Persistence and graduation of postsecondary students aged 15 to 19 years in Canada: Interactive tool

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The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following listed data tables:

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For more information on how to use this tool, consult the guide “How to use” available on this page (top right).

  • The data and methods are subject to revision. Percentages are calculated using rounded counts. Totals may not add up to the sum of all categories due to rounding. Estimates may not be available for all reference periods for all geographies, due to data limitations. Data with the symbol “E: use with caution” will only be displayed in some visual elements. See the technical reference guide "Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2018/2019" for further information.
  • The educational qualifications pursued and obtained by the new entrants are grouped according to the definitions in the Classification of programs and credentials.
  • An entry cohort is based on the new entrants to a program leading to a specific educational qualification who were enrolled full time during the fall term of that Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) reporting year.
  • Persistence rate ‘x’ years after first enrolment: the percentage of students in an entry cohort that are still enrolled in the fall term ‘x’ years after the first enrolment.
  • Graduation rate ‘x’ years after first enrolment: the percentage of students in an entry cohort that have completed the requirements for graduation by the end of the calendar year within ’x’ years after the fall term of their entry year. The rate is cumulative.
  • Average time to graduation: the average number of academic years for the students to complete the program for the educational qualification of first enrolment.
  • Status of student in Canada is defined at the end of the winter term, during the first year of enrolment. "Canadian students" include Canadian citizens and permanent residents. "International students" include students studying in Canada on student visas, non-Canadian students in Canada on other types of visas, non-Canadians whose status is unknown, and students studying from outside Canada (for example, by Internet).
  • Age group is based on the age of students on December 31st of the first academic year in which they started the program leading to an educational qualification.

How to use

Instructions to maximize the use of this interactive tool

This tool displays data on persistence and graduation of postsecondary students aged 15 to 19 years in Canada by two educational qualifications: Undergraduate degree and Career, technical or professional training diploma. Click on the buttons at the top of the application to toggle between the two educational qualifications.

The top left section of the tool contains a filter to select the data by the indicator of interest. In addition to that filter, an interactive map allows for the selection of a specific geography and two pie charts allows for the selection of a sub-population by gender and by status of student in Canada.

Use “control-click” on two visual elements to select two sub-populations of interest (e.g. women in Quebec). Please note that the tool will automatically revert to the highest category in a dimension when multiple categories are selected simultaneously within that visual element. For example, selecting multiple provinces or territories will revert automatically to the statistics for Canada.

Hovering over the pie charts, the map or the bar chart will generate tooltips that contains the underlying numbers or statistics. The colours on the map identify how the rate of the selected indicator in the regions compare to each other. Regions with a lighter colour have a relatively lower rate of the selected indicator and regions with a darker colour have a relatively higher rate of the selected indicator.

The visual elements will not appear, including some provinces or territories on the map, if some data are suppressed for confidentiality or unavailability reasons.

It is possible to access the data from all visual elements by right clicking on the elements and selecting “Show data” or by accessing the Statistics Canada data tables (see data tables listed under “Data” above the application).

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To add this dashboard, click on the ‘Embed this product’ button, copy and paste the code that appears below into your website source code. Copy the dashboard title and paste in your website source code.

Disclaimer

Your use of this dashboard on your website does not indicate any form of endorsement or approval of your website by the Government of Canada.

The Government of Canada may remove, cancel, or make changes to the dashboard at any time without notice. The dashboard is provided “as is”. The Government of Canada makes no warranty that this dashboard will not be uninterrupted or free from loss, corruption, attack, viruses, interference, hacking or other security intrusion and the Government of Canada disclaims any liability relating thereto.

This dashboard is being provided to you for your convenience only.

You shall have no recourse against the Government of Canada for any loss, liability, damage or cost that you may suffer or incur at any time from the use of, or inability to use, this dashboard.

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