Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table A.1.1
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

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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, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017. Pre-primary and primary, Lower secondary, Upper secondary education, Post-secondary non-tertiary, Tertiary education, All levels of education, Short cycle tertiary, Bachelor's or equivalent and Master's, doctoral or equivalent, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Pre-primary and primary Lower secondary Upper secondary education Post-secondary non-tertiaryTable A.1.1 Note 1 Tertiary education All levels of education
Short cycle tertiary Bachelor's or equivalent Master's, doctoral or equivalent
percent
OECD averageTable A.1.1 Note 2
Both sexes 7 14 39 6 7 17 14 100
Men 7 14 41 6 7 15 13 100
Women 8 13 36 6 8 18 15 100
CanadaTable A.1.1 Note 3
Both sexes 2 7 24 11 26 21 10 100
Men 3 8 25 14 22 19 10 100
Women 2 5 23 7 29 24 10 100
Newfoundland and Labrador
Both sexes 4 9 23 19 27 11 6 100
Men 6 9 23 25 23 10 6 100
Women 3 9 23 13 31 13 7 100
Prince Edward Island
Both sexes 3 8 23 8 30 18 8 100
Men 4 10 26 12 25 16 7 100
Women 2 6 21 5 36 21 9 100
Nova Scotia
Both sexes 2 7 23 13 26 18 11 100
Men 3 9 24 18 21 15 10 100
Women 1 6 22 9 30 21 12 100
New Brunswick
Both sexes 3 8 28 8 30 16 7 100
Men 4 9 29 10 27 13 7 100
Women 2 6 27 6 33 19 7 100
Quebec
Both sexes 4 8 18 18 24 20 9 100
Men 4 9 18 20 21 18 9 100
Women 3 7 17 15 27 22 10 100
Ontario
Both sexes 2 6 25 5 28 23 12 100
Men 2 7 26 7 25 21 11 100
Women 2 5 23 3 31 25 12 100
Manitoba
Both sexes 2 8 29 9 24 20 7 100
Men 2 10 30 12 21 18 7 100
Women 2 6 28 6 28 22 8 100
Saskatchewan
Both sexes 2 8 29 16 20 19 6 100
Men 2 10 32 21 13 16 6 100
Women 2 5 26 11 26 22 7 100
Alberta
Both sexes 2 7 26 14 22 22 8 100
Men 2 8 26 20 17 20 8 100
Women 2 5 25 7 28 25 8 100
British Columbia
Both sexes 1 5 27 11 24 22 10 100
Men 1 6 27 17 19 19 9 100
Women 1 4 26 5 29 25 10 100
Yukon
Both sexes Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 7 22 16 24 20 10 100
Men Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 9Note E: Use with caution 24 24 16 18 8 100
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 5 21 8 31 22 12 100
Northwest Territories
Both sexes 4Note E: Use with caution 16 21 11 21 16 11Note E: Use with caution 100
Men 5Note E: Use with caution 19 19 18 15 13 11Note E: Use with caution 100
Women 3Note E: Use with caution 12 24 5Note E: Use with caution 27 19 10Note E: Use with caution 100
Nunavut
Both sexes 12Note E: Use with caution 27 15 11 21 8 6 100
Men 12Note E: Use with caution 28 14 18 17 6 5Note E: Use with caution 100
Women 13Note E: Use with caution 26 15 3Note E: Use with caution 26 10 7 100
E use with caution
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

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

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Note 2

The OECD data can be found at http://stats.oecd.org/, Education at a Glance Database (accessed on September 17, 2018).

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Note 3

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: Due to rounding, totals may not match the sum of the individual values. For more information see NDM table 37-10-0130-01 (formerly CANSIM 477-0135).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2018: OECD Indicators.
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