Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2019
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Section A
Section A1
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, 2018
Table A.1.2
Percentage of the 25- to 64-year-old population that has attained at least upper secondary education, by age group and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Table A.1.3
Percentage of the 25- to 64-year-old population that has attained tertiary education, by age group and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 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, 2017 and 2018
Section A2
Table A.2.1
True cohort high school graduation rate, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories, 2013/2014 to 2016/2017
Section A3
Table A.3.1
International students in tertiary education and distribution of international enrolments, by level of tertiary education, Canada and provinces, 2016/2017
Table A.3.2
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by region of origin and selected countries of citizenship, Canada and provinces, 2016/2017
Section A4
Table A.4.1
Percentage of 15-to 29-year-olds in education and not in education, by age group and labour force status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019
Table A.4.2
Percentage of 15- to 29-year-olds in education and not in education, by sex and labour force status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019
Table A.4.3
Percentage of 25- to 29-year-olds in education and not in education, by highest level of education attained and labour force status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019
Table A.4.4
Trends in the percentage of 15- to 29-year-olds in education and not in education, by age group and labour force status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2019
Section A5
Table A.5.1
Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Table A.5.2
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, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
Table A.5.3.1
Trends in employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009 and 2018
Table A.5.3.2
Trends in employment rates of 25- to 34-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009 and 2018
Table A.5.3.3
Trends in employment rates of 55- to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009 and 2018
Section B
Section B1
Table B.1.1.1
Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student, for all services, by educational level, Canadian dollars, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Table B.1.1.2
Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student, for all services, by educational level, in equivalent US dollars converted using purchasing power parity, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Table B.1.2.1
Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student, on core services and ancillary services, Canadian dollars, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Table B.1.2.2
Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student, on core services and ancillary services, in equivalent US dollars converted using purchasing power parity, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Section B2
Table B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Section B3
Table B.3.1
Distribution of total and current expenditure by educational institutions, from public and private sources, by level of education, OECD, Canada and provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Section C
Section C1
Table C.1.1
Intended instruction time in public institutions, ages 6 through 17, by age, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018/2019
Section C2
Table C.2.1
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
Section C3
Table C.3.1
Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions, by level of education taught and teaching experience, Canadian dollars, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
Table C.3.2
Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions, by level of education taught and teaching experience, US dollars, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
Section D
Section D1
Table D.1.1
Percentage of 15-year-old students who self-reported being aware or well-aware of environmental issues, by gender, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Table D.1.2
Percentage of 15-year-old students by level of optimism in their forecast over the next 20 years of plant and animal extinction, OECD, Canada, provinces, gender, 2015
Table D.1.3
Percentage of 15-year-old students who forecasted the problem associated with the extinction of plants and animals will get worse over the next 20 years, by science proficiency levels and gender, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Table D.1.4
Percentage of 15-year-old students who follow news of science, environmental, or ecology organizations via blogs and microblogging, by frequency and gender, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Table D.1.5
Percentage of 15-year-old students who self-reported being aware or well-aware of environmental issues, by gender, OECD, Canada and provinces, 2006 and 2015
Table D.1.6
Percentage of 15-year-old students who forecasted the following environmental issues will get better over the next 20 years, by gender, OECD, Canada and provinces, 2006 and 2015
Section D2
Table D.2.1
Out of school rate, 15- to 17-year-olds, 2005/2006 and 2017/2018, Canada, provinces and territories
Table D.2.2
Postsecondary participation of 18-24 year olds, by type of institution, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Table D.2.3
Gender parity index, university, college and postsecondary participation of young adults aged 18 to 24, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Charts
Chapter A
Chapter A1
Chart A.1.1
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.1.2
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD and Canada, 2018
Chart A.1.3
Proportion of the 25- to 64-year-old population with short cycle tertiary and bachelor's, master's or doctoral or equivalent degree, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.1.4.1
Proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education, by age groups, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.1.4.2
Proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained tertiary education, by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.1.5
Proportion of 25- to 64-year-olds that have attained post-secondary non-tertiary as their highest level of education, by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.1.6
Trends in educational attainment of 25- to 34-year-olds: compound annual growth rate of the highest level of education attained between 2005 and 2018, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories
Chapter A2
Chart A.2.1
On-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 2013/2014 and 2016/2017
Chart A.2.2
On-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, by gender, 2016/2017
Chart A.2.3
Extended-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017
Chart A.2.4
