Table A.5.2
Trends in employment rates1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997 to 2009

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  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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OECD average2  
Below upper secondary 57.2 57.4 57.7 57.8 58.0 56.5 56.6 56.1 56.5 57.3 58.1 58.2 56.0
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 74.3 74.6 75.0 75.4 75.4 74.6 74.4 74.3 74.8 75.5 75.9 76.1 74.2
Tertiary education 84.2 84.4 84.5 84.7 84.7 84.2 83.7 83.6 84.0 84.5 84.5 84.6 83.6
Canada3  
Below upper secondary 52.5 53.5 54.4 54.7 54.4 55.0 56.4 57.0 56.4 56.9 57.3 57.7 55.1
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 73.9 74.4 75.3 76.0 75.4 75.8 76.3 76.7 76.3 76.0 76.5 76.5 73.7
Tertiary education 81.7 82.3 82.4 82.7 81.9 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.2 82.6 82.9 82.6 81.7
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Below upper secondary 32.7 34.6 36.6 34.5 35.8 35.8 35.5 39.0 36.3 37.3 37.8 39.3 38.4
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 59.7 61.9 65.2 63.2 64.7 64.0 65.5 65.0 64.2 65.2 64.3 65.1 61.4
Tertiary education 75.1 73.9 76.7 75.4 76.4 75.9 74.8 75.1 76.6 77.5 78.2 77.2 77.2
Prince Edward Island  
Below upper secondary 52.3 54.4 50.4 56.5 55.2 55.4 57.9 57.5 60.2 55.6 55.6 58.6 57.6
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 70.7 69.7 72.3 72.1 74.2 73.6 72.0 73.4 72.5 74.4 74.5 74.0 71.0
Tertiary education 79.7 81.1 80.1 81.7 80.9 79.9 82.3 83.0 83.2 82.2 81.9 82.7 81.2
Nova Scotia  
Below upper secondary 43.9 48.4 47.8 47.8 48.2 47.0 49.1 51.4 50.1 48.5 50.2 53.0 52.4
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 69.2 69.6 71.4 70.9 70.3 71.9 70.3 73.2 73.1 71.4 71.6 71.5 70.9
Tertiary education 77.5 78.3 78.1 79.4 79.1 80.0 80.0 79.6 79.7 80.2 80.2 81.1 80.7
New Brunswick  
Below upper secondary 43.8 43.4 46.2 44.6 44.8 45.2 45.4 45.8 46.1 46.0 47.0 47.5 46.6
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 69.0 68.2 69.9 71.8 68.8 70.6 70.0 72.1 72.1 72.9 73.2 72.5 72.7
Tertiary education 78.7 79.7 79.1 80.3 80.0 81.8 81.6 81.4 80.4 81.0 82.4 82.4 81.8
Quebec  
Below upper secondary 48.1 49.0 49.6 50.1 50.0 52.5 52.5 53.1 52.3 53.0 52.4 53.9 53.1
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 69.4 70.6 72.1 73.1 72.7 73.7 74.2 74.3 73.9 73.0 73.9 73.8 72.0
Tertiary education 80.6 81.4 81.0 81.9 80.7 81.6 80.9 81.6 81.0 81.9 83.3 82.1 82.0
Ontario  
Below upper secondary 55.0 56.0 57.1 58.5 57.7 56.4 59.3 58.8 58.2 57.8 57.9 57.6 53.7
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 74.2 75.1 76.0 76.7 76.5 76.3 76.9 77.3 76.7 75.8 75.8 75.7 72.2
Tertiary education 82.1 83.2 83.6 83.4 82.9 82.5 82.8 82.8 83.1 83.3 82.8 82.8 81.3
Manitoba  
Below upper secondary 61.7 64.2 63.7 64.8 63.2 65.8 63.9 67.1 63.0 63.4 64.9 66.5 63.7
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 79.8 80.0 80.4 81.3 80.9 82.0 81.2 80.9 80.6 81.1 81.1 80.7 79.7
Tertiary education 83.8 84.9 85.2 84.2 84.6 85.3 85.5 85.2 85.8 85.0 85.8 85.7 85.2
Saskatchewan  
Below upper secondary 63.3 63.5 64.9 63.4 60.6 60.8 62.5 63.0 63.2 66.7 69.5 67.0 65.4
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 81.0 82.6 81.8 82.1 80.6 81.8 82.7 82.5 81.7 82.4 82.8 83.1 82.7
Tertiary education 84.9 84.5 85.8 84.8 84.1 85.7 85.1 84.6 85.1 85.1 85.8 85.2 86.0
Alberta  
Below upper secondary 65.3 66.6 67.2 65.0 66.3 66.5 67.7 69.3 68.2 71.0 71.3 70.9 66.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 81.3 81.6 81.7 81.7 81.9 82.2 82.4 82.7 82.4 82.8 83.5 84.2 79.8
Tertiary education 84.2 84.4 84.1 85.1 84.7 84.8 84.8 84.4 84.2 85.0 85.4 84.9 84.8
British Columbia  
Below upper secondary 52.9 51.8 53.7 53.7 54.0 54.4 55.8 58.0 58.9 59.3 61.7 60.8 55.8
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 75.2 73.9 74.1 75.1 73.3 73.7 74.3 74.6 75.3 76.2 77.1 76.7 73.4
Tertiary education 81.2 80.8 80.7 80.9 79.1 78.5 79.4 79.7 79.7 80.1 80.3 80.5 79.4
Yukon  
Below upper secondary 60.0 61.3 59.9 60.5 56.3 60.9 61.0 58.8 55.7 61.5 58.9 59.6 53.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 77.5 75.1 78.9 80.9 76.5 74.5 73.4 81.2 83.5 84.3 84.0 84.2 79.4
Tertiary education 85.1 84.2 85.1 86.6 85.5 86.5 86.7 88.4 87.5 88.8 85.4 89.5 87.4
Northwest Territories  
Below upper secondary .. .. .. .. 55.6 58.2 55.6 59.6 62.0 62.7 65.2 60.3 50.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary .. .. .. .. 81.9 86.0 85.7 86.2 87.2 88.8 87.4 86.2 84.8
Tertiary education .. .. .. .. 91.5 91.2 90.8 91.3 92.3 93.1 92.1 90.5 90.0
Nunavut  
Below upper secondary … … .. .. .. .. .. 45.5 46.3 51.2 56.7 50.4 49.6
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary … … .. .. .. .. .. 78.0 78.0 80.3 81.3 72.0 71.7
Tertiary education … … .. .. .. .. .. 91.1 92.5 93.1 90.2 88.4 89.0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
1. Number of 25- to 64-year-olds in employment as a percentage of the population aged 25 to 64.
2. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A7.3a, Trends in employment rates of 25-64 year-olds, by educational attainment (1997-2009), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
3. Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators.