Table 3
Percentage of the population who are employed by highest level of educational
attainment, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of
the population who are employed by highest level of educational attainment. This information begins with the first row header as a category of
Level of education. The following columns are grouped by Women, Men, each listed
with the respective age groups as series 15 to 24, 25 to 44, 45 and over, 15
and over appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit
of measure.
| Level of education |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
| 15 to 24 |
25 to 44 |
45 and over |
15 and over |
| percentage |
| 0 to 8 years |
19.4 |
26.0 |
40.8 |
59.1 |
10.8 |
22.7 |
13.7 |
27.1 |
| Some high school |
40.5 |
37.6 |
52.0 |
71.0 |
26.4 |
44.8 |
35.0 |
47.0 |
| High school graduate |
65.1 |
64.9 |
69.6 |
81.3 |
47.7 |
59.3 |
56.2 |
67.7 |
| Some post-secondary |
58.7 |
55.5 |
68.7 |
79.1 |
52.0 |
56.7 |
59.1 |
62.9 |
| Post-secondary certificate or
diploma |
77.2 |
73.0 |
82.1 |
86.8 |
57.3 |
62.6 |
69.2 |
73.5 |
| University degree |
73.6 |
73.7 |
82.8 |
88.3 |
64.4 |
67.4 |
74.7 |
77.3 |
|
Total of all education
levels
|
57.1 |
53.6 |
77.1 |
83.8 |
46.3 |
56.1 |
58.3 |
65.2 |
|
Source: Statistics
Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
