Table A.3.1
Employment ratesNote 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015

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Table A.3.1
Employment ratesTable A.3.1 Note 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds Pre-primary and primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary education, Post-secondary non-tertiary, Short cycle tertiary, Bachelor's level or equivalent, Master's and doctoral levels or equivalent and All levels of education, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Pre-primary and primary Lower secondary Upper secondary education Post-secondary non-tertiaryTable A.3.1 Note 2 Short cycle tertiary Bachelor's level or equivalent Master's and doctoral levels or equivalent All levels of education
percent
OECD averagesTable A.3.1 Note 3  
Both sexes Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 60 74 79 80 82 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Men Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 69 81 84 87 87 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Women Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 49 66 76 75 78 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
CanadaTable A.3.1 Note 4  
Both sexes 45 59 71 80 81 83 83 76
Men 54 66 77 82 85 87 86 81
Women 36 49 64 75 78 79 81 72
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Both sexes 32 46 63 70 75 80 85 67
Men 36 49 67 71 79 83 87 70
Women 27 43 58 69 72 78 83 65
Prince Edward Island  
Both sexes 47 65 71 76 82 82 84 76
Men 48 69 76 78 85 85 85 78
Women 43Note E: Use with caution 57 64 72 80 80 83 74
Nova Scotia  
Both sexes 35 56 68 71 78 81 85 73
Men 44 61 74 71 79 84 85 75
Women 24Note E: Use with caution 48 61 71 77 78 84 71
New Brunswick  
Both sexes 38 57 70 73 79 84 85 73
Men 40 62 73 74 81 84 87 74
Women 34 51 67 70 77 84 83 72
Quebec  
Both sexes 46 58 70 79 81 83 82 76
Men 53 64 75 81 83 86 83 79
Women 37 50 64 77 79 80 81 73
Ontario  
Both sexes 44 55 69 78 81 83 83 76
Men 56 63 75 81 86 88 87 81
Women 34 45 63 71 77 79 80 72
Manitoba  
Both sexes 54 62 77 83 83 85 86 79
Men 65 72 82 85 88 89 89 84
Women 39 47 71 78 79 83 82 75
Saskatchewan  
Both sexes 48 69 78 84 84 86 86 81
Men 64 77 84 86 89 88 88 85
Women 24 53 71 79 82 84 84 76
Alberta  
Both sexes 55 68 76 85 83 83 83 80
Men 65 77 83 88 90 87 86 85
Women 43 56 69 75 78 80 81 74
British Columbia  
Both sexes 42 61 70 80 77 80 84 75
Men 46 67 78 81 81 85 88 80
Women 38 53 62 75 74 77 80 70
Yukon  
Both sexes Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 69 78 78 82 87 88 81
Men Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 72 83 84 82 92 86 83
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 65 72 59 83 84 90 79
Northwest Territories  
Both sexes 52 60 74 87 87 92 96 81
Men 53 53 82 88 92 92 96 82
Women 52Note E: Use with caution 67 67 86 84 92 97 79
Nunavut  
Both sexes 46 47 70 67 78 93 97 64
Men 42 44 69 65 81 94 96 61
Women 50 51 70 73 76 92 97 67
.. not available for a specific reference period
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
Note 1.

Number of 25- to 64-year-olds in employment as a percentage of the population aged 25 to 64.

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Note 2.

Trade certificates or diplomas from a vocational school or apprenticeship training.

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Note 3.

These averages are from Education at a Glance 2016: OECD Indicators, Table A5.1, Employment rates, by educational attainment (2015), which present 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 and OECDstat Web site.

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Note 4.

Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.

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Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2016: OECD Indicators.

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