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December 16, 2008
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Chapter A: A portrait of the school-age population
Chapter B: Financing education systems
Chapter C: Elementary-secondary education
Chapter D: Postsecondary education
Chapter E: Transitions and outcomes
The following tables in this section have been updated:
Chart A.2.2: Proportion of visible minorities among the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), selected census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006
Chart A.2.3: Proportion of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) with non-official home languages, selected census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006
Table A.2.2: Proportion of visible minorities among the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006
Table A.2.3: Proportion of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) with non-official home language, Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006
Cultural diversity (Excel)
Chart A.3.2: Percentage of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) in low income, Canada and provinces, 2006
Table A.3.1: Percentage of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) in low income, by type of living arrangement, Canada and provinces, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2006
Low income (Excel)
Table A.4.2: Distribution of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), by age group and by work activity of parents, Canada and jurisdictions, 2001 and 2006
Table A.4.4: Distribution of the population aged 5 to 24 with Aboriginal identity, by age group and by work activity of parents, Canada and jurisdictions, 2001 and 2006
Family background (Excel)
The following tables in this section have been updated:
Chart B.1.1: Indices of change in combined public and private expenditure on education, in 2001 constant dollars, by level of education, Canada, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005
Chart B.1.2: Combined public and private expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP, Canada and jurisdictions, 2003/2004Table B.1.1: Combined public and private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005 (in millions of 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.1.2: Indices of change in combined public and private expenditures on education, in 2001 constant dollars, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005
Table B.1.3: Percentage distribution of combined public and private expenditures on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2003/2004
Table B.1.4: Combined public and private expenditure on education per capita and index of change, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2003/2004 (in 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.1.5: Combined public and private expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP and index of change, Canada and jurisdictions, 1999/2000 to 2003/2004
Total expenditure on education (Excel)
Chart B.2.1: Percentage change in public expenditure on education between 1999/2000 and 2003/2004, Canada and jurisdictions
Chart B.2.2: Private expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on education, Canada and jurisdictions, 2003/2004
Table B.2.1: Public expenditure on education, health, social services, and non-social programs, Canada, 1989/1990 to 2006/2007 (in 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.2.2: Public expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005 (in millions of 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.2.3: Indices of change in public expenditure on education, in 2001 constant dollars, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005
Table B.2.4: Private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005 (in millions of 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.2.5: Indices of change in private expenditure on education, in 2001 constant dollars, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005
Table B.2.6: Private expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005
Table B.2.9: Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees, full-time students, Canada and provinces, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Table B.2.11: Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees, full-time students, by program, Canada, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Table B.2.12: University revenues, by source, as a percentage of total revenue, Canada and provinces, 1999/2000 and 2006/2007
Table B.2.13: University expenditure, by resource category, Canada and provinces, 1999/2000 to 2006/2007 (in thousands of 2001 constant dollars)
Table B.2.14: Percentage distribution of university expenditure, by resource category, Canada and provinces, 1999/2000 to 2006/2007
Public and private expenditure on education (Excel)
The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:
Chart C.2.2: Percentage change in full-time-equivalent educators in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions, 1999/2000 to 2005/2006
Chart C.2.3: Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions, 2005/2006
Table C.2.2: Full-time-equivalent educators in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2005/2006
Table C.2.3: Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2005/2006
Elementary-secondary school: enrolments and educators (Excel)
Table C.4.4: Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reading assessments, Canada and provinces, 2000, 2003 and 2006
Table C.4.8.1: Estimated average scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science combined scale, by performance level, Canada , provinces, and participating countries, 2006
Table C.4.8.2: Estimated average scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science combined scale, by performance level, Canada , provinces, and participating countries, 2006
Table C.4.9: Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science assessments, by sub-scale, Canada and provinces, 2006
Table C.4.10: Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics assessments, Canada and provinces, 2003 and 2006
Table C.4.11: Mean scores of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading and reading subdomain assessments, Canada and jurisdictions, 2007
