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Table A.1.3
Percentage of 25- to 64-year-old population that has attained tertiary education, Canada and jurisdictions, by age group, 2008

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  Classification of the levels of education based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-97)
ISCED 5B
(Tertiary-type B)		 ISCED 5A/6
(Tertiary-type A and Advanced research programmes)		 Total tertiary
Age group Age group Age group
25 to 64 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 25 to 64 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 25 to 64 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 Column 11 Column 12 Column 13 Column 14 Column 15
percent
OECD average1 9 10 10 9 7 21 27 22 18 15 28 35 29 25 20
Canada2 24 26 26 23 19 25 30 28 21 21 49 56 54 44 40
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 26 24 17 15 16 22 18 13 12 36 48 42 30 26
Prince Edward Island 27 33 29 26 20 18 24 18 16 16 45 56 48 41 37
Nova Scotia 23 26 26 21 18 21 26 23 18 18 44 53 48 40 36
New Brunswick 28 34 31 26 20 18 24 21 14 14 46 58 52 40 35
Quebec 23 27 27 22 16 22 27 26 18 18 45 54 53 41 34
Ontario 27 29 28 27 21 29 34 32 24 24 55 63 60 51 45
Manitoba 22 20 24 24 19 21 25 23 19 19 44 45 48 43 38
Saskatchewan 16 16 17 15 16 19 24 20 15 18 35 39 37 31 34
Alberta 21 21 21 21 20 24 28 28 20 21 45 48 49 42 41
British Columbia 20 22 22 20 16 26 29 28 23 24 46 51 50 43 41
Yukon 24 22 23 26 23 24 21 22 24 27 48 43 45 50 51
Northwest Territories 22 23 20 24 22 22 25 20 20 22 44 48 41 43 44
Nunavut 18 18 17 19 16 13 13 11 16 14 31 30 28 35 30
1. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators, Table A1.3a, Population with tertiary education (2008), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's 31 member countries. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
2. Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators.

 

Date Modified: 2010-09-07

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