Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table A.6.1
Employment ratesTable A-6-1 Note 1 of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

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Table A-6-1
Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, 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 Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, 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, Short cycle tertiary, Bachelor's level or equivalent, Master's and doctoral levels or equivalent and All levels of education, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Pre-primary and primary Lower secondary Upper secondary education Post-secondary non-tertiaryTable A-6-1 Note 2 Short cycle tertiary Bachelor's level or equivalent Master's and doctoral levels or equivalent All levels of education
percent
OECD averagesTable A-6-1 Note 3
Both sexes 45 61 75 80 81 84 88 76
Men 57 71 82 85 87 88 91 82
Women 35 50 68 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 77 80 85 69
CanadaTable A-6-1 Note 4
Both sexes 45 59 72 79 81 83 85 77
Men 55 67 78 82 84 87 88 81
Women 33 49 65 74 78 80 83 73
Newfoundland and Labrador
Both sexes 27 41 59 64 74 84 84 65
Men 29 46 61 63 76 86 79 65
Women 23Note E: Use with caution 36 57 64 72 82 87 65
Prince Edward Island
Both sexes 44 54 71 76 78 83 85 75
Men 54 59 76 80 82 84 89 77
Women 26Note E: Use with caution 48 65 66 75 82 83 72
Nova Scotia
Both sexes 37 52 69 72 78 83 82 74
Men 42 59 73 70 79 85 86 75
Women 27Note E: Use with caution 42 64 74 77 82 79 72
New Brunswick
Both sexes 35 54 69 73 79 83 89 74
Men 41 56 74 72 81 86 92 76
Women 25 51 64 74 76 81 86 72
Quebec
Both sexes 46 63 73 79 82 84 86 78
Men 53 69 79 81 85 85 87 81
Women 35 55 66 76 79 82 86 75
Ontario
Both sexes 44 55 70 77 80 83 85 77
Men 56 63 76 80 84 88 88 81
Women 32 44 64 69 77 80 82 73
Manitoba
Both sexes 52 62 75 80 83 85 87 79
Men 70 71 82 84 86 86 91 83
Women 29 47 68 74 80 83 83 74
Saskatchewan
Both sexes 46 63 76 82 82 85 85 79
Men 65 70 82 85 88 89 91 83
Women 22Note E: Use with caution 49 69 76 79 83 80 74
Alberta
Both sexes 50 64 74 83 81 83 86 79
Men 67 72 81 85 87 88 91 84
Women 32 52 67 74 77 79 81 73
British Columbia
Both sexes 51 63 73 82 79 82 84 78
Men 56 71 80 84 82 86 86 82
Women 44 52 66 75 78 80 83 74
Yukon
Both sexes Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 68 84 88 83 90 90 85
Men Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 75 84 90 87 91 93 87
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 56 83 85 82 89 88 83
Northwest Territories
Both sexes 40Note E: Use with caution 51 73 86 85 91 96 77
Men 43Note E: Use with caution 51 75 86 87 92 96 77
Women Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 52 72 84 84 90 95 78
Nunavut
Both sexes 35 45 73 69 76 93 94 64
Men 34Note E: Use with caution 45 82 68 78 97 99 65
Women 35 45 63 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 74 91 91 62
.. not available for a specific reference period
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
Note 1

Number of 25- to 64-year-olds in employment as a percentage of the population aged 25 to 64.

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Note 2

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

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

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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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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