Table E.1.4
Educational status of a 15-year-oldNote 1 cohort over time, by sex, Canada and provincesNote 2, Note 3

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Table E.1.4
Educational status of a 15-year-oldNote 1 cohort over time, by sex, Canada and provincesNote 2, Note 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of educational status of a 15-year-old cohort over time. This information is grouped by high school non-completers, high school continuers, high school graduates, postsecondary continuers, postsecondary graduate non-continuers and postsecondary graduate continuers (appearing as column headers), calculated using percent as a unit of measure.
  High school non-completers High school continuers High school graduatesNote 4, Note 5 Postsecondary non-completersNote 6 Postsecondary continuersNote 6 Postsecondary graduate non-continuersNote 6 Postsecondary graduate continuersNote 6, Note 7
percent
December 2001, age 17  
CanadaNote 8 2.5 82.8 5.0 0.3Note E 9.3 x x
Male 2.9Note E 83.6 5.0 F 8.1 x x
Female 2.2 81.9 5.1 F 10.6 x x
Newfoundland and Labrador x 99.0 F x x x x
Male x 99.0 F x x x x
Female x 98.9 x x x x x
Prince Edward Island F 93.9 2.4Note E x 2.4Note E x x
Male x 95.4 F x F x x
Female x 92.4 F x 3.2Note E x x
Nova Scotia 2.4Note E 96.6 F x x x x
Male F 98.3 x x x x x
Female F 94.8 F x x x x
New Brunswick 2.2Note E 94.7 2.7Note E x F x x
Male F 92.6 3.0Note E x x x x
Female x 96.8 2.3Note E x x x x
Quebec 5.6 41.4 13.1 1.1Note E 38.6 x x
Male 6.2Note E 44.7 14.1 1.3Note E 33.5 x x
Female 5.0Note E 37.8 12.2 F 44.0 x x
Ontario F 94.7 3.3Note E x F x x
Male F 95.0 2.5Note E x x x x
Female F 94.3 4.1Note E x F x x
Manitoba F 94.7 2.5Note E x F x x
Male x 95.9 F x x x x
Female F 93.4 2.6Note E x x x x
Saskatchewan 1.9Note E 96.0 1.6Note E x x x x
Male x 97.6 F x x x x
Female F 94.4 F x x x x
Alberta 2.1Note E 93.8 3.1Note E x 0.9Note E x x
Male F 93.9 3.4Note E x F x x
Female F 93.8 2.8Note E x F x x
British Columbia F 97.2 F x 0.9Note E x x
Male x 96.7 x x F x x
Female x 97.7 F x x x x
December 2005, age 21  
CanadaNote 8 5.9 1.5 18.3 9.8 40.4 14.1 10.1
Male 8.2 1.8Note E 21.5 11.2 36.2 13.3 7.8
Female 3.6Note E 1.1Note E 15.0 8.3 44.6 14.9 12.6
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.8Note E x 21.3 12.0 43.1 14.8 4.9Note E
Male 4.5Note E x 25.0 11.4Note E 38.2 17.6 3.2Note E
Female F x 17.8 12.6 47.7 12.1 6.6Note E
Prince Edward Island 3.1Note E x 19.6 8.4 50.8 14.4 3.7Note E
Male 4.5Note E x 22.6 11.8 43.8 13.6 3.7Note E
Female x x 16.7 5.3Note E 57.5 15.1 3.7Note E
Nova Scotia 4.7Note E F 16.6 11.9 47.9 14.4 3.9
Male 7.2Note E x 18.7 13.7 41.1 15.5 3.8Note E
Female 2.3Note E F 14.6 10.1 54.6 13.2 4.0Note E
New Brunswick 4.5Note E x 21.5 9.2 40.2 18.9 5.6
Male 6.8Note E x 27.3 8.9 35.9 17.3 3.8Note E
Female F x 15.7 9.6 44.5 20.5 7.5
Quebec 10.2 3.4Note E 17.7 11.7 13.8 14.0 29.1
Male 14.5 4.5Note E 19.1 13.0 13.0 13.2 22.6
Female 5.7Note E 2.3Note E 16.2 10.3 14.7 14.9 35.9
Ontario 4.4Note E F 13.7 8.9 54.9 13.3 3.9
Male 5.8Note E F 17.7 11.4 48.0 12.6 3.1Note E
Female F x 9.7Note E 6.3Note E 61.6 13.9 4.7Note E
Manitoba 7.1Note E F 23.6 11.2 37.0 13.2 7.0
Male 10.0Note E x 26.1 12.0 32.5 12.9 5.7Note E
Female F x 21.0 10.2 41.9 13.5 8.4Note E
Saskatchewan 4.7Note E F 23.2 9.5 42.2 16.3 3.4
Male 5.2Note E x 30.9 9.2 38.6 13.1 2.8Note E
Female F x 15.4 9.9 45.8 19.5 4.0Note E
Alberta 6.1 F 26.3 8.8 37.5 14.5 5.9Note E
Male 8.7Note E x 28.8 9.3 36.1 13.1 2.6Note E
Female 3.1Note E x 23.6 8.2 39.1 16.2 9.7Note E
British Columbia 3.5Note E F 22.4 8.7 44.9 14.7 4.9Note E
Male 4.9Note E x 25.1 9.4Note E 42.5 14.0 4.1Note E
Female F x 19.6 8.1Note E 47.6 15.4 5.8Note E
December 2009, age 25  
CanadaNote 8 4.0 0.5Note E 14.6 9.6 6.3 51.2 13.8
Male 5.4 0.7Note E 17.7 11.2 7.0 46.0 11.9
Female 2.6Note E F 11.4 8.0 5.5 56.5 15.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.2Note E x 14.8 8.8 6.4Note E 58.0 9.6
Male F x 16.6 9.7Note E 6.8Note E 56.1 8.4Note E
Female F x 13.1Note E 8.0Note E 6.0Note E 59.7 10.7
Prince Edward Island 2.0Note E x 14.4 6.7 5.0Note E 58.0 13.6
Male F x 18.3 9.3Note E 5.9Note E 52.9 10.6
Female x x 10.7Note E 4.2Note E 4.2Note E 62.9 16.5
Nova Scotia 2.8Note E x 12.4 12.6 4.0Note E 53.8 14.2
Male 4.3Note E x 14.8Note E 14.1 5.0Note E 51.1 10.2Note E
Female F x 10.0Note E 11.1 3.0Note E 56.3 18.0
New Brunswick 2.3Note E x 16.3 8.9 5.7 55.2 11.3
Male 3.7Note E x 22.5 9.2 6.2Note E 48.3 9.3
