Table A.1.3
Percentage of 25- to 64-year-old population that has attained tertiary education, Canada and jurisdictions, by age group, 2009

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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 10 11 11 10 8 21 28 23 19 16 30 37 32 27 22
Canada2 24 26 27 24 20 25 30 29 21 21 50 56 56 45 41
Newfoundland and Labrador 21 27 24 20 14 16 25 19 11 11 37 52 43 31 24
Prince Edward Island 28 30 34 28 21 19 23 20 17 17 47 53 54 44 39
Nova Scotia 24 27 27 22 19 22 29 24 18 19 46 56 51 41 38
New Brunswick 27 33 29 27 21 19 24 22 15 15 46 57 51 41 36
Quebec 23 27 27 23 17 23 28 27 18 18 46 55 54 41 35
Ontario 27 30 30 27 22 28 33 32 25 24 56 63 62 52 46
Manitoba 22 21 23 23 20 22 25 24 18 21 44 46 47 41 41
Saskatchewan 17 16 18 17 17 20 24 23 14 17 37 41 41 32 34
Alberta 21 20 24 21 19 24 28 28 20 22 46 48 52 41 40
British Columbia 20 20 21 21 19 27 32 30 23 24 47 52 51 44 42
Yukon3 25 22 30 23 24 24 24 23 22 27 49 46 53 45 51
Northwest Territories3 20 18 22 22 17 24 28 24 21 24 44 47 46 43 41
Nunavut3 16 16 15 15 18 12 11 11 13 13 28 28 26 28 32
1. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A1.3a, Population with tertiary education (2009), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. 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.
3. Caution should be exercised in interpreting these ratios and differences in ratios, as small estimates may present fairly high sampling variability. Estimates for small geographic areas, for small age-groups or for cross-classified variables will be associated with larger variability.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011:OECD Indicators.