Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table A.6.3.1
Trends in employment ratesTable A-6-3-1 Note 1 of 25 to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006 and 2017

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Table A-6-3-1
Trends in employment rates of 25 to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Trends in employment rates of 25 to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex Below upper secondary, Upper secondary, Postsecondary non-tertiary, Tertiary and All levels of education, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Below upper secondary Upper secondary Postsecondary non-tertiaryTable A-6-3-1 Note 2 Tertiary All levels of education
2006 2017 2006 2017 2006 2017 2006 2017 2006 2017
percent
OECD averagesTable A-6-3-1 Note 3
Both sexes 57 57 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 75 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 80 85 85 74 76
Men 69 67 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 82 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 85 89 89 82 82
Women 47 47 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 68 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 80 81 65 69
CanadaTable A-6-3-1 Note 4
Both sexes 57 56 75 72 79 79 83 82 76 77
Men 66 64 81 78 83 82 87 86 81 81
Women 46 45 69 65 72 74 79 80 71 73
Newfoundland and Labrador
Both sexes 37 36 61 59 70 64 77 78 63 65
Men 42 40 69 61 67 63 80 79 65 65
Women 33 32 53 57 74 64 76 77 60 65
Prince Edward Island
Both sexes 55 52 75 71 72 76 82 81 74 75
Men 63 57 78 76 75 80 85 84 76 77
Women 44 42 72 65 66 66 81 78 72 72
Nova Scotia
Both sexes 48 49 71 69 72 72 80 80 71 74
Men 55 55 77 73 74 70 84 83 74 75
Women 40 40 66 64 70 74 78 79 68 72
New Brunswick
Both sexes 46 49 72 69 74 73 81 81 71 74
Men 53 51 77 74 77 72 83 84 74 76
Women 38 44 68 64 70 74 79 79 68 72
Quebec
Both sexes 53 58 71 73 75 79 82 83 73 78
Men 62 64 77 79 79 81 85 86 78 81
Women 43 49 65 66 70 76 79 81 68 75
Ontario
Both sexes 58 52 75 70 79 77 83 82 77 77
Men 67 61 80 76 83 80 88 86 83 81
Women 48 41 69 64 73 69 79 79 72 73
Manitoba
Both sexes 63 60 80 75 84 80 85 84 80 79
Men 74 71 86 82 87 84 88 87 85 83
Women 50 43 74 68 79 74 82 82 75 74
Saskatchewan
Both sexes 66 59 81 76 85 82 85 84 81 79
Men 76 69 86 82 89 85 88 89 85 83
Women 53 42 75 69 80 76 83 81 76 74
Alberta
Both sexes 71 61 81 74 87 83 85 83 82 79
Men 81 71 89 81 91 85 91 88 89 84
Women 58 47 74 67 75 74 80 78 75 73
British Columbia
Both sexes 59 60 74 73 82 82 80 81 76 78
Men 69 68 80 80 85 84 85 84 82 82
Women 48 50 68 66 73 75 76 79 70 74
Yukon
Both sexes 62 69 82 84 89 88 89 87 82 85
Men 69 77 81 84 88 90 91 90 84 87
Women 53 56 82 83 91 85 87 85 81 83
Northwest Territories
Both sexes 63 49 88 73 90 86 93 89 85 77
Men 66 49 91 75 91 86 95 91 87 77
Women 60 48 86 72 82 84 92 88 83 78
Nunavut
Both sexes 51 42 79 73 83 69 93 83 71 64
Men 54 42 76 82 84 68 94 86 72 65
Women 49 42 83 63 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 93 81 70 62
.. not available for a specific reference period
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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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