Data table for Chart 1
Population aged 25 to 64 with college or university education and their employment rate, Canada,1 provinces and territories, and selected OECD countries, 2009

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Data table for Chart 1 Population aged 25 to 64 with college or university education and their employment rate, Canada,1 provinces and territories, and selected OECD countries, 2009
  Population with college or university (%) Employment rate (%)
OECD 30 84
Canada1 50 82
Newfoundland and Labrador 37 77
Prince Edward Island 47 81
Nova Scotia 46 81
New Brunswick 46 82
Quebec 46 82
Ontario 56 81
Manitoba 44 85
Saskatchewan 37 86
Alberta 46 85
British Columbia 47 79
Yukon 49 87
Northwest Territories 44 90
Nunavut 28 89
France 29 84
Germany 26 86
Italy 15 79
Japan 44 80
United Kingdom 37 84
United States 41 81
Australia 37 84
Denmark 34 87
Finland 37 84
New Zealand 40 84
Norway 37 90
Sweden 33 88
1. These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada were derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces. The calculation of the Canada-level average does not include the territories.
Note: The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) system was used to classify educational attainment, which reflects the highest level of education successfully completed. "Tertiary education" is captured here; in Canada, this is the equivalent of college and university education (ISCED 5B, 5A/6).
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Tables A7.3a and A1.3a; Statistics Canada, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective 2011, Tables A.1.3 and A.5.2.
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