Table A.5.1
Employment rates1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada and jurisdictions, 2009

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  ISCED 0/1 (Pre-primary and primary) ISCED 2 (Lower secondary) ISCED 3C (Short programmes) Upper secondary education ISCED 4 (Postsecondary non-tertiary) Tertiary education All levels of education
ISCED 3C (Long programmes)/3B ISCED 3A ISCED 5B (Type B) ISCED 5A/6 (Type A and Advanced research programmes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9
percent
OECD averages2  
Both sexes 46.5 60.4 73.6 74.8 73.7 80.6 81.2 84.9 73.4
Men 59.6 70.1 80.4 81.3 80.8 84.6 86.4 88.6 80.5
Women 35.2 48.9 63.8 64.2 65.9 73.7 77.4 80.0 65.0
Canada3  
Both sexes 43.9 59.7 [5] 72.2 77.0 81.2 82.3 75.4
Men 52.3 67.3 [5] 77.3 79.2 84.1 84.8 78.9
Women 34.8 50.1 [5] 67.4 73.0 79.0 79.9 71.9
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Both sexes 31.1 42.8 [5] 59.9 62.9 74.8 80.4 62.5
Men 35.6 50.3 [5] 66.4 63.5 77.8 82.3 65.0
Women 25.6 36.0 [5] 53.2 62.2 73.0 79.0 60.0
Prince Edward Island  
Both sexes 49.2 60.7 [5] 70.6 72.2 80.9 81.7 73.5
Men 57.2 66.4 [5] 75.1 73.4 81.9 83.5 75.2
Women 30.8 52.7 [5] 66.0 69.7 80.3 80.5 71.9
Nova Scotia  
Both sexes 39.3 56.6 [5] 70.4 71.7 78.7 82.9 72.4
Men 48.9 62.8 [5] 75.0 73.3 80.3 85.1 74.8
Women 23.5 49.5 [5] 66.0 68.9 77.7 81.0 70.2
New Brunswick  
Both sexes 39.3 51.4 [5] 72.2 74.3 80.2 84.2 72.7
Men 44.9 61.7 [5] 75.7 77.2 83.2 84.6 75.3
Women 30.7 39.2 [5] 69.0 69.5 77.9 83.8 70.1
Quebec  
Both sexes 40.4 59.8 [5] 70.2 74.5 82.1 81.9 73.6
Men 47.3 67.0 [5] 75.6 75.8 83.3 82.1 76.1
Women 32.6 51.3 [5] 65.2 72.6 81.2 81.7 71.1
Ontario  
Both sexes 45.1 57.4 [5] 71.3 75.5 80.8 81.9 75.3
Men 55.2 63.7 [5] 75.5 77.4 83.3 84.9 78.6
Women 35.6 49.3 [5] 67.2 71.7 78.8 79.0 72.2
Manitoba  
Both sexes 56.2 66.2 [5] 78.3 83.9 84.0 86.3 79.7
Men 70.8 76.0 [5] 84.8 85.5 88.5 88.9 84.7
Women 40.9 51.7 [5] 71.8 80.9 80.9 84.1 74.7
Saskatchewan  
Both sexes 52.2 68.5 [5] 80.5 86.5 84.9 87.1 81.8
Men 60.1 77.6 [5] 85.1 88.5 89.2 90.0 85.5
Women 39.7 53.3 [5] 75.2 83.4 83.0 84.7 78.1
Alberta  
Both sexes 58.5 68.8 [5] 77.3 84.3 83.8 85.6 80.7
Men 67.7 78.9 [5] 83.6 87.5 90.0 89.4 86.1
Women 46.9 56.2 [5] 71.1 76.0 79.8 82.0 75.0
British Columbia  
Both sexes 45.2 59.3 [5] 71.5 78.2 78.6 79.9 74.6
Men 53.7 66.9 [5] 77.0 80.5 84.5 84.0 79.2
Women 37.5 48.6 [5] 66.3 72.6 75.3 76.2 70.1
Yukon  
Both sexes x 53.1 [5] 79.6 79.1 84.8 90.1 79.2
Men x 55.6 [5] 80.0 80.2 82.5 90.1 78.4
Women x 50.0 [5] 79.2 73.1 85.9 90.1 79.9
Northwest Territories  
Both sexes 40.5 55.8 [5] 83.1 87.7 86.5 92.9 78.4
Men 35.2 56.6 [5] 89.1 87.4 92.4 93.9 80.1
Women 45.8 55.0 [5] 76.5 88.6 82.5 92.1 76.5
Nunavut  
Both sexes 46.9 52.0 [5] 70.4 74.1 86.0 93.0 66.6
Men 50.7 49.7 [5] 68.9 77.9 90.3 94.2 67.1
Women 43.2 54.7 [5] 71.9 65.9 82.0 92.2 66.0
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
1. Number of 25- to 64-year-olds in employment as a percentage of the population aged 25 to 64.
2. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A7.1a, Employment rates and educational attainment, by gender (2009) and Table A7.1b (Web only), Employment rates and educational attainment (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.
3. Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.
Note: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators.