Table A.2.1
Upper secondary graduation ratesNote 1, by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2011

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Table A.2.1
Upper secondary graduation ratesNote 1, by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Upper secondary graduation rates Total (unduplicated), Both sexes, all ages, Males, all ages , Females, all ages and Share of graduates < 25 years old, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total (unduplicated)
Both sexes, all agesNote 2 Males, all ages Females, all ages Share of graduates
< 25 years oldNote 3
percent
OECD averageNote 4, Note 5 84 81 87 95
CanadaNote 5 85 82 87 94
Newfoundland and Labrador 75 72 78 98
Prince Edward Island 87 85 88 100
Nova Scotia 87 82 92 100
New Brunswick 83 80 85 100
Quebec 93 90 96 85
Ontario 86 84 88 97
ManitobaNote 6 78 76 79 99
Saskatchewan 82 80 85 96
Alberta 69 67 72 99
British Columbia 85 82 89 97
Yukon 64 53 78 100
Northwest Territories 55 50 61 94
Nunavut 35 34 36 97
Note 1.

All graduation rates in this table are calculated according to the "net" methodology (see the "Definitions, sources and methodology" section in Indicator A2 for more details).

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Note 2.

The sum of graduation rates by age, which are obtained by dividing graduates of a specific age by the population of the corresponding specific age.

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Note 3.

Share of graduates under 25 years of age among the total population of graduates.

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Note 4.

These averages are from Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators, Table A2.1a, Upper secondary graduation rates and average ages (2012) and Table A2.1b, Upper secondary graduation rates: Under 25 years old (2012), which present the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.

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Note 5.

The estimates submitted to the OECD for its 2014 report are for 2011; they reflect the 2010/2011 academic year and are included in the OECD's average figures for 2012.

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Note 6.

Manitoba graduates from Adult Learning Centres in the province are not included in the graduation rate calculation.

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Note: The methodology used to produce numbers for Canada and the provinces/territories may differ from that used in a particular province/territory; as a result, the numbers in this table may differ from those published by the provinces/territories.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES); Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators.
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