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The National Graduates Survey collects information from persons who graduated from public postsecondary educational institutions in 2015. The questions focus on academic path, funding for postsecondary education, including government-sponsored student loans, and transition into the labour market.

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  • 71. Graduating in Canada: Profile, Labour Market Outcomes and Student Debt of the Class of 2005 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2009074
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report describes the educational experiences, labour market outcomes and financing of higher education of recent graduates for Canadian postsecondary education institutions using data from the 2007 National Graduates Survey (Class of 2005). The first section describes the characteristics of graduates from college, bachelor, master and doctorate level programs. The second section focuses on experiences after graduation including pursuing further education and labour market activities. Section three presents information on the financing of postsecondary education, its relation to education level and labour market outcomes. The final section focuses on co-operative education and international studies and their relationship with labour market outcomes and student debt.

    Release date: 2009-04-22
  • 72. Educating Health Workers: Provincial Results Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2008068
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using major Statistics Canada data sources related to the education and training of Canadians, this publication presents a jurisdictional view of what we currently know on educating health workers to begin to address some critical questions facing Canadians today: Does Canada have enough interested individuals with the right skills who want to work in health? Does it have the infrastructure, capacity, and effective education system to ensure an adequate supply of health workers to meet future health care demands?

    As such, this report reveals some important information about what happens before, during and after health education. It focuses on interest in health occupations, the number of students taking and graduating from postsecondary health programs along with their socio-demographic characteristics and those of the faculty teaching these programs, the labour market experiences of recent graduates from these programs - including their mobility after graduation - as well as the ongoing participation of health workers in formal and informal training.

    Release date: 2008-10-10
  • 73. Educating Health Workers: A Statistical Portrait Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2007049
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using current major Statistics Canada data sources related to the education of Canadians, this publication presents some of what we currently know on educating health workers to begin to address some critical questions facing Canadians today: Does Canada have enough interested individuals with the right skills who want to work in health? Does it have the infrastructure, capacity, and effective education system to ensure an adequate supply of health workers to meet future health care demands? As such, the report is primarily comprised of information tables accompanied by some brief analysis intended to highlight broad findings that may guide the reader in interpreting the tables.

    Release date: 2007-08-13
  • 74. Manitoba Postsecondary Graduates from the Class of 2000: How Did They Fare? Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2005029
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    The system of postsecondary education in Manitoba plays an important role in the social and economic health of the province. Colleges and universities strive to meet the lifelong learning needs of Manitobans and to ensure the availability of individuals with the right skills to support a growing and changing economy.

    This report uses data from the National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000) and asks who are the graduates of Manitoba's universities and colleges, what do they do after graduation, and how well do they integrate into the labour market? In particular, the report provides a portrait of the graduates from Manitoba's postsecondary institutions, analyses the mobility of students and graduates into and out of the province, looks at graduates' outcomes in the work force, and examines the student debt load of graduates. In addition, the report includes a special analysis of Aboriginal graduates.

    Release date: 2005-05-18
  • 75. Class of 2000: Student loans Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X20040027005
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Postsecondary students finance their education in a variety of ways, including employment income, savings, family support, scholarships, and loans from government and private sources. This Canadian Social Trends article discusses student loans: not the most frequently used form of financial support for students, but an important source for those who do borrow.

    Release date: 2004-09-14
  • 76. Class of 2000: Profile of Postsecondary Graduates and Student Debt Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2004016
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report looks at the characteristics and backgrounds of graduates with a degree, diploma or certificate from a college or university bachelor's program (including law and medicine) in 2000.

    Release date: 2004-04-26
  • 77. Good jobs, more debt: a profile of young graduates Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X20020026526
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines the labour market outcomes of university and college graduates who entered the work force at three points of the economic cycle: 1986, 1990 and 1995. It uses data from the National Graduates Survey.

    Release date: 2003-06-11
  • 78. Finding Their Way: A Profile of Young Canadian Graduates Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2003003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report provides a description of the labour-market outcomes experienced by 1995 postsecondary graduates, by gender and by field of specialization.

    Release date: 2003-02-24
  • 79. The working age population, by degrees Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20000025126
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    To understand the relationship between S&T skills and the labour market Statistics Canada has produced a study that provides insight into where S&T skills are deployed. As a group, the number of persons with S&T degrees, pegged at 5 million in 1996, has been growing five times faster than the number of non S&T degree holders. The highest concentrations of S&T graduates are in health (52.0% have S&T degrees), business services (38.1%), and construction (34.3%).

    Release date: 2000-06-01
  • 80. Graduates in Computer and Health Sciences are most successful Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X19990014629
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The growth of the Canadian economy depends largely on scientific and technological innovation in its knowledge-based industries. Research and development in the aerospace, environmental technology, information technology, biotechnology and telecommunications industries requires a highly qualified labour force with the right skills. A new paper reveals how well we're doing matching skills to demand.

    Release date: 1999-07-23
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  • 1. Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
    Table: 81-582-X
    Description: The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (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.

    PCEIP products include tables, fact sheets, reports and a methodological handbook. They present indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time.

