Table A.3.2
Trends in employment ratesNote 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, Canada, provinces and territories, 1998 to 2010
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| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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| percent | |||||||||||||
| OECD averageNote 2 | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 57.4 | 57.7 | 57.8 | 58.0 | 56.5 | 56.6 | 56.1 | 56.5 | 57.3 | 58.1 | 58.0 | 56.1 | 55.5 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 74.6 | 75.0 | 75.4 | 75.4 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 74.3 | 74.8 | 75.5 | 76.0 | 76.0 | 74.1 | 73.7 |
| Tertiary education | 84.4 | 84.5 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 84.2 | 83.7 | 83.6 | 84.0 | 84.5 | 84.5 | 84.5 | 83.6 | 83.1 |
| CanadaNote 3 | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 53.5 | 54.4 | 54.7 | 54.4 | 55.0 | 56.4 | 57.1r | 56.4 | 56.8r | 57.2r | 57.7 | 55.0r | 55.1 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 74.4 | 75.3 | 76.0 | 75.4 | 75.8 | 76.3 | 76.7 | 76.3 | 76.0 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 73.7 | 74.0 |
| Tertiary education | 82.4r | 82.4 | 82.7 | 81.9 | 82.0 | 82.1 | 82.2 | 82.1r | 82.5r | 82.8r | 82.6 | 81.7 | 81.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 34.8Note r: revised | 36.8Note r: revised | 34.5 | 36.0Note r: revised | 35.9Note r: revised | 35.6Note r: revised | 39.0 | 36.4Note r: revised | 37.5Note r: revised | 37.7Note r: revised | 39.3 | 38.3Note r: revised | 38.7 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 62.2Note r: revised | 65.4Note r: revised | 63.3Note r: revised | 65.0Note r: revised | 64.1Note r: revised | 65.6Note r: revised | 65.1Note r: revised | 64.3Note r: revised | 65.3Note r: revised | 64.3 | 65.1 | 61.3Note r: revised | 64.4 |
| Tertiary education | 73.9 | 76.8Note r: revised | 75.6Note r: revised | 76.7Note r: revised | 76.0Note r: revised | 74.9Note r: revised | 75.2Note r: revised | 76.8Note r: revised | 77.5 | 78.3Note r: revised | 77.2 | 77.1Note r: revised | 76.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 54.4 | 50.5Note r: revised | 56.7Note r: revised | 55.3Note r: revised | 55.3Note r: revised | 58.1Note r: revised | 57.5 | 59.8Note r: revised | 55.7Note r: revised | 55.7Note r: revised | 58.5Note r: revised | 57.5Note r: revised | 54.1 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 69.6Note r: revised | 72.3Note r: revised | 72.3Note r: revised | 74.3Note r: revised | 73.6 | 72.1Note r: revised | 73.3Note r: revised | 72.4Note r: revised | 74.5Note r: revised | 74.6Note r: revised | 74.1Note r: revised | 70.9Note r: revised | 71.3 |
| Tertiary education | 81.1 | 80.2Note r: revised | 81.8Note r: revised | 81.0Note r: revised | 79.9 | 82.4Note r: revised | 82.8Note r: revised | 83.0Note r: revised | 82.3Note r: revised | 81.9 | 82.6Note r: revised | 81.1Note r: revised | 82.4 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 48.6Note r: revised | 47.9Note r: revised | 47.8 | 48.2 | 47.0 | 49.0Note r: revised | 51.0Note r: revised | 49.8Note r: revised | 48.4Note r: revised | 50.3Note r: revised | 53.0 | 52.3Note r: revised | 51.4 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 69.6 | 71.4 | 70.9 | 70.3 | 71.8Note r: revised | 70.4Note r: revised | 73.0Note r: revised | 72.9Note r: revised | 71.4 | 71.8Note r: revised | 71.5 | 70.9 | 69.8 |
| Tertiary education | 78.4Note r: revised | 78.1 | 79.5Note r: revised | 79.1 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 79.4Note r: revised | 79.6Note r: revised | 80.2 | 80.3Note r: revised | 81.1 | 80.6Note r: revised | 80.8 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 43.5Note r: revised | 46.3Note r: revised | 44.7Note r: revised | 44.8 | 45.1Note r: revised | 45.4 | 45.9Note r: revised | 46.0Note r: revised | 45.8Note r: revised | 46.9Note r: revised | 47.3Note r: revised | 46.6 | 50.7 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 68.3Note r: revised | 70.0Note r: revised | 71.9Note r: revised | 68.8 | 70.6 | 70.0 | 72.2Note r: revised | 72.0Note r: revised | 72.8Note r: revised | 73.1Note r: revised | 72.4Note r: revised | 72.7 | 70.8 |