Table C.4.12: Percentage distribution of results of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading assessment, by performance level, Canada and jurisdictions, 2007
Table C.4.13: Mean scores of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) mathematics and science assessments, Canada and jurisdictions, 2007
Table C.4.14: Performance of jurisdictions relative to Canada based on the mean score of 13-year-olds on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading, mathematics and science assessments, 2007
Table C.4.15: Performance of jurisdictions relative to Canada based on the mean score of 13-year-olds who responded in English, on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading, mathematics and science assessments, 2007
Table C.4.16: Performance of jurisdictions relative to Canada based on the mean score of 13-year-olds who responded in French, on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading, mathematics and science assessments, 2007
Student achievement (Excel)
The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:
Chart D.1.1: Number of registered apprentices, by sex and major trade group, Canada, 2006
Table D.1.1: Number of registered apprentices, Canada and jurisdictions, 1996 and 2006
Table D.1.2: Number of registered apprentices, by sex and major trade group, Canada, 1996 and 2006
Table D.1.3: Number and percentage distribution of registered apprentices, by age group, Canada, 1996 and 2006
Enrolment in postsecondary education (Excel)
Chart D.2.1: Registered apprenticeship completions, by major trade group, Canada, 1996 and 2006
Table D.2.1: Number of registered apprenticeship completions, Canada and jurisdictions, 1996 and 2006
Table D.2.2: Number of registered apprenticeship completions, by sex and major trade group, Canada, 1996 and 2006
Postsecondary completions and graduation rates (Excel)
Chart D.5.4: Employment rate, by document proficiency levels, population aged 16 to 65, Canada and jurisdictions, 2003
Chart D.5.10: Percentage of population at each document proficiency level, population aged 16 and over, Canada and jurisdictions, 2003
Chart D.5.11: Proportion of the urban and rural populations at or above Level 3 for document proficiency, population aged 16 and over, Canada and jurisdictions, 2003
Chart D.5.12: Distribution of document proficiency levels, by age group, population aged 16 and over, Canada , 2003
Chart D.5.13: Distribution of document proficiency levels, by Aboriginal (urban) and non-Aboriginal (urban and rural) populations aged 16 and over in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 2003
Table D.5.5: Employment rate, by literacy level for document proficiency, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 to 65, 2003
Table D.5.13: Literacy levels for document proficiency, by urban/rural status, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003
Table D.5.14: Literacy levels for document proficiency, by age group and sex, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003
Table D.5.15: Literacy levels for document proficiency, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003
Table D.5.16: Literacy levels for document proficiency, Aboriginal (urban) and non-Aboriginal (urban and rural) populations aged 16 and over in Manitoba and Saskatchewan 2003
Table D.5.17: Literacy levels for document proficiency, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations aged 16 and over in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, 2003
Literacy (Excel)
Chart D.6.1: Proportion of the population aged 25 to 64 with college or university qualifications, top 10 OECD countries, 2006
Chart D.6.2: Population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by educational attainment, Canada, 2006
Chart D.6.3: Population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by selected educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006
Chart D.6.4: Population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by age group and educational attainment, Canada, 2006
Chart D.6.5: Population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by sex and educational attainment, Canada, 2006
Table D.6.1: Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, OECD countries, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006
Table D.6.2: Distribution of the population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by educational attainment and age group, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006
Table D.6.4: Distribution of the population aged 25 to 64, by educational attainment and age group, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006
Table D.6.5: Distribution of the population aged 25 to 64 with Aboriginal identity, by sex and educational attainment, Canada, 2006
Table D.6.6: Distribution of the population aged 25 to 64, by sex and educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006
Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64 (Excel)
The following figures and tables in this section have been updated:
Chart E.1.4: Postsecondary education status of 24- to 26-year-olds who were no longer in high school, Canada and provinces, 2005
Table E.1.4: Postsecondary education status of 24- to 26-year-olds who were no longer in high school, by sex, Canada and provinces, December 2005
Table E.1.5: Percentage of high school dropouts aged 18- to 20-years-old in 1999 who reported additional education by December 2005, by sex, Canada and provinces
Transitions to postsecondary education (Excel)
Chart E.3.3: Distribution of earners, by educational attainment and level of earnings, Canada, 2005
Chart E.3.4: Relative earnings for 25- to 64-year-olds, by educational attainment, selected OECD countries, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Chart E.3.5: Average earnings/employment income, by age group and educational attainment, Canada , 2005
Table E.3.4: Distribution of earners, by educational attainment and earnings/employment income, Canada, 2005
Table E.3.5: Relative earnings of the 25- to 64-year-old population with income from employment, by educational attainment, selected OECD countries, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Table E.3.6: Average earnings or employment income, by age group and educational attainment, Canada, 2005
Labour market outcomes (Excel)