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Table D.3.3
Age distribution1 of full-time university teaching staff and full-time employed labour force, Canada and provinces, 2005/2006

Age group Full-time university teaching staff2 Full-time employed labour force3
percentage percentage
Canada
Less than 30 1 22
30 to 39 19 24
40 to 49 32 29
50 to 59 33 20
60 and over 16 5
Total 100 100
Newfoundland and Labrador
Less than 30 1 19
30 to 39 15 25
40 to 49 28 30
50 to 59 37 22
60 and over 19 4
Total 100 100
Prince Edward Island
Less than 30 0 22
30 to 39 15 22
40 to 49 42 27
50 to 59 32 22
60 and over 11 6
Total 100 100
Nova Scotia
Less than 30 1 21
30 to 39 19 23
40 to 49 29 29
50 to 59 35 22
60 and over 16 5
Total 100 100
New Brunswick
Less than 30 1 22
30 to 39 17 24
40 to 49 34 29
50 to 59 35 21
60 and over 13 4
Total 100 100
Quebec
Less than 30 1 21
30 to 39 18 24
40 to 49 31 30
50 to 59 33 21
60 and over 16 4
Total 100 100
Ontario
Less than 30 1 21
30 to 39 21 26
40 to 49 31 29
50 to 59 31 20
60 and over 15 5
Total 100 100
Manitoba
Less than 30 1 23
30 to 39 17 23
40 to 49 29 27
50 to 59 32 21
60 and over 21 6
Total 100 100
Saskatchewan
Less than 30 1 24
30 to 39 18 20
40 to 49 33 28
50 to 59 33 21
60 and over 15 7
Total 100 100
Alberta
Less than 30 1 26
30 to 39 18 23
40 to 49 33 26
50 to 59 34 19
60 and over 14 5
Total 100 100
British Columbia
Less than 30 1 22
30 to 39 20 23
40 to 49 32 28
50 to 59 33 21
60 and over 15 5
Total 100 100
1. Percentage distributions may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
2. According to the age distributions on October 1st (or as close as possible thereafter) in the school year of full-time university teaching staff based on data from the University and College Academic Staff Survey. Staff for whom age was unknown (year of birth not reported) were excluded.
3. Based on a monthly average from September to August, Labour Force Survey.
Data sources: University and College Academic Staff Survey, Statistics Canada.
Labour Force Survey, 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.
Updated June 16, 2008.
Date Modified: 2011-07-11

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