Table 2
Distribution of women and men aged 25 to 54, by province and highest level of educational attainment, 2009

Table 2
Distribution of women and men aged 25 to 54, by province and highest level of educational attainment, 2009

Table summary
This table displays the results of distribution of women and men aged 25 to 54. This information is grouped by province appearing as row headers and by 0 to 8 years, some high school, high school diploma, some postsecondary, postsecondary certificate or diploma, university degree, women, men appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Province 0 to 8 years Some
high school
High school
diploma
Some
postsecondary
Postsecondary
certificate or
diploma
University
degree
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
percentage
Canada 2.2 2.7 6.6 9.2 19.4 19.7 6.3 6.5 37.2 36.8 28.1 25.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 4.2 6.2 10.2 11.0 16.9 17.5 4.6 6.6 44.4 43.6 19.7 15.0
Prince Edward Island 1.7 5.4 8.5 14.8 18.7 21.3 6.5 7.2 41.8 35.4 22.8 16.2
Nova Scotia 1.6 3.6 9.0 12.7 17.8 17.0 6.4 6.4 40.0 39.2 25.2 21.0
New Brunswick 2.9 5.5 7.0 9.9 22.0 22.8 7.3 6.5 38.9 37.7 22.0 17.6
Quebec 3.1 4.2 8.4 10.8 15.8 14.8 5.4 5.5 41.4 41.9 26.0 22.8
Ontario 2.0 2.1 5.7 7.8 19.7 20.6 5.4 6.2 36.3 34.8 30.9 28.5
Manitoba 2.9 2.9 7.6 12.6 23.0 22.6 8.8 9.4 33.4 32.8 24.3 19.8
Saskatchewan 1.3 2.1 5.6 11.4 23.5 27.6 7.4 7.2 39.1 34.1 23.0 17.4
Alberta 1.4 1.8 7.3 9.3 21.7 20.6 7.1 6.2 35.9 38.5 26.8 23.6
British Columbia 1.6 1.6 5.0 7.7 21.7 22.6 9.4 9.0 32.8 32.5 29.5 26.7
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2009.
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