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Table C.2.4
Full-time educators (headcount) in public elementary-secondary schools, number and percentage distribution by age and sex, Canada and jurisdictions, 2005/2006

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Age group Can.1 N.L. P.E.I. N.S.2 N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask.3,4 Alta.4 B.C. Y.T.5 N.W.T.6 Nvt.6
number
Number of educators
Both sexes
All ages7 292,119 5,487 1,373 9,708 7,157 62,327 122,240 11,186 10,122 34,193 28,326 . . .
Less than 30 37,127 558 154 1,022 876 5,545 17,839 1,592 1,535 6,018 1,988 . . .
30 to 39 86,319 1,635 475 2,550 2,385 20,645 37,800 2,796 2,771 8,749 6,513 . . .
40 to 49 81,508 2,200 386 2,830 2,131 17,610 32,759 3,342 3,220 8,906 8,124 . . .
50 to 59 78,643 1,069 351 3,205 1,712 17,318 29,500 3,240 2,468 8,869 10,911 . . .
60 and over 6,741 25 7 101 53 1,209 2,562 216 127 1,651 790 . . .
Male
All ages7 89,632 1,851 429 2,872 1,954 17,150 36,806 4,017 3,427 10,431 10,695 . . .
Less than 30 7,604 101 29 204 153 894 3,712 400 376 1,213 514 . . .
30 to 39 25,948 490 155 770 620 4,677 11,442 1,081 1,086 2,911 2,716 . . .
40 to 49 26,392 799 129 743 599 5,087 10,880 1,217 1,039 2,725 3,174 . . .
50 to 59 26,765 451 111 1,126 572 6,083 9,366 1,226 880 2,941 4,009 . . .
60 and over 2,330 x x x x 409 813 93 46 641 282 . . .
Female
All ages7 202,395 3,636 944 6,836 5,203 45,177 85,390 7,169 6,694 23,715 17,631 . . .
Less than 30 29,500 400 110 818 723 4,651 14,124 1,192 1,159 4,785 1,474 . . .
30 to 39 60,345 1,145 320 1,780 1,765 15,968 26,341 1,715 1,685 5,829 3,797 . . .
40 to 49 55,101 1,401 257 2,087 1,532 12,523 21,870 2,125 2,181 6,175 4,950 . . .
50 to 59 51,865 618 240 2,079 1,140 11,235 20,129 2,014 1,588 5,920 6,902 . . .
60 and over 4,405 x x x x 800 1,747 123 81 1,006 508 . . .
  percentage
Distribution of educators8
Both sexes
Less than 30 12.8 10.2 11.2 10.5 12.2 8.9 14.8 14.2 15.2 17.6 7.0 . . .
30 to 39 29.7 29.8 34.6 26.3 33.3 33.1 31.4 25.0 27.4 25.6 23.0 . . .
40 to 49 28.1 40.1 28.1 29.2 29.8 28.3 27.2 29.9 31.8 26.0 28.7 . . .
50 to 59 27.1 19.5 25.6 33.0 23.9 27.8 24.5 29.0 24.4 25.9 38.5 . . .
60 and over 2.3 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.3 4.8 2.8 . . .
Male
Less than 30 8.5 5.5 6.8 7.2 7.9 5.2 10.3 10.0 11.0 11.6 4.8 . . .
30 to 39 29.1 26.6 36.6 27.1 31.9 27.3 31.6 26.9 31.7 27.9 25.4 . . .
40 to 49 29.6 43.4 30.4 26.1 30.8 29.7 30.0 30.3 30.3 26.1 29.7 . . .
50 to 59 30.1 24.5 26.2 39.6 29.4 35.5 25.9 30.5 25.7 28.2 37.5 . . .
60 and over 2.6 x x x x 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.3 6.1 2.6 . . .
Female
Less than 30 14.7 11.2 11.9 12.1 14.0 10.3 16.8 16.6 17.3 20.2 8.4 . . .
30 to 39 30.0 32.1 34.5 26.3 34.2 35.3 31.3 23.9 25.2 24.6 21.5 . . .
40 to 49 27.4 39.3 27.7 30.9 29.7 27.7 26.0 29.6 32.6 26.0 28.1 . . .
50 to 59 25.8 17.3 25.9 30.7 22.1 24.9 23.9 28.1 23.7 25.0 39.1 . . .
60 and over 2.2 x x x x 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.2 4.2 2.9 . . .
. not available for any reference period
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
1. Data at the Canada level exclude the territories.
2. Data include part-time educators.
3. Includes educators in provincially funded schools (including "associated independent" and "historic" high schools) and excluding "independent" First Nations schools and postsecondary sites.
4. All educators in Lloydminster are included in Saskatchewan's counts and none of them are captured in the counts for Alberta.
5. Yukon reports combined full-time and part-time educator data only without age breakdown, and full-time equivalent educator data.
6. Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not report headcount data on full-time, part-time educators or combined, only full-time equivalent educator data.
7. Includes a small number of cases for which age is not reported.
8. Percentage distribution is based on educators for whom age is reported.
Notes: Due to the nature of ESESP data collection, these data are updated on an ongoing basis and are therefore subject to further revisions. The data presented in this table were updated as of March 10, 2008. These data are for public schools only and do not include private schools, federal schools and schools for the visually and hearing impaired.
Data source: Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project, Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.