Updates: Figures and tables

December 1st, 2006

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Chapter A: A portrait of the school-age population
Chapter B: Financing education systems
Chapter C: Elementary-secondary systems
Chapter D: Postsecondary education
Chapter E: Transitions and outcomes

Population size

The following tables in this section have been updated:

Table A1.1: Estimates and projections, population ages 5 to 29, Canada and jurisdictions, 1991 to 2031

Figure A1.1: Estimated and projected population, age groups 5 to 13, 14 to 18, 19 to 24 and 25 to 29, Canada, 1991 to 2031

Population size (Excel workbook 70 KB)

Low income

Table A3.1: Percentage of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) in low income (based on after-tax low-income cutoffs), Canada and provinces, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004

Table A3.2: Distribution of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), by number of years in low income between 1999 and 2004, Canada and provinces

Figure A3.1: Distribution of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) by number of years in low income between 1999 and 2004, by family situation in 1999, Canada

Figure A3.2: Percentage of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) living in low income, Canada and provinces, 2004

Figure A3.3: Percentage of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) who spent more than a year in low income between 1999 and 2004, Canada and provinces

Low income (Excel workbook 51 KB)

Public and private expenditure on education

The following tables in this section have been updated:

Table B2.3: Public expenditures on education, health, social services, and non-social programs, Canada, 1990 to 2006 (in 2001 constant dollars)

Table B2.8: Average undergraduate university tuition fees, Canada and provinces, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006 (in 2001 constant dollars)

Table B2.9: Average university tuition fees by faculty, Canada, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006 (in 2001 constant dollars)

Figure B2.3: Average undergraduate university tuition fees, Canada and provinces, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006

Public and private expenditure on education (Excel workbook 531 KB)

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Information and communications technologies (ICT) in schools

The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:

Table C6.1: Number of students per computer, proportion of school and home computers connected to the Internet, 15-year-old students, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Table C6.2: Availability of computers to use at home or at school for 15-year-old students, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Table C6.3: Frequency of use of computers at home and at school by 15-year-old students, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Table C6.4: 15-year-olds who use computers to help them learn school material, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Table C6.5: Frequency of use of computers, by sex, 15-year-old students, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Figure C6.1: Average number of students per school computer, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Figure C6.3: Percentage of 15-year-old students reporting availability of computer to use at school and at home, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Figure C6.4: Percentage of 15-year-old students reporting use of computers at school and at home, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Figure C6.5: Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported using computers to help them learn school material, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Figure C6.6: Frequency of use of computers at school by sex, 15-year-old students, Canada, provinces and other countries, 2003

Information and communications technologies (ICT) in schools (Excel workbook 199 KB)

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Research and Development

The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:

Table D4.1: Total domestic expenditures on R&D as a percentage of GDP, Canada in relation to all OECD countries, 2004 (or latest available year)

Table D4.2: Total domestic expenditures on R&D as a percentage of GDP, Canada and jurisdictions, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Table D4.3: Percentage of total R&D by sector, Canada and jurisdictions, G-7, leading OECD countries, 2004

Table D4.4: Real expenditures on R&D, and percentage change, Canada and provinces, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Table D4.5: Sources of funds for university R&D expenditures in millions of real dollars and as a percentage of total funding, Canada and provinces, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Figure D4.1: Total domestic expenditures on R&D as percentage of GDP, Canada in relation to all OECD countries, 2004 (or latest available year)

Figure D4.2: Total domestic expenditures on R&D as a percentage of GDP (national or provincial), Canada and provinces, 2004

Figure D4.3: Percentage change in R&D expenditures contributed by sector, Canada and provinces, 1991 to 2004

Research and Development (Excel workbook 135 KB)

Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64

The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:

Table D6.1: Level of educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, OECD countries, 2004

Figure D6.1: Proportion of the population aged 25 to 64 with college or university qualifications, top ten OECD countries, 2004

Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 (Excel workbook 30 KB)

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Transitions to postsecondary education and the labour market

The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:

Table E1.1: Participation rate in education, by education level and age, Canada, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006

Table E1.2: Proportion of students who are also working, by education level and age, Canada, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006

Table E1.3: Distribution of the population aged 15 to 29 by education level, labour force status and age, Canada, 2005-2006

Figure E1.1: Participation rate at the college level, Canada, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006

Figure E1.2: Participation rate at the university level, Canada, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006

Transitions to postsecondary education and the labour market (Excel workbook 53 KB)

Labour market outcomes

Table E2.1: Unemployment rates of population aged 15 and over, by level of education, Canada, 1991 to 2005

Table E2.2: Unemployment rates of 25- to 29-year-olds by educational attainment, Canada and provinces, 1995 and 2005

Table E2.3: Relative earnings of the 25- to 64-year-old population with income from employment, by level of educational attainment, selected OECD countries (high school and trade-vocational education = 100)

Figure E2.1: Unemployment rate of 25- to 29-year-olds, selected levels of education, Canada and provinces, 2005

Figure E2.2: Relative earnings by level of educational attainment for 25- to 64-year-olds, selected OECD countries (high school and trade-vocational education = 100)

Labour market outcomes (Excel workbook 1,343 KB)