Canada at a Glance, 2022
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  • Women accounted for 50.9% of Canada’s total population aged 15 and older in private households in 2021.Note
  • In 2021, more than 1 in 4 (25.8%) women aged 15 and older were part of the racialized population, more than one-quarter (27.1%) were immigrants, and 4.5% were Indigenous.Note Note Note
  • Women in Canada are among the most educated in the world, with more than two-thirds (68%) of women aged 25 to 64 years having a college or university qualification in 2021, compared with an average of 44% among women in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Note

Table 9
Educational attainment of women aged 25 to 64 years, Canada and OECD, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Educational attainment of women aged 25 to 64 years Canada, OECD, Females and Males, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Canada OECD
Females Males Females Males
percent
Below upper secondary 6 8 19 21
Upper secondary and post-secondary and non-tertiary 26 36 38 43
Tertiary education 68 56 44 36
Note: Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using results from the provinces. LFS results for the territories are not included in the national estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 37-10-0130-01 Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64, by age group and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada, provinces and territories.

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  • Over the past decades, women’s participation in the labour force has increased. In 2021, more than 4 in 5 (83.9%) women aged 25 to 54 years participated in the labour force, compared to about half (52.3%) of women in this age group in 1976.Note

Table 10
Labour force participation rate of women aged 25 to 54 years, 1976 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour force participation rate of women aged 25 to 54 years Females and Males, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Females Males
percent
1976 52.3 94.5
1981 62.6 94.6
1986 70.2 93.6
1991 75.9 92.4
1996 76.0 90.8
2001 79.1 91.1
2006 81.0 91.0
2011 81.9 90.6
2016 81.9 90.7
2021 83.9 91.5
Note: Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using results from the provinces. LFS results for the territories are not included in the national estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0327-01 Labour force characteristics by sex and detailed age group, annual.

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