    The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (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: 2024-10-22
  • 2. National Graduates Survey - Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 81M0011X
    Description: This survey was designed to collect details on topics such as: i) the extent to which graduates of postsecondary programs have been successful in obtaining employment since graduation; ii) the relationship between the graduates' program of study and the employment subsequently obtained; iii) the type of employment obtained and qualification requirements; iv) sources of funding for postsecondary education; and v) government-sponsored student loans and other sources of student debt. The survey results are directed towards policy makers, researchers, educators, employers and persons interested in public postsecondary education and graduates' transition from school to work.
    Release date: 2024-07-31
  • 3. Estimated gross annual earnings and student debt of postsecondary graduates in Canada: Interactive tool
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019025
    Description: This interactive tool provides an overview of the student debt and estimated gross annual earnings of postsecondary graduates in Canada. Estimates are available for four levels of study (college, bachelor's, master's and doctorate) and by province of study or location of residence at time of interview. Measures of student debt include the percentage of graduates who owed debt to any source at graduation, the average amount of that debt, and the percentage of those graduates who had paid off their debt by the time of interview. Estimated gross annual earnings are measured at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 4. Postsecondary graduates, by province of study and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0030-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Statistics on postsecondary graduates, including the number of graduates, the percentage of female graduates and age at graduation, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 5. Postsecondary graduates, by location of residence at interview and level of study
    Table: 37-10-0031-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Statistics on postsecondary graduates, including the number of graduates, the percentage of female graduates and age at graduation, 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
  • 6. Labour force activity of postsecondary graduates at time of interview, by province of study, level of study and gender
    Table: 37-10-0032-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Statistics on the labour force activity of postsecondary graduates at the time of the interview, including employed, employed full time, employed part time, not in the labour force and unemployed, are presented by the province of study, the level of study and gender. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 7. Labour force activity of postsecondary graduates at time of interview, by location of residence at interview, level of study and gender
    Table: 37-10-0033-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Statistics on the labour force activity of postsecondary graduates at the time of the interview, including employed, employed full time, employed part time, not in the labour force and unemployed, are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview, the level of study and gender. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 8. Estimated gross annual earnings of postsecondary graduates working full time at interview, by province of study, level of study and gender
    Table: 37-10-0034-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Estimated gross annual earnings quartiles for postsecondary graduates working full time at the time of the interview are presented by the province of study, the level of study and gender. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 9. Estimated gross annual earnings of postsecondary graduates working full time at interview, by location of residence at interview, level of study and gender
    Table: 37-10-0035-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Every 5 years
    Description: Estimated gross annual earnings quartiles for postsecondary graduates working full time at the time of the interview are presented by the location of residence at the time of the interview, the level of study and gender. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.
    Release date: 2024-03-22
  • 10. 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
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  • 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. Education Indicators in Canada: Fact Sheet
    Journals and periodicals: 81-599-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: The fact sheets in this series provide an "at-a-glance" overview of particular aspects of education in Canada and summarize key data trends in selected tables published as part of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP).

    The PCEIP mission is to publish a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada for policy makers, practitioners and the general public to monitor the performance of education systems across jurisdictions and over time. PCEIP is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC).

    Release date: 2023-06-21
  • 3. The achievements, experiences and labour market outcomes of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women with bachelor's degrees or higher
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100009
    Description:

    This study examines the educational attainment and labour market outcomes of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women primarily aged 25 to 64 using data from the 2006 and 2016 Census of Population, the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and the 2018 National Graduates Survey. Comparisons are made to the non-Indigenous population, across Indigenous-identity groups, and between the sexes.

    Release date: 2021-10-20
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Study: Labour market outcomes of postsecondary graduates, class of 2015 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202032227023
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-11-17
  • 6. Labour market outcomes of postsecondary graduates, class of 2015
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2020002
    Description:

    This article looks at the labour market outcomes of 2015 postsecondary graduates three years after graduation. Specifically, it examines their employment status, job permanency, relatedness of their job or business to their 2015 educational program, the degree to which graduates feel qualified for their job, their employment income and their job satisfaction. This article answers the question: How are graduates of 2015 faring in terms of their integration into the labour market?

    Release date: 2020-11-17
  • 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. 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
  • 9. 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
  • 10. Work-integrated learning during postsecondary studies, 2015 graduates
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100003
    Description:

    Based on data from the 2018 National Graduates Survey, this study examines the participation of 2015 postsecondary graduates in work-integrated learning (WIL), such as a co-op placement, placement, internship or clinical placement. This study examines, among other things, whether there is a link between participation in WIL and the labour market outcomes of graduates, three years after graduation.

    Release date: 2020-05-25
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  • 1. Education Indicators in Canada: Handbook for the Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 81-582-G
    Description: This handbook complements the tables of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It is a guide that provides general descriptions for each indicator and indicator component. PCEIP has five broad indicator sets: a portrait of the school-age population; financing education systems; elementary and secondary education; postsecondary education; and transitions and outcomes.

    The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

    Release date: 2024-03-28
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