Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table A.1.4
Trends in educational attainment of 25- to 64-year-olds, 25- to 34-year-olds and 55- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2017

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Table A-1-4
Trends in educational attainment of 25- to 64-year-olds, 25- to 34-year-olds and 55- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Trends in educational attainment of 25- to 64-year-olds, 25- to 34-year-olds and 55- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Age 25 to 64, Age 25 to 34, Age 55 to 64, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2005 to 2017, calculated using percent and average annual growth rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age 25 to 64 Age 25 to 34 Age 55 to 64
2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2005 to 2017 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2005 to 2017 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2005 to 2017
percent average annual growth rateTable A-1-4 Note 1 percent average annual growth rateTable A-1-4 Note 1 percent average annual growth rateTable A-1-4 Note 1
OECD averageTable A-1-4 Note 2
Below upper secondary 29 25 22 21 21 -2.8 21 18 16 16 15 -2.5 42 36 32 30 29 -3.1
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 45 45 43 43 43 -0.4 48 45 42 41 41 -1.3 38 41 43 44 44 1.2
Tertiary 26 31 35 36 37 2.8 32 38 42 43 44 2.7 20 23 26 27 27 2.7
CanadaTable A-1-4 Note 3
Below upper secondary 15 12 10 9 9 -4.2 9 8 7 7 7 -2.8 25 18 15 14 14 -4.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 39 38 35 34 34 -1.1 37 36 34 32 33 -1.1 39 40 39 39 40 0.3
Tertiary 46 50 55 56 57 1.8 54 56 59 61 61 1.1 36 42 46 46 46 2.1
Newfoundland and Labrador
Below upper secondary 24 19 15 14 13 -4.6 10 7 7 6 6 -3.8 38 31 24 24 22 -4.6
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 45 45 43 42 42 -0.7 46 46 41 41 42 -0.8 40 43 44 45 46 1.2
Tertiary 31 36 42 43 45 3.1 43 46 52 53 51 1.4 22 26 32 31 32 3.3
Prince Edward Island
Below upper secondary 20 15 12 11 11 -4.9 11 6 5 5 5 -5.8 30 23 19 17 18 -4.0
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 35 36 35 33 32 -0.7 33 37 33 31 31 -0.5 36 39 37 35 35 -0.3
Tertiary 45 48 53 57 57 2.0 57 57 62 64 64 1.0 34 38 44 48 47 2.7
Nova Scotia
Below upper secondary 18 15 11 10 9 -5.3 10 8 6 6 5 -5.1 29 21 18 16 15 -5.2
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 40 37 36 36 36 -0.8 38 32 31 32 33 -1.0 35 38 40 41 39 0.9
Tertiary 42 49 53 54 54 2.2 52 60 63 62 61 1.3 36 40 42 43 45 2.0
New Brunswick
Below upper secondary 20 16 13 12 11 -4.6 9 6 6 6 6 -2.5 33 25 23 20 18 -5.0
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 40 39 37 35 36 -0.9 41 37 34 33 34 -1.7 35 38 40 40 41 1.2
Tertiary 40 46 50 53 53 2.3 50 57 60 62 60 1.5 32 37 37 40 41 2.2
Quebec
Below upper secondary 19 15 12 12 11 -4.0 12 10 10 9 8 -3.4 32 23 20 20 18 -4.7
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 37 38 37 36 35 -0.4 33 35 36 34 32 -0.2 37 42 40 42 42 1.0
Tertiary 44 47 51 52 53 1.6 55 55 55 57 60 0.7 31 35 40 39 41 2.2
Ontario
Below upper secondary 13 10 8 8 8 -4.3 7 6 5 6 6 -1.7 24 16 13 12 12 -5.8
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 36 33 30 29 30 -1.5 33 30 27 26 26 -2.0 36 36 34 34 36 -0.1
Tertiary 51 57 62 63 63 1.7 59 64 67 68 68 1.1 40 48 52 53 52 2.3
Manitoba
Below upper secondary 17 14 11 11 10 -4.0 11 10 7 8 8 -3.3 27 21 16 17 16 -4.3
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 42 41 39 39 38 -0.7 43 42 41 40 40 -0.6 37 39 40 40 40 0.6
Tertiary 42 45 50 50 51 1.8 46 48 52 52 52 1.2 36 40 44 43 44 1.7
Saskatchewan
Below upper secondary 15 13 11 10 10 -3.5 10 7 8 8 7 -3.3 24 19 16 15 15 -3.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 50 51 47 46 45 -0.7 49 52 46 44 45 -0.8 42 47 49 48 49 1.3
Tertiary 35 36 42 44 45 2.0 40 41 46 48 48 1.5 33 35 35 36 36 0.6
Alberta
Below upper secondary 12 11 9 8 8 -3.0 9 9 7 7 7 -1.7 19 14 13 11 12 -3.7
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 45 43 40 39 39 -1.2 44 44 40 38 40 -0.7 43 42 44 44 43 0.0
Tertiary 43 46 51 53 52 1.7 47 47 53 54 52 0.9 38 44 43 45 44 1.4
British Columbia
Below upper secondary 11 9 7 7 7 -4.3 8 7 5 5 4 -5.5 15 12 11 11 11 -2.9
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 45 43 39 38 37 -1.5 44 42 40 38 38 -1.3 46 45 43 42 42 -0.7
Tertiary 44 48 54 55 56 2.1 48 51 55 57 58 1.7 39 43 46 47 47 1.6
Yukon
Below upper secondary 13 18 9 10 8 -4.5 13Note E: Use with caution 17Note E: Use with caution 8Note E: Use with caution 9Note E: Use with caution 9Note E: Use with caution -3.0 18 15Note E: Use with caution 12Note E: Use with caution 13Note E: Use with caution 10Note E: Use with caution -5.2
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 46 34 34 35 38 -1.5 48 36 35 39 40 -1.5 45 39 34 35 40 -1.0
Tertiary 41 49 57 55 54 2.4 39 47 57 51 51 2.2 37 46 53 52 51 2.6
Northwest Territories
Below upper secondary 25Note E: Use with caution 25 17 19 20 -1.9 19Note E: Use with caution 25Note E: Use with caution 17 18 22 1.0 38Note E: Use with caution 29 19Note E: Use with caution 21Note E: Use with caution 20 -5.1
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 33 32 36 34 33 0.0 34 29 37 40 36 0.4 24Note E: Use with caution 33 41 40 39 3.9
Tertiary 42 43 47 47 47 1.0 47 46 46 42 43 -0.8 37Note E: Use with caution 38 40 39 41 0.8
Nunavut
Below upper secondary 51 47 46 39 40 -2.0 45 46 46 41 44 -0.3 66 45 44 35 33 -5.7
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 23 26 23 26 25 0.7 28 28 27 30 26 -0.6 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 19 17 24 26 Note ...: not applicable
Tertiary 26 27 32 35 35 2.6 26Note E: Use with caution 26 27 30 30 1.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 36 40 41 41 Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
Note 1

The compound annual growth rate formula calculates growth between two (often extended) points in time, assuming that growth is compounded annually. The compound annual growth rate for Canada, the provinces and territories were calculated using unrounded data for all years in the 2005-to-2017 period.

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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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Note: 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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