Table A.1.1
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2011

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Table A.1.1
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population isced 0/1 (preprimary and primary), isced 2 (lower secondary), isced 3c (short programmes), 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, column 9 and column 10, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  ISCED 0/1
(Pre-
primary
and
primary)		 ISCED 2
(Lower secondary)		 ISCED 3C (Short programmes) Upper secondary education ISCED 4
(Post-
secondary
non-tertiary)Note 1		 Tertiary education All levels of education
ISCED 3C (Long pro-
grammes)/3B		 ISCED 3A ISCED 5B
(Type B)		 ISCED 5A (Type A) ISCED 6 (Advanced research pro-
grammes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10
percent
CanadaNote 2  
Both sexes 3 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 12 25 27 [8] 100
Men 3 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 15 21 26 [8] 100
Women 3 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 25 8 28 28 [8] 100
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Both sexes 7 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 23 21 17 [8] 100
Men 8 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 28 17 16 [8] 100
Women 6 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 19 24 18 [8] 100
Prince Edward Island  
Both sexes 5 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 24 10 28 22 [8] 100
Men 7 13 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 13 21 20 [8] 100
Women 3 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 23 7 34 24 [8] 100
Nova Scotia  
Both sexes 3 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 23 14 24 25 [8] 100
Men 4 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 24 19 19 22 [8] 100
Women 2 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 23 10 28 28 [8] 100
New Brunswick                    
Both sexes 6 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 27 10 28 19 [8] 100
Men 7 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 27 12 25 17 [8] 100
Women 4 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 27 7 30 22 [8] 100
Quebec  
Both sexes 5 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 18 23 25 [8] 100
Men 6 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 20 20 24 [8] 100
Women 5 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 15 26 25 [8] 100
Ontario  
Both sexes 3 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 6 28 30 [8] 100
Men 2 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 27 9 25 29 [8] 100
Women 3 6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 4 31 31 [8] 100
Manitoba  
Both sexes 3 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 31 10 23 23 [8] 100
Men 3 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 32 12 20 21 [8] 100
Women 3 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 30 7 27 25 [8] 100
Saskatchewan  
Both sexes 3 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 31 18 17 21 [8] 100
Men 3 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 33 23 10 18 [8] 100
Women 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 14 24 23 [8] 100
Alberta  
Both sexes 2 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 15 22 25 [8] 100
Men 2 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 27 21 17 23 [8] 100
Women 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 8 28 26 [8] 100
British Columbia  
Both sexes 2 6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 30 13 22 28 [8] 100
Men 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 30 18 16 27 [8] 100
Women 2 5 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 7 27 29 [8] 100
Yukon  
Both sexes 2Note E: Use with caution 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 12 30 26 [8] 100
Men 2Note E: Use with caution 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 19 20 22 24 [8] 100
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 8Note E: Use with caution Note ...: not applicable [5] 23 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 37 28 [8] 100
Northwest Territories  
Both sexes 6Note E: Use with caution 15 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 11 27 22 [8] 100
Men 6Note E: Use with caution 14 Note ...: not applicable [5] 19 19Note E: Use with caution 20 21 [8] 100
Women 5 16 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 2Note E: Use with caution 33 22 [8] 100
Nunavut  
Both sexes 20 26 Note ...: not applicable [5] 14 9 18 13 [8] 100
Men 20 26 Note ...: not applicable [5] 12 13 15 13 [8] 100
Women 20 26 Note ...: not applicable [5] 16 4Note E: Use with caution 21 13 [8] 100
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
Note 1.

Trade certificates or diplomas from a vocational school or apprenticeship training.

Note 2.

Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces; the territories are not included.

Notes: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Due to rounding, totals may not match the sum of the individual values.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS).
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