Extended-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, by gender, 2016/2017
Chart A.2.5
On-time and extended-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 2014/2015 and 2016/2017
Chapter A3
Chart A.3.1
Number of international students in tertiary education, by province, 2016/2017
Chart A.3.2
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by level of education, Canada and provinces, 2016/2017
Chart A.3.3a
Proportion of international students among all tertiary enrolments, by level of education, Canada, provinces and OECD average, 2016/2017
Chart A.3.3b
Proportion of international students among all tertiary enrolments, by level of education, G7 countries, Australia and OECD average, 2016/2017
Chart A.3.4
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by region of origin, Canada and provinces, 2016/2017
Chart A.3.5
Percentage of international students from top 5 source countries in tertiary education in Canada by level of education, in 2016/2017
Chapter A4
Chart A.4.1
Portrait of the 15- to 29-year-old Canadian population by age group and education and employment status, 2019
Chart A.4.2
Distribution of the 18- to 24-year-old population by education and employment status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019
Chart A.4.3
Distribution of the 15- to 29-year-old population not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (NEET), OECD and G7 countries, 2019
Chart A.4.4
Distribution of the 15- to 29-year-old NEET population (not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (inactive)), by sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019
Chart A.4.5
Trends in the proportion of 18- to 24-year olds in education, employed (not in education) and not employed (not in education, NEET), Canada, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2019
Chart A.4.6
NEET rates (not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (inactive)) for 25- to 29- year olds, by highest level of education, 2019
Chapter A5
Chart A.5.1
Employment rates of 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD and Canada, 2018
Chart A.5.2
Employment rates of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.5.3.1
Employment rates of tertiary-educated 25-to 34-year-olds, by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.5.3.2
Employment rates of tertiary-educated 55- to 64-year-olds by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018
Chart A.5.3.3
Trends in employment of 25- to 34-year-olds: compound annual growth rate of the highest level of education attained, OECD, provinces and territories, 2009 to 2018
Chart A.5.3.4
Trends in employment of 55- to 64-year-olds: compound annual growth rate of the highest level of education attained, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009 to 2018
Chapter B
Chapter B1
Chart B.1.1
Annual expenditure (US dollars) by educational institutions per student for all services, primary, secondary, college and university education, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chart B.1.2
Core and ancillary expenditure per student in primary/secondary education, in US dollars, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chapter B2
Chart B.2.1
Public and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, OECD, G7 countries, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chapter B3
Chart B.3.1
Compensation of staff as a share of current expenditure (per level of education) on educational institutions, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chart B.3.2
Compensation of teachers (per level of education) as a share of current expenditure on educational institutions, by level of education, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chart B.3.3
Compensation of all staff as a share of current expenditure on educational institutions for postsecondary education, OECD and G7 countries, 2016/2016
Chapter C
Chapter C1
Chart C.1.1
Total number of cumulative intended instruction hours in public institutions, by level of education, OECD, selected countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2018/2019
Chapter C2
Chart C.2.1
Annual net teaching time, by educational level taught, OECD, selected countries, Canada, and provinces, 2017/2018
Chart C.2.2
Net teaching time as a percentage of total working time at school, OECD, Canada and provinces, 2017/2018
Chapter C3
Chart C.3.1
Annual statutory teachers' salaries, full-time teachers in lower secondary institutions, with typical level of training, by teaching experience, US dollars, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
Chart C.3.2
Salary and the number of years to reach top of scale salary, lower secondary, US dollars, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
Chart C.3.3
Starting salary, top of scale salary, and years to top of scale salary for the 15 countries with highest top of scale salaries, lower secondary, US dollars, 2017/2018
Chapter D
Chart D.1.1
Percentage of 15-year-old students who self-reported being aware or well-aware of environmental issues, OECD, Canada, 2015
Chart D.1.2
Percentage of 15-year-old students who self-reported being aware or well-aware of environmental issues, by science proficiency levels, Canada, 2015
Chart D.1.3
Percentage of 15-year-old students, who self-reported being aware or well-aware of water shortage, by gender, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.4
Distribution of 15-year-old students, by level of optimism in their forecast over the next 20 years of plant and animal extinction, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.5
Percentage of 15-year-old students who forecasted the extinction of plants and animals will get worse over the next 20 years, by science proficiency levels, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.6
Percentage of 15-year-old students who follow news of science, environmental, or ecology organizations via blogs and microblogging, by frequency, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.7
Percentage of 15-year-old students who very rarely follow news of science, environmental, or ecology organizations via blogs and microblogging OECD, by gender, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.8
Percentage of 15-year-old students who very rarely follow news of science, environmental, ecology organizations via blogs and microblogging, by science proficiency levels, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2015
Chart D.1.9
Percentage of 15-year-old students who self-reported being aware or well-aware of environmental issues, OECD, Canada, 2006 and 2015
Chart D.1.10
Percentage of 15-year-old students who forecasted the following environmental issues will get better over the next 20 years, OECD, Canada, 2006 and 2015
Chart D.2.1
Out of school rate, 15- to 17-year-olds, 2005/2006 and 2017/2018, Canada, provinces and territories
Chart D.2.2
Postsecondary participation of 18-24 year olds, by type of institution, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017
Chart D.2.3
Gender parity index, university, college and postsecondary participation of young adults aged 18 to 24, Canada, provinces and territories, 2016/2017