Canada at a Glance, 2022
Education

Table 14
Educational attainment of working age population
Table summary
This table displays the results of Educational attainment of working age population 2011, 2016 and 2021, calculated using thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	thousands
	2011	2016	2021
Working age population	18,767	19,422	20,122
	percent
Less than high school	11	10	7
High school	26	24	21
Trades	12	11	10
College	24	26	26
University	26	30	35
Note: Population aged 25 to 64 based on Labour Force Survey estimates. Source: Statistics Canada, tables 37-10-0117-01 and 14-10-0327-01.

Table 15
Tuition fees for degree programs, full-time Canadian undergraduate students
Table summary
This table displays the results of Tuition fees for degree programs 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, calculated using average ( current dollars) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	average ( current dollars)
	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022
Canada	6,468	6,580	6,660
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,975	3,078	3,025
Prince Edward Island	6,748	6,881	6,951
Nova Scotia	8,478	8,746	9,035
New Brunswick	7,595	7,740	7,995
Quebec	3,060	3,152	3,272
Ontario	7,931	7,938	7,850
Manitoba	4,695	4,901	5,064
Saskatchewan	7,798	8,235	8,455
Alberta	5,692	6,111	6,582
British Columbia	5,936	5,990	6,134
Yukon	3,810	3,930	4,005
Note: The tuition fee averages are weighted with the latest enrolment data from the Postsecondary Student Information System. Source: Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0045-01.

In Canada, the average time to graduate from an undergraduate degree is 4.2 years,^Note while a technical or professional training diploma takes 2.5 years.^Note
The median employment income for graduates (class of 2017) from a public Canadian undergraduate degree program two years after graduation was $49,400. For graduates from a college-level diploma program, it was $40,200.
In 2019, two years after certifying in the trades, the median income of certified journeypersons was $62,600.

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