In the 12 months ending in November 2022, just under a third (30.9%) of workers in Canada had participated in job-related training outside the formal education system. Participation in training varied notably by level of education, potentially reinforcing skills gaps between workers with different levels of educational attainment. In the 12 months ending in November 2022, 39.8% of workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher had participated in training, compared with 17.0% of those with a high school diploma or less. Public sector employees (42.9%) were more likely than self-employed workers (27.6%) or private sector employees (27.1%) to have participated in job-related training.
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