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Employment rate by education and province

  Population 15 and over Less than postsecondary Completed postsecondary
Total Less than high school Completed high school1 Total Certificate/ diploma University
%
1990
Canada 61.7 54.2 43.5 68.0 77.0 74.4 82.2
Newfoundland and Labrador 47.0 36.2 27.7 54.1 74.3 70.7 88.3
Prince Edward Island 56.2 49.2 40.7 66.2 74.0 70.4 85.1
Nova Scotia 55.3 46.2 37.7 62.8 71.5 67.8 80.8
New Brunswick 52.8 44.7 34.0 62.3 72.7 69.1 82.4
Quebec 57.5 48.7 39.0 65.8 76.4 73.9 82.6
Ontario 65.3 58.4 48.7 69.7 79.0 76.3 83.2
Manitoba 62.3 56.1 45.7 70.6 78.2 75.7 82.9
Saskatchewan 61.9 56.0 45.1 71.7 76.4 74.1 82.5
Alberta 67.6 60.7 49.0 72.3 80.1 78.8 82.5
British Columbia 61.3 55.3 42.4 65.6 72.7 70.6 77.1
2006
Canada 63.0 52.1 36.7 64.8 74.3 72.7 76.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 50.4 36.9 24.5 51.5 68.2 65.1 77.5
Prince Edward Island 61.1 52.3 38.1 67.9 71.6 68.4 78.8
Nova Scotia 57.9 46.9 32.4 62.3 69.6 66.1 76.6
New Brunswick 58.1 48.1 31.9 63.3 70.9 68.3 76.7
Quebec 60.2 46.4 33.3 61.9 73.4 72.2 75.7
Ontario 63.5 52.2 36.4 64.1 74.8 73.1 77.2
Manitoba 65.8 57.8 42.3 71.2 77.0 75.6 79.3
Saskatchewan 65.9 58.4 42.5 72.3 76.0 73.9 80.3
Alberta 70.8 63.3 49.5 72.6 79.0 77.5 81.3
British Columbia 62.5 53.7 37.0 63.5 72.5 71.6 73.8
1. Includes those who had some postsecondary education.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.