Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2020
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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, 2019

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, 2019

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, 2019

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, 2018 and 2019

Section A2

Table A.2.1
True cohort high-school graduation rate within 3 years since beginning Grade 10/Secondary 3 ('on-time'), by gender, Canada, provinces and territories, 2013/2014 to 2017/2018

Table A.2.2
True cohort high school graduation rate within 5 years since beginning Grade 10/ Secondary 3 ('extended-time'), by gender, Canada, provinces and territories, 2013/2014 to 2017/2018

Section A3

Table A.3.1
International students in tertiary education and distribution of international enrolments, by level of tertiary education, Canada and provinces, 2017/2018

Table A.3.2
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by region of origin and selected countries of citizenship, Canada and provinces, 2017/2018

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, 2020

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, 2020

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, 2020

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 2020

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, 2019

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 2019

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, 2010 and 2019

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, 2010 and 2019

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, 2010 and 2019

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, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

Table B.1.2.1
Annual expenditure by educational institutions per student, on core services and ancillary services, Canadian dollars, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

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 and juridictions, 2018/2019

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, 2018/2019

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, 2018/2019

Section D

Section D1

Table D.1.1
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having access to a computer at home they can use for school work, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2006, 2015, 2018

Table D.1.2
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported using a computer or a tablet at home for school work, by frequency, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Table D.1.3
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having access to educational software at home, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2006, 2015, 2018

Table D.1.4
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported using a computer or tablet for finding and reading information for school work on a normal school day, by duration, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Table D.1.5
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported having been taught digital skills, by skill and learning method, international average, Canada, 2016

Table D.1.6
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having been taught digital literacy and well-being, by skill, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Table D.1.7
Percentage of principals who agreed about their school's capacity to enhance learning and teaching using digital devices, by capacity, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Table D.1.8
Percentage of schools that have policies and programs around digital devices and Internet use, by policy and program, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Table D.1.9
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported that students have computers (including tablets) available to use for their reading lessons in their class, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Table D.1.10
Percentage of schools that have policies and practices to encourage teacher collaboration around digital devices, by policy and program, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Table D.1.11
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported that lack of support for using information technology is not a limit to how they teach their class, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Table D.1.12
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported computers activities during reading lessons, by computer activity and frequency, international average, Canada, 2016

Table D.1.13a
Percentage of lower secondary teachers whose pre-service programs included using ICT content for teaching, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Table D.1.13b
Percentage of lower secondary teachers who feel well prepared to use ICT in their teaching, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Table D.1.13c
Lower secondary teachers' capacity to support student learning using ICT, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Section D2

Table D.2.1a
Status of full-time students in a Bachelor’s or equivalent program, one year after entry, selected countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

Table D.2.1b
Status of full-time students in a Bachelor’s or equivalent program, four years after entry, selected countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

Table D.2.2
Graduation rate four years after entry of full-time Bachelor or equivalent students, by program and gender, Canada, provinces and territories, 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, 2019

Chart A.1.2
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD and Canada, 2019

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, 2019

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, 2019

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, 2019

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, 2019

Chapter A2

Chart A.2.1.1
On-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015/16 and 2017/18

Chart A.2.1.2
Extended-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015-16 to 2017-18

Chart A.2.2.1
On-time and extended-time high-school graduation rate, provinces and territories, 2015/2016 and 2017/2018

Chart A.2.3.1
On-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, Canadian provinces and territories, selected OECD countries, by gender, 2015-16

Chart A.2.3.2
Extended-time high-school graduation rate, Canada, Canadian provinces and territories, selected OECD countries, by gender, 2017-18

Chart A.2.3.3
On-time and extended-time high-school graduation rates, gender gap (percentage points) in favour of female compared to male graduates, Canada, provinces and territories, selected OECD countries, 2015-16 and 2017-18

Chapter A3

Chart A.3.1
Number of international students in tertiary education, by province, 2017/2018

Chart A.3.2
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by level of education, Canada and provinces, 2017/2018

Chart A.3.3a
Proportion of international students among all tertiary enrolments, by level of education, Canada, provinces and OECD average, 2017/2018

Chart A.3.3b
Proportion of international students among all tertiary enrolments, by level of education, G7 countries, Australia and OECD average, 2017/2018

Chart A.3.4
Distribution of international students in tertiary education, by region of origin, Canada and provinces, 2017/2018

Chart A.3.5
Percentage of international students from top 5 source countries in tertiary education in Canada by level of education, in 2017/2018

Chart A.3.6
Proportion of international students among all tertiary enrolments, Canada1 and provinces, 2000, 2010 and 2017

Chart A.3.7
Top 10 destination countries for Canadians studying abroad, 2017/2018

