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  • 1. Geographic mobility of Canadian graduates with a bachelor's degree: Interactive visualization tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2025007
    Description: The geographic mobility of postsecondary graduates—where they were before their studies, where they studied, and where they went to work after graduation—is of great interest to provinces and territories because education is under their jurisdiction and graduates are synonymous with skilled workers. This data visualization takes advantage of new tables published by Statistics Canada on the geographic mobility of Canadian undergraduate degree (or bachelor's) graduates from 2012 to 2021. It displays data on where students came from, where they studied and where they worked 1 year after graduation.
    Release date: 2025-07-16
  • 2. Geographic mobility of Canadian bachelor’s degree graduates, 2012 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2025002
    Description: The geographic mobility of postsecondary graduates—where they were before their studies, where they studied, and where they went to work after graduation—is of great interest to provinces and territories because education is under their jurisdiction and graduates are synonymous with skilled workers. This article takes advantage of new tables published by Statistics Canada on the geographic mobility of Canadian undergraduate degree (or bachelor's) graduates from 2012 to 2021. It sheds light on the following questions: Which provinces attract postsecondary students to their provinces? Are the provinces successful in retaining the bachelor's graduates they have trained and integrating them into their labour market? Which provinces have net gains in graduates? And most importantly, what are the trends over the years?
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 3. Geographic mobility indicators of Canadian undergraduate degree holders
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012025002
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) who are interested in Statistics Canada's geographic mobility indicators of undergraduate degree holders. The data come from the integration of administrative data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the T1 Family File (T1FF), and this technical reference guide describes the methodology used to produce these indicators.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 4. Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64 living off reserve by Indigenous group
    Table: 37-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 5. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2022/2023
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012024003
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are based on the longitudinal Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data files. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators of public postsecondary students including persistence rates, graduation rates, and average time to graduation by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces, and the three combined Territories.
    Release date: 2024-12-11
  • 6. Postsecondary enrolments, by field of study, registration status, program type, credential type and gender
    Table: 37-10-0011-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments by institution type, registration status, program type, credential type, gender and Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG).

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 7. Postsecondary graduates, by field of study, program type, credential type, and gender
    Table: 37-10-0012-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of graduates by institution type, program type, credential type, gender and Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG).

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 8. Postsecondary enrolments, by credential type, age group, registration status, program type and gender
    Table: 37-10-0015-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments by credential type, institution type, age group, registration status, program type and gender.

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 9. Postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, status of student in Canada and gender
    Table: 37-10-0018-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The number of postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG), status of student in Canada and gender.
    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 10. Postsecondary graduates, by institution type, status of student in Canada and gender
    Table: 37-10-0020-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The number of postsecondary graduates, by institution type, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG), status of student in Canada and gender.
    Release date: 2024-11-20
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  • 1. Geographic mobility of Canadian graduates with a bachelor's degree: Interactive visualization tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2025007
    Description: The geographic mobility of postsecondary graduates—where they were before their studies, where they studied, and where they went to work after graduation—is of great interest to provinces and territories because education is under their jurisdiction and graduates are synonymous with skilled workers. This data visualization takes advantage of new tables published by Statistics Canada on the geographic mobility of Canadian undergraduate degree (or bachelor's) graduates from 2012 to 2021. It displays data on where students came from, where they studied and where they worked 1 year after graduation.
    Release date: 2025-07-16
  • 2. Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64 living off reserve by Indigenous group
    Table: 37-10-0117-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, off-reserve Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total population, Canada and jurisdictions. This table is included in Section D: Postsecondary education: Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). PCEIP draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes. The program presents indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time. PCEIP is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 3. Postsecondary enrolments, by field of study, registration status, program type, credential type and gender
    Table: 37-10-0011-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments by institution type, registration status, program type, credential type, gender and Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG).

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 4. Postsecondary graduates, by field of study, program type, credential type, and gender
    Table: 37-10-0012-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of graduates by institution type, program type, credential type, gender and Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG).

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 5. Postsecondary enrolments, by credential type, age group, registration status, program type and gender
    Table: 37-10-0015-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments by credential type, institution type, age group, registration status, program type and gender.

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 6. Postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, status of student in Canada and gender
    Table: 37-10-0018-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The number of postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG), status of student in Canada and gender.
    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 7. Postsecondary graduates, by institution type, status of student in Canada and gender
    Table: 37-10-0020-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The number of postsecondary graduates, by institution type, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), Classification of Instructional Programs, Primary groupings (CIP_PG), status of student in Canada and gender.
    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 8. Postsecondary enrolments, by International Standard Classification of Education, program type and credential type
    Table: 37-10-0069-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments, by International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), program type, credential type and institution type.

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 9. Postsecondary graduates, by International Standard Classification of Education, program type and credential type
    Table: 37-10-0070-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of postsecondary graduates, by International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), program type, credential type and institution type.

    Release date: 2024-11-20
  • 10. Postsecondary enrolments, by status of student in Canada, country of citizenship and gender
    Table: 37-10-0086-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The number of enrolments by status of student in Canada, institution type, country of citizenship and gender.

