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Distribution of employment by education by province

  Employed 15 and over Less than postsecondary Completed postsecondary Degree holder share of postsecondary Bachelor's share of degrees
Total Less than high school Completed high school1 Total Certificate/ diploma University
'000 %
1990
Canada 13,086.4 59.2 26.7 32.5 40.8 26.3 14.5 35.5 68.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 206.9 55.1 28.6 26.5 44.9 33.9 11.0 24.5 67.0
Prince Edward Island 55.1 63.2 35.0 28.1 36.7 26.3 10.3 28.2 70.2
Nova Scotia 385.3 53.8 29.0 24.8 46.2 31.3 14.9 32.2 66.0
New Brunswick 300.3 60.3 28.5 31.7 39.7 27.6 12.1 30.5 71.2
Quebec 3,140.3 57.7 29.4 28.3 42.3 29.0 13.3 31.4 69.6
Ontario 5,194.1 59.8 26.7 33.1 40.2 24.0 16.2 40.3 66.3
Manitoba 513.8 64.6 30.7 33.9 35.4 22.2 13.2 37.2 69.0
Saskatchewan 454.2 64.2 30.6 33.6 35.8 25.1 10.7 29.9 73.8
Alberta 1,276.8 58.1 23.2 34.9 41.9 27.6 14.4 34.3 72.1
British Columbia 1,559.6 59.2 20.2 39.0 40.8 26.9 13.8 34.0 68.9
2006
Canada 16,484.3 42.4 13.5 28.8 57.6 34.5 23.1 40.1 69.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 215.7 41.5 15.0 26.5 58.5 41.9 16.6 28.4 67.0
Prince Edward Island 68.6 46.4 17.6 28.7 53.6 35.7 17.9 33.4 70.7
Nova Scotia 441.8 41.7 14.9 26.8 58.3 36.9 21.4 36.8 71.9
New Brunswick 355.4 46.2 14.9 31.3 53.8 35.9 17.8 33.2 73.8
Quebec 3,765.4 37.5 14.6 22.9 62.5 40.6 21.9 35.1 72.2
Ontario 6,492.7 41.2 12.4 28.9 58.8 32.9 25.8 44.0 66.6
Manitoba 587.0 51.2 17.4 33.7 48.8 29.5 19.4 39.7 74.8
Saskatchewan 491.6 51.1 17.4 33.7 48.9 31.7 17.1 35.1 76.7
Alberta 1,870.7 46.5 14.5 32.0 53.5 32.4 21.1 39.5 72.1
British Columbia 2,195.5 45.5 11.6 33.9 54.4 31.3 23.1 42.4 69.2
1. Includes those who had some postsecondary education.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.