Chapter A4

Chart A.4.1
Portrait of the 15- to 29-year-old Canadian population by age group and education and employment status, 2020

Chart A.4.2
Distribution of the 18- to 24-year-old population by education and employment status, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020

Chart A.4.3
Percentage of the 18- to 29-year-old population not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (NEET), OECD and G7 countries, 2020

Chart A.4.4.1
Distribution of the 18- to 24-year-old NEET population (not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (inactive)), by sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020

Chart A.4.4.2
Distribution of the 25- to 29-year-old NEET population (not in education, unemployed or not in the labour force (inactive)), by sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020

Chart A.4.5
Trends in the proportion of 18- to 24-year olds in education, NEET, Canada, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020

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, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020

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, 2019

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, 2019

Chart A.5.3.1
Employment rates of tertiary-educated 25-to 34-year-olds, by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019

Chart A.5.3.2
Employment rates of tertiary-educated 55- to 64-year-olds by sex, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019

Chart A.5.3.3
Employment rates of 25- to 34-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019

Chart A.5.3.4
Employment rates of 55- to 64-year-olds by highest level of education attained and sex, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2019

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, 2017/2018

Chart B.1.2
Core and ancillary expenditure per student in primary/secondary education, in US dollars, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

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, 2017/2018

Chart B.3.3
Compensation of all staff as a share of current expenditure on educational institutions for postsecondary education, OECD and G7 countries, 2017/2018

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, provinces and territories, 2018/2019

Chart C.2.2
Net teaching time as a percentage of total working time at school, OECD, Canada and provinces, 2018/2019

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, 2018/2019

Chart C.3.2
Starting and top of scale salaries in lower secondary institutions, with typical level of training, for the 10 countries with highest top of scale salaries, provinces and territories, US dollars, 2018/2019

Chart C.3.3
Percentage change for starting salary and top of scale salary from 2014/2015 to 2018/2019, full-time teachers in lower secondary institutions, with typical level of training, OECD, G7 countries, Canada, provinces and territories

Chapter D

Chapter D1

Chart D.1.1
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having access to a computer at home they can use for school work, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Chart D.1.2
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported using a computer or a tablet at home for school work, by frequency, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Chart D.1.3
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having access to educational software at home, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2006, 2015, 2018

Chart D.1.4
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported using a computer or tablet for finding and reading information for school work on a normal school day, by duration, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Chart D.1.5
Percentage of Grade 4 students who reported having been taught digital skills, by skill and learning method, international average, Canada, 2016

Chart D.1.6
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported having been taught digital literacy and well-being, by skill, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Chart D.1.7
Percentage of principals who agreed about their school's capacity to enhance learning and teaching using digital devices, by capacity, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Chart D.1.8
Percentage of schools that have policies and programs around digital devices and Internet use, by policy and program, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Chart D.1.9
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported that students have computers (including tablets) available to use for their reading lessons in their class, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Chart D.1.10
Percentage of schools that have policies and practices to encourage teacher collaboration around digital devices, by policy and program, OECD, Canada, provinces, 2018

Chart D.1.11
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported that lack of support for using information technology is not a limit to how they teach their class, international average, Canada, provinces, 2016

Chart D.1.12
Percentage of Grade 4 teachers who reported computers activities during reading lessons, by computer activity and frequency, international average, Canada, 2016

Chart D.1.13a
Percentage of lower secondary teachers whose pre-service programs included using ICT content for teaching, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Chart D.1.13b
Percentage of lower secondary teachers who feel well prepared to use ICT in their teaching, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Chart D.1.13c
Lower secondary teachers' capacity to support student learning using ICT, Alberta, OECD, selected countries, 2018

Chapter D2

Chart D.2.1.a
Status of full-time students in a Bachelor’s or equivalent program, one year after entry, selected countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

Chart D.2.1.b
Status of full-time students in a Bachelor’s or equivalent program, four years after entry, selected countries, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

Chart D.2.1.c
Status of full-time students1 in a Bachelor’s or equivalent program, four years after entry, by gender, Canada, 2017

Chart D.2.2.a
Graduation rate four years after entry of full-time Bachelor or equivalent students, by gender, selected countries, Canada, provinces, 2017

Chart D.2.2.b
Graduation rate four years after entry of full-time Bachelor or equivalent students, by program and gender, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017

Chart D.2.3.a
Percentage of Bachelor or equivalent full-time students no longer enrolled in and not graduated from tertiary education one or four years after entry, selected countries, Canada, provinces, 2017

Chart D.2.3.b
Percentage of Bachelor or equivalent full-time students no longer enrolled in and not graduated from tertiary education four years after entry, by gender, Canada, provinces, 2017

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