Table A.1.1
Detailed grouping of regions and countries of highest postsecondary education

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Table A.1
Detailed grouping of regions and countries of highest postsecondary education
High-level and detailed regions of highest postsecondary education Countries / Provinces of highest postsecondary education
Canadian-educated
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Internationally-educated
North America United States of America
Other North America1
Central America Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean and Bermuda Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Bermuda
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Other Caribbean and Bermuda2
South America Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Columbia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Other South America3
Europe
Western Europe Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Other Western Europe4
Eastern Europe Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia (n.o.s.)
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Ukraine
USSR (n.o.s.)
Northern Europe Ireland (EIRE)
Denmark (includes Faroe Islands)
Finland
Iceland
Norway (includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands)
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe Albania
Greece
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
Yugoslavia (n.o.s.)
Other Southern Europe5
Other Europe  
Africa
Western Africa Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Other Western Africa6
Eastern Africa Burundi
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Mauritius
Rwanda
Somalia
United Republic of Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Other Eastern Africa7
Northern Africa Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Central Africa Angola
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other Central Africa8
Southern Africa Republic of South Africa
Other Southern Africa9
Other Africa  
Asia
West Central Asia and the Middle East Afghanistan
Cyprus
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Other West Central Asia and the Middle East10
Eastern Asia People's Republic of China (including China)
Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of Macau
Japan
South Korea (including Korea)
Taiwan
Other Eastern Asia11
Southeast Asia Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Southern Asia Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Other Southern Asia12
Oceania Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Other Oceania13
Other outside Canada  
Distance learning14  
1. Other North America includes Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
2. Other Caribbean and Bermuda category includes Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S. and Other Caribbean.
3. Other South America category includes French Guiana and Other South America.
4. Other Western Europe category includes Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Monaco.
5. Other Southern Europe category includes Gibraltar and Holy See (Vatican City).
6. Other Western Africa category includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo.
7. Other Eastern Africa category includes Comoros, Djibouti, Malawi, Mozambique, Réunion and Seychelles.
8. Other Central Africa category includes Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
9. Other Southern Africa category includes Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland.
10. Other West Central Asia and the Middle East category includes Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
11. Other Eastern Asia category includes North Korea and Mongolia.
12. Other Southern Asia category includes West Bank and Gaza Strip.
13. Other Oceania category includes Nauru, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
14. Internationally-educated includes distance learning.
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