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  • 1. Student debt from all sources, by province of study and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 2. Student debt from all sources, by location of residence at interview and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 3. Postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, by province of study and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of debt paid off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 4. Postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, by location of residence at interview and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0039-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of debt paid off at the time of the interview, are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 5. Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation
    Table: 37-10-0180-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation, Canada and provinces. This table is included in Section B: Financing education systems of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). 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: 2024-03-22
  • 6. Incidence and repayment of government student loans among graduates who did not pursue any further postsecondary education program
    Table: 37-10-0181-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Incidence and repayment of government student loans among graduates who did not pursue any further postsecondary education program, Canada and provinces. This table is included in Section B: Financing education systems of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). 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: 2024-03-22
  • 7. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt and province of study
    Table: 37-10-0255-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of study, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 8. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt, level of study and province of study
    Table: 37-10-0255-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of study, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 9. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt and by province of residence
    Table: 37-10-0256-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of residence at interview, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 10. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt, level of study and by province of residence
    Table: 37-10-0256-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of residence at interview, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
Data (22)

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  • 1. Student debt from all sources, by province of study and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 2. Student debt from all sources, by location of residence at interview and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 3. Postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, by province of study and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of debt paid off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 4. Postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, by location of residence at interview and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0039-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description:

    Statistics on postsecondary graduates who owed money for their education to government-sponsored student loans at graduation, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of debt paid off at the time of the interview, are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 5. Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation
    Table: 37-10-0180-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation, Canada and provinces. This table is included in Section B: Financing education systems of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). 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: 2024-03-22
  • 6. Incidence and repayment of government student loans among graduates who did not pursue any further postsecondary education program
    Table: 37-10-0181-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Incidence and repayment of government student loans among graduates who did not pursue any further postsecondary education program, Canada and provinces. This table is included in Section B: Financing education systems of the Pan Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). 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: 2024-03-22
  • 7. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt and province of study
    Table: 37-10-0255-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of study, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 8. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt, level of study and province of study
    Table: 37-10-0255-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of study, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 9. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt and by province of residence
    Table: 37-10-0256-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of residence at interview, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 10. Student debt at postsecondary graduation, by source of debt, level of study and by province of residence
    Table: 37-10-0256-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Student debt of postsecondary graduates who borrowed from government or non-government sources and their debts at graduation by province of residence at interview, level of study, field of study and gender.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
Analysis (28)

Analysis (28) (0 to 10 of 28 results)

  • 1. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the postsecondary graduating class of 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20240824692
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 2. Postsecondary students receiving payments from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) in 2020
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2023001
    Description: This paper uses longitudinal data derived from a database that integrates data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with data from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) to provide insights into the differences in the rate of receipt of CERB and CESB of students who were in postsecondary education at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency benefits payments are examined along various educational and socio-economic characteristics.
    Release date: 2023-01-16
  • 3. Study: Postsecondary students receiving payments from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) in 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202301636344
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-01-16
  • 4. Claiming postsecondary education tax credits: Differences by level of parental income and implications for trends in enrolment rates
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202101100002
    Description:

    Postsecondary students can claim postsecondary education credits to lower their tax obligations (or that of a parent, grandparent, spouse or common-law partner, or their parent or grandparent). Claiming the credits is costless, but it does require knowledge of how the credits work to reduce taxes. As a result, claim rates may be unequal across socio-economic backgrounds, including the level of parental income (a key policy lever for needs-based student financial aid). The purpose of this article is to document claim rates among postsecondary students by level of parental income, as well as to re-assess trends in postsecondary enrolment rates by level of parental income in light of unequal claim rates. These trends were previously established with information on the tax credits in tax data. This study uses data from the T1 Family File (T1FF) and the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS), which have been recently linked for all ten provinces from 2009 onwards.

    Release date: 2021-11-24
  • 5. Portrait of youth in Canada: Education Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021075
    Description:

    This infographic examines the educational situation of Canadian youth. It includes information on the differences in educational attainment by sex as well as by different population groups. It also looks at student debt in Canada and the earning benefits of acquiring a postsecondary education. Data are drawn from the Labour Force Survey 2019, Census of Population 2016, National Graduates Survey classes of 2000 to 2015 and Census of Population - T1 Personal Master files.

    Release date: 2021-10-04
  • 6. Saving for postsecondary education, 2020 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020059
    Description:

    This infographic presents information on the ways in which parents and guardians plan to help their children with the cost of postsecondary education, with a focus on savings and barriers to savings.

    Release date: 2020-09-24
  • 7. Trends in student debt of postsecondary graduates in Canada: Results from the National Graduates Survey, 2018
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100005
    Description:

    Using data from the last four cycles of the National Graduates Survey (NGS), this study examines changes in the proportion of students with student debt over time, as well as the median amount of debt at graduation. Also, focussing on the 2015 cohort of graduates, the study examines the debt by field of study and by sources of financing, as well as the link between the characteristics of the students with student debt at graduation and the reduction of their debt three years after.

    Release date: 2020-08-25
  • 8. Trends in student debt of postsecondary graduates in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020058
    Description: This infographic uses data from the National Graduates Survey (NGS) to examine the proportion of students with debt, and the median amount of student debt at graduation.
    Release date: 2020-08-25
  • 9. Half of recent postsecondary graduates had student debt prior to the pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202023824907
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-08-25
  • 10. COVID-19 Pandemic: Financial impacts on postsecondary students in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100016
    Description:

    This paper provides insight on how postsecondary students' financial situation was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Results are based on the recent Statistics Canada crowdsourcing data collection completed by over 100,000 postsecondary students between April 19 and May 1, 2020.

    Release date: 2020-05-15
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Survey of Earned Doctorates
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3126
    Description: This survey is designed to determine such factors as: labour market and mobility plans after graduation, how graduates funded their doctoral studies and how much, if any, debt they accumulated during their studies and the time required to complete a doctoral degree. In addition, information on educational history and socio-economic background is collected.
  • 2. Access and Support to Education and Training Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5151
    Description: The Access and Support to Education and Training Survey addresses issues relating to antecedents and determinants to access to Post Secondary Education (PSE), including the role of student financing and participation in adult education and training.
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