Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table A.6.2
Trends in employment rates^{Table A-6-2 Note 1} 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, 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2017

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Table A-6-2
Trends in employment rates 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, 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Trends in employment rates 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, 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2017. Age 25 to 64, Age 25 to 34, Age 55 to 64, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2016 and 2017, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	2005	2006	2010	2016	2017	2005	2006	2010	2016	2017	2005	2006	2010	2016	2017
	Age 25 to 64					Age 25 to 34					Age 55 to 64
	percent
OECD average^{Table A-6-2 Note 2}
Below upper secondary	56	57	54	56	57	61	63	57	59	59	38	39	39	44	45
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	75	76	73	75	76	77	79	75	76	77	50	51	52	58	60
Tertiary	84	85	83	84	85	85	86	83	83	84	66	66	67	72	73
Canada^{Table A-6-2 Note 3}
Below upper secondary	56	57	55	55	56	62	61	58	57	57	41	43	43	47	48
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	76	76	74	74	74	80	80	77	76	78	57	57	58	61	61
Tertiary	82	83	81	82	82	85	85	84	85	86	62	63	65	67	67
Newfoundland and Labrador
Below upper secondary	36	37	38	41	36	39	35	42	49	39	26	29	31	34	33
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	64	65	64	65	61	65	65	67	67	64	43	45	45	50	48
Tertiary	77	77	76	77	78	79	82	80	80	82	50	49	48	55	55
Prince Edward Island
Below upper secondary	60	55	54	52	52	62	61	55	57	50	49	40	43	48	49
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	72	74	71	71	72	76	78	72	72	72	56	59	59	62	62
Tertiary	83	82	82	80	81	88	84	83	86	87	58	59	63	62	63
Nova Scotia
Below upper secondary	50	48	51	50	49	55	56	52	52	54	35	35	40	44	41
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	73	71	70	68	70	77	73	72	71	74	51	51	55	55	57
Tertiary	80	80	81	81	80	85	86	85	85	84	54	54	61	63	63
New Brunswick
Below upper secondary	46	46	51	46	49	46	47	48	44	52	33	33	40	43	46
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	72	73	71	70	70	76	78	71	72	72	51	51	55	56	59
Tertiary	80	81	81	81	81	87	87	87	86	86	52	56	58	62	60
Quebec
Below upper secondary	52	53	54	54	58	59	58	60	57	59	36	39	40	45	51
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	74	73	72	75	76	79	80	78	80	84	51	49	52	60	59
Tertiary	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	87	87	55	55	59	62	64
Ontario
Below upper secondary	58	58	53	53	52	63	61	53	55	52	44	44	41	47	45
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	77	76	73	71	72	80	78	75	73	73	59	59	59	60	61
Tertiary	83	83	81	82	82	85	86	84	85	85	65	65	67	69	69
Manitoba
Below upper secondary	63	63	64	60	60	59	60	59	56	56	51	52	56	59	59
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	81	81	81	76	77	81	82	82	78	79	63	63	66	63	63
Tertiary	86	85	85	84	84	89	88	86	85	87	66	66	70	69	68
Saskatchewan
Below upper secondary	63	66	65	64	59	61	63	63	59	50	51	57	59	61	60
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	82	82	82	79	79	81	83	82	81	80	62	64	70	67	68
Tertiary	85	85	86	84	84	87	88	88	87	87	69	68	73	69	69
Alberta
Below upper secondary	68	71	65	60	61	73	69	64	60	65	54	60	55	54	52
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	82	83	80	77	77	84	85	81	77	78	68	68	65	66	67
Tertiary	84	85	82	82	83	85	86	84	86	85	71	71	72	69	70
British Columbia
Below upper secondary	59	59	57	59	60	67	64	61	62	65	39	41	45	49	49
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	75	76	74	74	76	79	81	78	77	81	57	56	58	62	63
Tertiary	80	80	79	80	81	84	83	81	84	86	62	63	63	68	67
Yukon
Below upper secondary	56	62	52	66	69	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	70	51^{Note E: Use with caution}	67	57	43^{Note E: Use with caution}	44^{Note E: Use with caution}	48	57	69
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	83	84	76	84	86	81	84	76	83	79	75	79	66	78	81
Tertiary	88	89	85	86	87	91	92	84	91	93	74	77	77	72	71
Northwest Territories
Below upper secondary	62	63	48	59	49	58	67	41	62	44	58	53	48	55	43
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	87	89	88	79	77	88	91	87	77	77	77	81	80	73	68
Tertiary	92	93	90	90	89	90	91	92	87	91	87	85	82	81	75
Nunavut
Below upper secondary	46	51	52	43	42	41	47	44	39	36	37	47	49	48	40
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary	78	80	71	69	72	78	78	70	60	67	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	79	74	73
Tertiary	93	93	89	85	83	89	93	93	86	83	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	83	92	82	83
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act ^E use with caution Note 1 Number of 25- to 64-year-olds, 25- to 34-year-olds and 55- to 64-year-olds in employment as a percentage of the populations aged 25 to 64, 25 to 34 and 55 to 64, respectively. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The OECD data can be found at http://stats.oecd.org/, Education at a Glance Database (accessed September 17, 2018). Return to note 2 referrer 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. Return to note 3 referrer 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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