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Table D.1.1
Number of registered apprentices, Canada and jurisdictions, 1995 and 2005

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  1995 2005
number number
Canada 163,370 293,835
Newfoundland and Labrador1 1,955 9,310
Prince Edward Island 410 635
Nova Scotia 4,110 5,350
New Brunswick 4,725 4,225
Quebec 33,145 65,355
Ontario 61,875 102,190
Manitoba 3,235 6,705
Saskatchewan 4,595 7,230
Alberta 29,335 60,955
British Columbia 19,195 30,995
Yukon 240 360
Northwest Territories2 550 400
Nunavut2 125
… not applicable
1. 2005 figure includes pre-apprenticeship candidates.
2. Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. Prior to that date, data for Nunavut were included with data for the Northwest Territories. This creates a break in series for the Northwest Territories in 1999/2000.
Notes: To ensure the confidentiality of responses, a random rounding process is applied to the data. As a result, when these data are summed or grouped, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values, since the total and subtotals are independently rounded.
Data source: Registered Apprenticeship Information System, Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated June 16, 2008.