Table A.3.1
Employment ratesNote 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010

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Table A.3.1
Employment ratesNote 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010
Table summary
 This table displays the results of employment ratesof 25- to 64-year-olds isced 0/1 (pre-primary and primary), isced 2 (lower secondary), isced 3c (short pro- grammes), upper secondary education, isced 4 (post- secondary non-tertiary), tertiary education, all levels of education, column 1, column 2, column 3, column 4, column 5, column 6, column 7, column 8 and column 9, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  ISCED 0/1 (Pre-primary and primary) ISCED 2 (Lower secondary) ISCED 3C (Short pro-
grammes)		 Upper secondary education ISCED 4 (Post-
secondary non-tertiary)		 Tertiary
education		 All
levels of education
ISCED 3C
(Long pro-
grammes)/
3B 		ISCED 3A ISCED 5B (Type B) ISCED 5A/6 (Type A and Advanced research pro-
grammes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9
percent
OECD averagesNote 2  
Both sexes 46.6 59.0 70.8 73.4 72.7 77.9 80.9 84.0 72.4
Men 60.3 69.1 79.3 81.0 80.1 83.7 85.5 88.3 80.0
Women 35.7 48.7 64.7 63.8 65.4 74.4 77.2 79.3 65.0
CanadaNote 3  
Both sexes 43.2 60.0 … [5] 72.2 77.9 80.5 82.0 75.5
Men 53.4 66.7 … [5] 77.1 80.9 84.3 85.1 79.4
Women 31.8 51.4 … [5] 67.4 72.3 77.8 79.2 71.7
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Both sexes 32.1 43.2 … [5] 61.2 67.2 75.5 78.6 64.1
Men 36.6 53.0 Note ...: not applicable [5] 64.5 67.3 77.4 79.9 66.0
Women 26.3 35.2 Note ...: not applicable [5] 58.2 67.2 74.3 77.7 62.3
Prince Edward Island  
Both sexes 47.6 56.9 … [5] 68.8 78.4 80.5 84.6 74.1
Men 54.9 63.4 Note ...: not applicable [5] 72.5 82.7 82.6 86.2 76.3
Women 30.7Note E: Use with caution 47.1 Note ...: not applicable [5] 65.0 70.3 79.1 83.4 72.0
Nova Scotia  
Both sexes 42.5 54.4 … [5] 69.3 70.5 79.2 82.5 72.6
Men 51.0 62.5 Note ...: not applicable [5] 74.4 74.9 80.8 83.6 75.3
Women 29.2 45.3 Note ...: not applicable [5] 64.4 62.6 78.1 81.7 70.0
New Brunswick  
Both sexes 37.5 58.3 … [5] 70.4 71.6 79.4 82.9 72.2
Men 42.6 66.0 Note ...: not applicable [5] 75.2 71.8 82.7 85.3 74.9
Women 29.5 49.7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 66.0 71.4 77.0 81.1 69.7
Quebec  
Both sexes 42.2 60.3 … [5] 69.5 75.6 81.8 81.8 74.0
Men 51.2 66.9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 74.4 78.0 84.1 83.0 77.0
Women 31.3 52.1 Note ...: not applicable [5] 64.8 72.2 79.9 80.7 71.0
Ontario  
Both sexes 42.1 57.6 … [5] 71.9 76.0 80.3 82.2 75.7
Men 53.6 62.6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 76.3 79.0 84.3 85.6 79.4
Women 31.6 50.9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 67.4 69.8 77.3 79.1 72.1
Manitoba  
Both sexes 56.6 67.0 … [5] 79.6 84.2 84.9 85.8 80.6
Men 76.3 77.4 Note ...: not applicable [5] 84.8 87.7 88.3 87.4 85.2
Women 36.9 53.0 Note ...: not applicable [5] 74.0 78.4 82.3 84.3 76.0
Saskatchewan  
Both sexes 47.5 69.1 … [5] 80.4 85.6 85.3 85.9 81.4
Men 65.2 76.6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 85.7 89.2 90.2 88.5 85.8
Women 21.5Note E: Use with caution 56.9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 74.5 80.3 83.1 83.8 77.1
Alberta  
Both sexes 57.7 65.9 … [5] 76.7 85.0 81.2 83.4 79.3
Men 68.9 74.6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 83.0 87.7 87.2 88.4 84.9
Women 40.0 54.5 Note ...: not applicable [5] 70.6 77.7 77.3 78.6 73.4
British Columbia  
Both sexes 42.3 60.3 … [5] 71.3 79.8 77.4 79.2 74.5
Men 52.1 66.3 Note ...: not applicable [5] 75.8 83.2 82.2 83.9 79.1
Women 33.8 52.5 Note ...: not applicable [5] 67.0 71.1 74.7 75.1 70.1
Yukon  
Both sexes 46.4 53.3 … [5] 75.1 77.8 80.1 90.5 76.3
Men Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 50.8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 79.1 80.8 81.1 93.1 76.7
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 56.2 Note ...: not applicable [5] 71.0 61.7Note E: Use with caution 79.6 88.5 75.8
Northwest Territories  
Both sexes 38.8 52.9 … [5] 87.6 88.8 87.4 91.5 78.6
Men 41.5 54.6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 90.1 87.8 94.2 93.5 80.9
Women 35.8 51.1 Note ...: not applicable [5] 85.2 92.7 83.2 89.6 76.3
Nunavut  
Both sexes 48.5 55.8 … [5] 72.6 71.2 84.0 96.1 68.3
Men 54.4 57.7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 70.9 73.6 88.8 97.7 70.4
Women 43.0 53.6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 74.3 63.1 80.2 94.7 66.0
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
E use with caution.
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 2012: OECD Indicators, Table A7.1a, Employment rates, by educational attainment and gender (2010), and Table A7.1b (Web only) Employment rates, by educational attainment (2010), which present 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 Web site.
3. Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.
Note: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS);Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators.
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