Female x x 10.1Note E 8.5 5.1Note E 62.1 13.4
Quebec 6.4 F 20.0 10.9 3.9 41.3 16.1
Male 9.3 F 23.9 12.9 4.3Note E 33.5 14.6
Female 3.4Note E F 15.8 8.8 3.5Note E 49.5 17.7
Ontario 3.2Note E x 10.0 9.6 6.0 56.5 14.4
Male F x 13.1 11.9 7.0Note E 51.2 12.3
Female F x 6.9Note E 7.3Note E 4.9Note E 61.7 16.5
Manitoba 6.9Note E x 14.6 10.1 9.4 45.3 13.7
Male 9.7Note E x 17.9 10.7 10.4Note E 38.7 12.6
Female F x 10.9Note E 9.4 8.3Note E 52.6 14.9
Saskatchewan 3.2Note E x 15.5 10.3 7.5 53.3 10.0
Male 3.5Note E x 21.9 9.4 9.4 48.8 7.0
Female F x 8.9 11.3 5.5Note E 58.0 13.1
Alberta 4.2Note E x 19.6 8.1 7.5 50.3 10.3
Male 6.4Note E x 21.3 7.8Note E 10.0 45.7 8.7
Female F x 17.7 8.4 4.6Note E 55.5 12.1
British Columbia F x 14.4 8.2 9.7 52.4 13.0
Male F x 15.3 10.1Note E 8.3 51.8 11.9
Female F x 13.5Note E 6.1Note E 11.2Note E 53.0 14.2
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1.The longitudinal cohort used for this table consists of young adults who were 15 years of age in Cycle 1 of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) in 1999 and who remained in the survey in Cycle 6 (in 2009). Data in this table reflect the situation of this group at the end of the following reference periods: December 2001, December 2005, and December 2009. The cohort is representative of Canadians who were 15 years of age as of December 1999 (Cycle 1 of YITS). However, because of changes over time in the population of young adults in Canada, primarily due to immigration and emigration, the cohort does not represent a cross-section of the overall population aged 17 (in December 2001), 21 (in December 2005) and 25 (December 2009).
2. The province in which high school was last attended.
3. Respondents who did not attend elementary or high school in Canada at all or who last attended high school in the United States or another country are not included in this table.
4. High school graduates with no postsecondary education.
5. May include some graduates who are still taking high school courses.
6. Postsecondary education includes education toward a certificate, diploma, or degree above the high school level, where the credential takes three months or more to complete. Trade programs offered through apprenticeship, vocational schools, or private trade schools do not always require high school graduation. Such education is considered postsecondary.
7. Graduates with at least one postsecondary diploma, certificate, or degree who were pursuing further postsecondary education.
8. Respondents who report last attending high school in one of the territories are included in the Canada total, but the territories are not shown separately due to small sample size.
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Education categories are mutually exclusive.
High school status captures the following three groups: High school non-completers—respondents who had not completed the high school graduation requirements, and were not attending high school as of the survey reference date; High school continuers—respondents who were continuing their studies at the high school level and who had not yet graduated as of the survey reference date; High school graduates—respondents who have completed the minimum requirements for a high school graduation certificate, diploma, or equivalent.
Postsecondary status refers to a respondents overall postsecondary status as of the survey reference date. It comprises the following groups: Postsecondary non-completers––individuals who had undertaken postsecondary education but were no longer pursuing it and had never graduated from a postsecondary institution; Postsecondary continuers—individuals who were attending a postsecondary institution but had not yet graduated; Postsecondary graduate non-continuers—individuals who had graduated from a postsecondary institution and were not pursuing additional education in a postsecondary institution; Postsecondary graduate continuers—individuals who had already graduated from a postsecondary institution and were pursuing an additional postsecondary program.
This table differs from other versions previously published by the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) and is thus not comparable with those earlier versions.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), Cycles 2, 4, and 6.
Updated December 14, 2011.
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