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Proportion employed full-time 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 83.0 79.8 75.8 83.1 87.7 86.7 89.6
Newfoundland and Labrador 87.6 84.0 82.9 85.2 92.1 91.7 93.4
Prince Edward Island 82.9 81.0 79.8 82.6 87.1 86.2 89.5
Nova Scotia 82.9 78.0 75.2 81.4 88.5 87.7 90.1
New Brunswick 84.0 80.6 76.1 84.6 89.4 88.1 92.3
Quebec 84.6 82.9 82.1 83.8 86.8 85.6 89.4
Ontario 83.0 79.0 73.9 83.2 88.8 87.9 90.2
Manitoba 79.8 76.4 71.9 80.5 85.9 84.4 88.3
Saskatchewan 77.7 75.0 69.9 79.6 82.6 80.8 87.0
Alberta 83.0 79.4 73.1 83.6 87.9 87.4 88.8
British Columbia 82.2 79.2 71.9 83.0 86.4 85.5 88.1
2006
Canada 82.0 76.6 69.6 79.8 85.9 85.6 86.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 84.8 78.8 75.5 80.6 89.3 90.1 87.2
Prince Edward Island 84.1 79.9 74.4 83.2 88.0 87.8 88.6
Nova Scotia 81.2 74.0 67.1 77.9 86.4 86.3 86.5
New Brunswick 83.9 78.8 70.6 82.7 88.4 88.3 88.5
Quebec 81.8 76.8 76.4 77.1 84.7 84.1 86.0
Ontario 82.3 75.6 66.1 79.7 86.9 86.5 87.5
Manitoba 80.3 75.5 67.2 79.8 85.3 85.6 84.8
Saskatchewan 81.4 77.1 66.4 82.6 85.9 86.0 85.6
Alberta 83.9 79.6 69.9 84.0 87.7 88.1 87.1
British Columbia 79.7 76.1 67.1 79.2 82.7 82.8 82.5
1. Includes those who had some postsecondary education.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.