Infographic 1
Growth in the share of Canadians with a bachelor's degree or higher accelerates

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Growth in the share of Canadians with a bachelor's degree or higher accelerates"

This infographic is a combined line and bar chart. The line shows the percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 who had a bachelor's degree or higher, for 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021. The right axis shows percentages from 0.0% to 40.0%, by increments of 8.0%.

The bars show the percentage point increase in the share of the population aged 25 to 64 who had a bachelor's degree or higher, for the periods 2006 to 2011, 2011 to 2016 and 2016 to 2021. The left axis shows percentage point changes from 0 to 10, by increments of 2.

The percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor's degree or higher was 23.0% in 2006, 25.9% in 2011, 28.5% in 2016 and 32.9% in 2021.

The percentage point increase was 2.9 percentage points from 2006 to 2011, 2.7 percentage points from 2011 to 2016 and 4.3 percentage points from 2016 to 2021.

Note(s): Because of rounding, the percentage point changes may not match the differences in percentages between the years.

Source(s): Census of Population 2006, 2016 and 2021 (3901), and National Household Survey, 2011 (5178).