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Table D.5.8
Literacy levels for numeracy proficiency, by urban/rural status, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003
| Numeracy proficiency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4/5 | |||||
| percentage | standard error | percentage | standard error | percentage | standard error | percentage | standard error | |
| Total | ||||||||
| Canada | 25.5 | (0.5) | 29.6 | (0.5) | 30.1 | (0.6) | 14.7 | (0.6) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 32.0 | (1.8) | 32.8 | (2.0) | 25.9 | (1.8) | 9.2 | (1.2) |
| Prince Edward Island | 25.7 | (2.4) | 33.9 | (2.3) | 28.1 | (2.5) | 12.3 | (1.7) |
| Nova Scotia | 26.0 | (1.6) | 30.5 | (2.2) | 30.8 | (1.7) | 12.8 | (1.4) |
| New Brunswick | 30.0 | (1.5) | 35.2 | (1.9) | 25.8 | (2.2) | 8.9 | (1.3) |
| Quebec | 27.6 | (0.9) | 31.3 | (1.0) | 28.6 | (1.2) | 12.5 | (0.7) |
| Ontario | 27.0 | (1.0) | 28.8 | (1.4) | 29.3 | (1.1) | 14.8 | (1.2) |
| Manitoba | 24.6 | (1.2) | 31.7 | (2.3) | 31.3 | (2.4) | 12.4 | (1.6) |
| Saskatchewan | 19.7 | (1.4) | 29.2 | (3.4) | 34.2 | (3.6) | 16.9 | (2.2) |
| Alberta | 19.7 | (1.6) | 29.0 | (2.3) | 32.7 | (2.3) | 18.6 | (1.6) |
| British Columbia | 21.4 | (1.1) | 27.3 | (2.0) | 33.4 | (2.0) | 17.8 | (1.3) |
| Yukon | 15.7 | (1.4) | 27.5 | (3.1) | 37.7 | (3.0) | 19.1 | (2.0) |
| Northwest Territories | 25.0 | (2.4) | 28.0 | (3.5) | 31.7 | (2.1) | 15.3 | (1.5) |
| Nunavut | 55.7 | (2.4) | 22.4 | (2.6) | 15.4 | (1.7) | 6.5E | (1.3) |
| Urban | ||||||||
| Canada | 25.5 | (0.6) | 29.0 | (0.7) | 30.1 | (0.8) | 15.4 | (0.7) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 28.1 | (2.4) | 33.0 | (2.6) | 28.0 | (2.9) | 10.9 | (1.6) |
| Prince Edward Island | 28.8 | (3.3) | 31.7 | (3.6) | 27.1 | (3.5) | 12.3E | (2.5) |
| Nova Scotia | 23.7 | (2.4) | 29.4 | (3.5) | 31.7 | (2.6) | 15.1 | (2.1) |
| New Brunswick | 27.1 | (2.9) | 33.8 | (3.2) | 27.3 | (2.6) | 11.8E | (2.7) |
| Quebec | 26.3 | (1.1) | 31.7 | (1.1) | 28.9 | (1.4) | 13.0 | (0.8) |
| Ontario | 27.9 | (1.2) | 28.3 | (1.6) | 28.9 | (1.5) | 15.0 | (1.6) |
| Manitoba | 24.3 | (1.5) | 30.6 | (2.9) | 31.8 | (2.6) | 13.3 | (1.8) |
| Saskatchewan | 18.7 | (2.4) | 25.4E | (5.1) | 34.9 | (4.8) | 21.0 | (3.1) |
| Alberta | 19.8 | (1.6) | 28.5 | (2.5) | 32.9 | (2.7) | 18.7 | (1.7) |
| British Columbia | 22.2 | (1.2) | 26.3 | (2.1) | 32.6 | (2.3) | 18.9 | (1.3) |
| Yukon | 14.9 | (2.1) | 28.0 | (3.8) | 38.7 | (4.3) | 18.4 | (2.8) |
| Northwest Territories | 16.5E | (2.8) | 27.5 | (3.9) | 36.9 | (2.6) | 19.1 | (2.1) |
| Nunavut | 44.2 | (4.1) | 26.7E | (4.8) | 19.5E | (3.3) | 9.6E | (2.0) |
| Rural | ||||||||
| Canada | 25.8 | (0.9) | 32.2 | (1.1) | 30.3 | (1.5) | 11.7 | (1.1) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 38.7 | (2.7) | 32.5 | (2.4) | 22.4 | (2.8) | F | ... |
| Prince Edward Island | 23.0 | (3.4) | 35.9 | (3.7) | 28.9 | (3.7) | 12.3E | (2.8) |
| Nova Scotia | 28.9 | (2.1) | 31.8 | (2.2) | 29.5 | (1.9) | 9.7E | (1.7) |
| New Brunswick | 33.2 | (2.5) | 36.8 | (3.0) | 24.2 | (3.3) | 5.8E | (1.6) |
| Quebec | 33.7 | (2.7) | 29.4 | (2.7) | 27.0 | (2.7) | 10.0 | (1.6) |
| Ontario | 21.7 | (2.6) | 32.2 | (3.3) | 31.9 | (4.3) | 14.2E | (3.3) |
| Manitoba | 25.8 | (2.7) | 35.3 | (3.0) | 29.6 | (4.0) | 9.4E | (2.7) |
| Saskatchewan | 21.6E | (4.0) | 36.6 | (4.1) | 32.9 | (4.1) | 9E | (2.7) |
| Alberta | 19E | (4.5) | 31.7 | (4.2) | 31.3 | (4.3) | 18.0 | (2.9) |
| British Columbia | 17.1 | (2.6) | 33.0 | (3.8) | 37.6 | (4.1) | 12.2E | (2.8) |
| Yukon | 17.2 | (2.8) | 26.4 | (4.0) | 35.9 | (3.3) | 20.5 | (3.2) |
| Northwest Territories | 42.3 | (3.8) | 29E | (4.8) | 21.3E | (3.8) | 7.4E | (2.3) |
| Nunavut | 66.7 | (2.7) | 18.2 | (2.6) | 11.6E | (2.0) | F | ... |
| … not applicable E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Notes: An urban area has a minimum population concentration of 1,000 persons and a population density of at least 400 persons per square kilometre, based on the current census population count. All territory outside urban areas is classified as rural. PCEIP 2007 presented an overview of the literacy domains in Table D.5.1 (prose proficiency, document proficiency, numeracy, and problem-solving), then focused on prose proficiency in the remaining tables and charts (Tables D.5.2 through D.5.7; Charts D.5.1 through D.5.5). In these PCEIP June 2008 updates, the D5 series is continued and focuses on numeracy. Data source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003, Statistics Canada. Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa. Updated June 16, 2008. |
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