Table 5
Percentage of people who earned a high school diploma, by age and province or territory, 2006
Province or territory | 18 years | 19 years | 20 years | 25 years | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
percentage | ||||||||
Canada | 65.8 | 58.3 | 84.0 | 77.4 | 86.5 | 81.2 | 90.2 | 86.1 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 60.0 | 51.1 | 83.1 | 75.6 | 80.7 | 79.1 | 88.0 | 82.7 |
Prince Edward Island | 70.2 | 52.3 | 87.5 | 80.8 | 89.6 | 78.2 | 92.4 | 83.2 |
Nova Scotia | 54.8 | 44.4 | 84.6 | 76.8 | 88.6 | 81.4 | 90.4 | 85.1 |
New Brunswick | 60.6 | 51.7 | 86.7 | 77.9 | 89.0 | 83.4 | 91.1 | 85.1 |
Quebec | 79.0 | 68.0 | 83.6 | 75.0 | 86.4 | 77.8 | 90.1 | 84.6 |
Ontario | 62.9 | 55.2 | 84.8 | 77.8 | 88.3 | 83.3 | 92.0 | 88.9 |
Manitoba | 55.3 | 48.2 | 77.9 | 72.4 | 78.3 | 73.8 | 83.7 | 79.1 |
Saskatchewan | 50.5 | 44.2 | 75.5 | 71.6 | 78.9 | 77.0 | 84.8 | 81.4 |
Alberta | 61.8 | 59.0 | 82.1 | 77.5 | 81.8 | 79.1 | 86.2 | 82.9 |
British Columbia | 68.1 | 64.1 | 88.6 | 84.4 | 90.6 | 86.8 | 92.5 | 88.6 |
Yukon Territory | 63.1 | 48.2 | 74.4 | 76.3 | 91.8 | 83.1 | 79.2 | 87.0 |
Northwest Territories | 41.3 | 28.3 | 61.8 | 53.8 | 60.5 | 55.2 | 73.2 | 75.8 |
Nunavut | 14.6 | 13.6 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 27.4 | 21.3 | 52.0 | 47.0 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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