1 Total Certificate/ diploma University
'000 %
1990
Canada 6,970.1 81.5 57.9 23.6 18.5 13.6 4.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 190.7 88.6 70.0 18.6 11.4 10.2 1.2
Prince Edward Island 33.7 84.0 68.0 16.0 16.0 13.9 2.1
Nova Scotia 265.6 78.8 62.0 16.8 21.2 17.2 4.0
New Brunswick 227.5 84.2 64.4 19.8 15.8 13.0 2.8
Quebec 1,951.6 84.4 65.8 18.6 15.6 12.4 3.2
Ontario 2,424.4 80.6 54.3 26.3 19.4 13.4 6.0
Manitoba 269.6 84.6 62.7 22.0 15.4 11.3 4.1
Saskatchewan 245.2 82.9 62.6 20.3 17.1 13.7 3.4
Alberta 518.9 79.3 52.2 27.1 20.7 14.5 6.2
British Columbia 842.8 76.3 44.7 31.6 23.7 17.2 6.5
2006
Canada 8,592.4 67.2 41.1 26.1 32.8 21.3 11.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 174.6 74.7 50.3 24.3 25.3 20.2 5.1
Prince Edward Island 35.1 66.7 47.0 19.7 33.6 25.9 7.7
Nova Scotia 282.8 65.8 44.3 21.4 34.2 25.4 8.8
New Brunswick 221.7 70.0 45.7 24.3 30.1 22.3 7.8
Quebec 2,157.3 67.5 46.5 20.9 32.5 22.2 10.3
Ontario 3,301.7 66.5 39.0 27.5 33.5 20.7 12.8
Manitoba 278.5 72.2 46.4 25.8 27.8 18.3 9.4
Saskatchewan 230.9 70.6 46.6 23.9 29.4 21.5 7.9
Alberta 703.8 66.0 36.8 29.2 34.0 22.5 11.5
British Columbia 1,205.9 66.3 33.9 32.3 33.7 20.3 13.4
1. Includes those who had some postsecondary education.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.