    Release date: 2024-11-20
Analysis (12)

Analysis (12) (0 to 10 of 12 results)

  • 1. Geographic mobility of Canadian bachelor’s degree graduates, 2012 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2025002
    Description: The geographic mobility of postsecondary graduates—where they were before their studies, where they studied, and where they went to work after graduation—is of great interest to provinces and territories because education is under their jurisdiction and graduates are synonymous with skilled workers. This article takes advantage of new tables published by Statistics Canada on the geographic mobility of Canadian undergraduate degree (or bachelor's) graduates from 2012 to 2021. It sheds light on the following questions: Which provinces attract postsecondary students to their provinces? Are the provinces successful in retaining the bachelor's graduates they have trained and integrating them into their labour market? Which provinces have net gains in graduates? And most importantly, what are the trends over the years?
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 2. Geographic mobility indicators of Canadian undergraduate degree holders
    Articles and reports: 37-20-00012025002
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP) who are interested in Statistics Canada's geographic mobility indicators of undergraduate degree holders. The data come from the integration of administrative data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) and the T1 Family File (T1FF), and this technical reference guide describes the methodology used to produce these indicators.
    Release date: 2025-06-17
  • 3. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students by parental income, 2012/2013 entry cohort
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2022005
    Description:

    This fact sheet uses longitudinal data combining information from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with data from the T1 Family File (T1FF) to explore the association between parental income and the pathways of young adults in postsecondary education for new students in the 2012/2013 academic year.

    Release date: 2022-07-19
  • 4. Gender-related differences in desired level of educational attainment among students in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100900004
    Description:

    In recent decades, women’s educational attainment has increased significantly in Canada. In 2016, 40.7% of young women aged 25 to 34 reported having a bachelor's degree or higher, up from 32.8% in 2006. By comparison, 29.1% of young men aged 25 to 34 reported having a bachelor's degree or higher, up from 24.8% in 2006. This short study discusses gender-based differences in desired level of educational attainment for students, as well as obstacles encountered in school.

    Release date: 2021-09-22
  • 5. Which postsecondary programs had high levels of international student enrolment prior to COVID-19? Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100032
    Description:

    To provide insights into how COVID-19 could potentially impact postsecondary institutions, this article provides estimates of the share of enrolments that were international by academic program and source country prior to COVID-19 based on the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS).

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 6. Study: International student enrolment in postsecondary education programs prior to COVID-19 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202016724105
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 7. International Student Enrolment in Postsecondary Education Programs Prior to COVID-19 Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2020003
    Description:

    This Economic Insights article discusses the share of postsecondary enrolments that are international by program of study and source country. Given the ongoing uncertainties around the COVID-19 pandemic, including the new public health restrictions imposed on international travel and physical distancing guidelines affecting classroom structures, the share of enrolments in various academic programs that are international is of high relevance at the moment.

    Release date: 2020-06-15
  • 8. International student enrolments at Canadian public colleges and universities, 2017/2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020006
    Description:

    This infographic displays a profile of the international students enrolled at Canadian public colleges and universities in the 2017/2018 academic year using Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) data. It includes statistics such as: total enrolments, country of citizenship, province of study, level of education and field of study.

    Release date: 2020-02-19
  • 9. International students in Canadian Universities, 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 Archived
    Stats in brief: 81-599-X2016011
    Description:

    This fact sheet provides a portrait of international students in Canadian universities between 2004-2005 and 2013-2014, where they were studying in Canada, where they came from and in what fields they were studying.

    Release date: 2016-10-20
  • 10. Spending on Postsecondary Education Archived
    Stats in brief: 81-599-X2011007
    Description:

    This fact sheet offers brief outlines of spending on postsecondary education, based on data from three Statistics Canada data sources: the Survey of Household Spending (SHS); the Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions (TLAC) survey; and the Financial Information of Universities and Colleges (FIUC) survey. Information on household spending on postsecondary tuition, on university tuition fees paid by students, and on student fees as a proportion of university revenues is presented for Canada and the provinces.

    Release date: 2011-06-21
Reference (4)

Reference (4) ((4 results))

  • 1. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2022/2023
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012024003
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are based on the longitudinal Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data files. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators of public postsecondary students including persistence rates, graduation rates, and average time to graduation by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces, and the three combined Territories.
    Release date: 2024-12-11
  • 2. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2021/2022
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012023006
    Description: This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are based on the longitudinal Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data files. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators of public postsecondary students including persistence rates, graduation rates, and average time to graduation by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces, and the three combined Territories.
    Release date: 2023-12-19
  • 3. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2020/2021 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012023001
    Description:

    This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are based on the longitudinal Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data files. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators of public postsecondary students including persistence rates, graduation rates, and average time to graduation by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces, and the three combined Territories.

    Release date: 2023-01-11
  • 4. Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2019/2020 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 37-20-00012022003
    Description:

    This technical reference guide is intended for users of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). The data for the products associated with this issue are based on the longitudinal Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) administrative data files. Statistics Canada has derived a series of annual indicators of public postsecondary students including persistence rates, graduation rates, and average time to graduation by educational qualification, field of study, age group and gender for Canada, the provinces, and the three combined Territories.

    Release date: 2022-06-06

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