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, 2012

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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, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population International Standard Classification of Education 0/1
(Pre-primary and primary), International Standard Classification of Education 2 (Lower secondary),
International Standard Classification of Education 3C (Short programmes),
Upper secondary education, International Standard Classification of Education 4 (Post-secondary non-tertiary), Tertiary education,
All levels of education, International Standard Classification of Education 3C (Long programmes)/3B,
International Standard Classification of Education 3A,
International Standard Classification of Education 5B (Type B),
International Standard Classification of Education 5A (Type A),
International Standard Classification of Education 6 (Advanced research programmes),
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] 25 12 25 28 [8] 100
Men 3 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 25 15 21 26 [8] 100
Women 3 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 24 8 29 29 [8] 100
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Both sexes 7 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 23 22 18 [8] 100
Men 8 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 19 29 17 17 [8] 100
Women 6 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 16 26 20 [8] 100
Prince Edward Island  
Both sexes 4 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 24 9 29 23 [8] 100
Men 6 13 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 13 22 21 [8] 100
Women 2 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 23 5 37 25 [8] 100
Nova Scotia  
Both sexes 3 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 22 13 26 26 [8] 100
Men 4 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 22 18 21 23 [8] 100
Women 2 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 22 9 30 29 [8] 100
New Brunswick  
Both sexes 5 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 9 29 18 [8] 100
Men 6 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 13 25 16 [8] 100
Women 4 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 6 33 20 [8] 100
Quebec  
Both sexes 5 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 19 17 24 26 [8] 100
Men 5 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 20 21 24 [8] 100
Women 5 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 19 15 26 28 [8] 100
Ontario  
Both sexes 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 6 28 31 [8] 100
Men 3 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 26 9 25 30 [8] 100
Women 2 6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 25 4 31 32 [8] 100
Manitoba  
Both sexes 3 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 11 23 23 [8] 100
Men 3 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 30 14 19 22 [8] 100
Women 3 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 7 27 25 [8] 100
Saskatchewan  
Both sexes 2 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 30 17 19 23 [8] 100
Men 3 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 32 21 12 21 [8] 100
Women 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 13 25 24 [8] 100
Alberta  
Both sexes 2 8 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 15 22 25 [8] 100
Men 2 10 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 21 16 23 [8] 100
Women 2 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 8 28 27 [8] 100
British Columbia  
Both sexes 1 7 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 12 22 29 [8] 100
Men 1 9 Note ...: not applicable [5] 29 17 16 28 [8] 100
Women 2 6 Note ...: not applicable [5] 28 7 27 30 [8] 100
Yukon  
Both sexes 2Note E: Use with caution 11 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 13 28 25 [8] 100
Men 2Note E: Use with caution 12 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 23 21 21 [8] 100
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 9Note E: Use with caution Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 35 29 [8] 100
Northwest Territories  
Both sexes 5Note E: Use with caution 14 Note ...: not applicable [5] 20 13 25 23 [8] 100
Men 6Note E: Use with caution 13 Note ...: not applicable [5] 21 21 19 21 [8] 100
Women 4Note E: Use with caution 15 Note ...: not applicable [5] 18 4Note E: Use with caution 32 26 [8] 100
Nunavut  
Both sexes 17 25 Note ...: not applicable [5] 17 10 16 15 [8] 100
Men 17 25 Note ...: not applicable [5] 16Note E: Use with caution 13 14 14 [8] 100
Women 17 25 Note ...: not applicable [5] 17 7 18 15 [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.

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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.

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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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