| Tertiary education | 79.8Note r: revised | 79.1 | 80.3 | 80.1Note r: revised | 81.9Note r: revised | 81.6 | 81.4 | 80.3Note r: revised | 80.8Note r: revised | 82.2Note r: revised | 82.3Note r: revised | 81.7Note r: revised | 80.9 |
| Quebec | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 49.0 | 49.5Note r: revised | 50.0Note r: revised | 50.0 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 53.2Note r: revised | 52.3 | 52.9Note r: revised | 52.3Note r: revised | 53.9 | 53.2Note r: revised | 53.7 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 70.6 | 72.0Note r: revised | 73.0Note r: revised | 72.7 | 73.6Note r: revised | 74.2 | 74.3Note r: revised | 73.9 | 72.8Note r: revised | 73.8Note r: revised | 73.8 | 72.1Note r: revised | 72.2 |
| Tertiary education | 81.4 | 81.0 | 81.9 | 80.8Note r: revised | 81.6 | 80.8Note r: revised | 81.6 | 80.9Note r: revised | 81.8Note r: revised | 83.2Note r: revised | 82.2 | 82.0 | 81.8 |
| Ontario | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 56.1Note r: revised | 57.1 | 58.5 | 57.7 | 56.5Note r: revised | 59.4Note r: revised | 58.9Note r: revised | 58.1Note r: revised | 57.6Note r: revised | 57.7Note r: revised | 57.6 | 53.6Note r: revised | 53.1 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 75.1 | 75.9Note r: revised | 76.7 | 76.4Note r: revised | 76.3 | 77.0Note r: revised | 77.4Note r: revised | 76.6Note r: revised | 75.7Note r: revised | 75.7Note r: revised | 75.7 | 72.2 | 72.7 |
| Tertiary education | 83.3Note r: revised | 83.6 | 83.4 | 82.9 | 82.5 | 82.9Note r: revised | 82.8 | 83.0Note r: revised | 83.2Note r: revised | 82.8Note r: revised | 82.8 | 81.3 | 81.3 |
| Manitoba | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 64.3Note r: revised | 63.8Note r: revised | 64.6 | 63.0Note r: revised | 65.9Note r: revised | 63.9 | 67.3Note r: revised | 63.2Note r: revised | 63.4 | 64.7Note r: revised | 66.2Note r: revised | 63.8Note r: revised | 64.6 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 80.1Note r: revised | 80.4 | 81.2 | 80.8Note r: revised | 82.0 | 81.2 | 81.0Note r: revised | 80.6 | 81.0Note r: revised | 81.0Note r: revised | 80.5Note r: revised | 79.7 | 80.8 |
| Tertiary education | 84.9 | 85.3Note r: revised | 84.2 | 84.5Note r: revised | 85.3 | 85.5 | 85.4Note r: revised | 85.8 | 84.9Note r: revised | 85.6Note r: revised | 85.6Note r: revised | 85.1Note r: revised | 85.3 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 63.4Note r: revised | 64.7Note r: revised | 63.4 | 60.6 | 60.9Note r: revised | 62.5 | 63.2Note r: revised | 63.3Note r: revised | 66.5Note r: revised | 69.4Note r: revised | 67.1Note r: revised | 65.4 | 64.8 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 82.5Note r: revised | 81.7Note r: revised | 82.1 | 80.7Note r: revised | 81.9Note r: revised | 82.7 | 82.6Note r: revised | 81.7 | 82.4 | 82.7Note r: revised | 83.1 | 82.6Note r: revised | 82.4 |
| Tertiary education | 84.4Note r: revised | 85.7Note r: revised | 84.8 | 84.2Note r: revised | 85.8Note r: revised | 85.1 | 84.6 | 85.1 | 85.0Note r: revised | 85.7Note r: revised | 85.1Note r: revised | 86.0 | 85.6 |
| Alberta | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 66.8Note r: revised | 67.2 | 64.9Note r: revised | 66.2Note r: revised | 66.5 | 67.7 | 69.1Note r: revised | 68.4Note r: revised | 71.2Note r: revised | 71.5Note r: revised | 71.0Note r: revised | 66.9 | 64.4 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 81.6 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 81.9 | 82.2 | 82.5Note r: revised | 82.6Note r: revised | 82.4 | 82.9Note r: revised | 83.7Note r: revised | 84.2 | 79.8Note r: revised | 79.7 |
| Tertiary education | 84.5Note r: revised | 84.1 | 85.0Note r: revised | 84.6Note r: revised | 84.8 | 84.9Note r: revised | 84.4 | 84.2 | 85.1Note r: revised | 85.5Note r: revised | 84.9 | 84.8 | 82.4 |
