Educational portrait of Canada’s farm operators, 2021

Release date: August 25, 2023
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Educational attainment by gender, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Educational attainment by gender. The information is grouped by Highest certificate, diploma or degree (appearing as row headers), Women, Men and Total (appearing as column headers).
Highest certificate, diploma or degree Women Men Total
No certificate, diploma or degree 9.3% 18.2% 15.5%
Secondary (high) school diploma 28.1% 29.7% 29.2%
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 6.0% 16.3% 13.2%
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 29.2% 18.4% 21.7%
University certificate, diploma or degree 27.5% 17.3% 20.4%

Major field of postsecondary study by gender, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Major field of postsecondary study by gender. The information is grouped by Major field of postsecondary study for women (appearing as row headers), Percentage (appearing as column headers).
Major field of postsecondary study for women Percentage
Business, management, marketing and related support services 22.0%
Health professions and related programs 21.0%
Agricultural and veterinary sciences, services and operations and related fields 12.7%
Education 12.5%
Culinary, entertainment and personal services 4.5%

Table 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by Major field of postsecondary study for men (appearing as row headers), Percentage (appearing as column headers).
Major field of postsecondary study for men Percentage
Agricultural and veterinary sciences, services and operations and related fields 29.5%
Mechanic and repair technologies and technicians 12.3%
Construction trades 9.2%
Business, management, marketing and related support services 9.2%
Engineering and engineering-related technologies and technicians 7.1%

Educational attainment by age group, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Educational attainment by age group. The information is grouped by Age (appearing as row headers), No certificate, diploma or degree, Secondary (high) school diploma, Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma, College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma and University certificate, diploma or degree (appearing as column headers).
Age No certificate, diploma or degree Secondary (high) school diploma Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma University certificate, diploma or degree
Under 35 years 9.0% 27.6% 17.0% 25.0% 21.4%
35 to 54 years 9.4% 25.4% 14.6% 26.3% 24.4%
55 years and over 19.6% 31.4% 11.9% 18.8% 18.3%

Notes:

  • The 2021 data exclude households in Canada’s territories and collective dwellings.
  • The categories “men” and “women” may include non-binary persons.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021, and Census of Population, 2021.

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