| British Columbia | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 51.8 | 53.7 | 53.8Note r: revised | 54.0 | 54.4 | 55.9Note r: revised | 57.9Note r: revised | 58.8Note r: revised | 59.1Note r: revised | 61.6Note r: revised | 60.5Note r: revised | 55.5Note r: revised | 56.7 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 73.9 | 74.1 | 75.1 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 74.4Note r: revised | 74.5Note r: revised | 75.1Note r: revised | 76.0Note r: revised | 77.0Note r: revised | 76.4Note r: revised | 73.1Note r: revised | 73.8 |
| Tertiary education | 80.8 | 80.7 | 80.9 | 79.1 | 78.5 | 79.4 | 79.6Note r: revised | 79.5Note r: revised | 80.0Note r: revised | 80.2Note r: revised | 80.2Note r: revised | 79.1Note r: revised | 78.5 |
| Yukon | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | 61.4 | 60.0Note r: revised | 60.5 | 56.3 | 61.0Note r: revised | 61.2Note r: revised | 58.9Note r: revised | 56.3Note r: revised | 61.7Note r: revised | 59.2Note r: revised | 59.8Note r: revised | 54.2Note r: revised | 52.3 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | 75.0Note r: revised | 78.9 | 80.9 | 76.5 | 74.5 | 73.5Note r: revised | 81.2 | 83.5 | 84.3 | 84.2Note r: revised | 84.4Note r: revised | 79.5Note r: revised | 76.1 |
| Tertiary education | 84.2 | 85.1 | 86.6 | 85.5 | 86.6Note r: revised | 86.9Note r: revised | 88.5Note r: revised | 87.6Note r: revised | 89.0Note r: revised | 85.6Note r: revised | 89.6Note r: revised | 87.4Note r: revised | 85.1 |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 55.7Note r: revised | 58.2 | 55.8Note r: revised | 59.7Note r: revised | 62.2Note r: revised | 62.9Note r: revised | 65.4Note r: revised | 60.7Note r: revised | 51.0Note r: revised | 48.5 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 81.9 | 86.1Note r: revised | 85.8Note r: revised | 86.2 | 87.2 | 88.9Note r: revised | 87.6Note r: revised | 86.4Note r: revised | 84.9Note r: revised | 88.1 |
| Tertiary education | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 91.5 | 91.2 | 90.9Note r: revised | 91.4Note r: revised | 92.4Note r: revised | 93.3Note r: revised | 92.3Note r: revised | 90.7Note r: revised | 90.0Note r: revised | 89.4 |
| Nunavut | |||||||||||||
| Below upper secondary | Note ...: not applicable | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 45.1Note r: revised | 46.2Note r: revised | 51.3Note r: revised | 56.6Note r: revised | 50.5Note r: revised | 49.4Note r: revised | 52.6 |
| Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | Note ...: not applicable | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 77.4Note r: revised | 76.7Note r: revised | 80.8Note r: revised | 81.7Note r: revised | 72.4Note r: revised | 71.6Note r: revised | 72.0 |
| Tertiary education | Note ...: not applicable | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 91.0Note r: revised | 92.8Note r: revised | 93.4Note r: revised | 90.4Note r: revised | 88.7Note r: revised | 89.5Note r: revised | 89.5 |
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.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable r revised 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 A7.3a, Trends in employment rates of 25-64 year-olds, by educational attainment (1998-2010), 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 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: As of January 2011, Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates reflect population counts based on the 2006 Census, as well as updates to industry, occupation and geography classification systems. LFS data for 1996 through 2010 have been revised based on these modifications. For more information, please see Improvements to the Labour Force Survey (LFS): The 2011 Revisions of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), Statistics Canada Catalogue no.71F0031X, published January 28, 2011. 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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