Gender Results Framework - Education and skills development
Data
The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following listed data tables and may include additional variables or details not presented in the visuals:
- More diversified educational paths and career choices
- Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0416-01 Major field of study (STEM and BHASE, summary) by Indigenous identity: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
- Statistics Canada. Table 37-10-0163-01 Postsecondary enrolments, by International Standard Classification of Education, institution type, Classification of Instructional Programs, STEM and BHASE groupings, status of student in Canada, age group and gender
- Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0420-01 High school completion by Indigenous identity, Indigenous geography and labour force status: Canada, provinces and territories
High school completion rate by gender, geography and age group, 2021 Table summary
The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Age groups, Women , Men and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).Geography Age groups Women Men Total percent Canada Total - Age 83.4 80.4 82.0 15 to 24 years 68.4 65.2 66.7 25 to 54 years 92.0 88.4 90.2 55 to 64 years 85.7 80.8 83.3 65 to 74 years 79.8 77.9 78.9 75 years and over 61.8 63.8 62.7 Newfoundland and Labrador Total - Age 79.7 75.8 77.8 15 to 24 years 66.7 64.0 65.3 25 to 54 years 91.6 87.1 89.4 55 to 64 years 80.9 73.2 77.2 65 to 74 years 70.8 69.9 70.4 75 years and over 55.4 56.8 56.0 Prince Edward Island Total - Age 85.9 78.8 82.5 15 to 24 years 68.6 68.7 68.6 25 to 54 years 95.4 89.7 92.7 55 to 64 years 88.4 77.3 83.1 65 to 74 years 83.0 71.9 77.8 75 years and over 67.6 57.7 63.1 Nova Scotia Total - Age 83.3 78.1 80.8 15 to 24 years 68.3 65.8 67.0 25 to 54 years 93.8 88.8 91.4 55 to 64 years 84.6 76.4 80.6 65 to 74 years 77.7 72.2 75.1 75 years and over 63.1 59.7 61.6 New Brunswick Total - Age 81.5 76.5 79.1 15 to 24 years 67.8 65.8 66.8 25 to 54 years 93.6 89.0 91.3 55 to 64 years 84.0 74.8 79.5 65 to 74 years 73.8 67.7 70.8 75 years and over 55.0 51.7 53.5 Quebec Total - Age 81.4 77.4 79.4 15 to 24 years 69.0 62.1 65.5 25 to 54 years 90.2 84.2 87.2 55 to 64 years 83.4 78.6 81.0 65 to 74 years 78.0 76.3 77.2 75 years and over 56.9 61.7 59.1 Ontario Total - Age 84.1 82.4 83.3 15 to 24 years 69.2 67.3 68.2 25 to 54 years 92.9 90.6 91.8 55 to 64 years 86.8 83.4 85.1 65 to 74 years 80.0 79.8 79.9 75 years and over 61.9 64.7 63.2 Manitoba Total - Age 81.1 77.1 79.1 15 to 24 years 64.5 63.2 63.9 25 to 54 years 90.4 86.3 88.4 55 to 64 years 83.0 75.8 79.5 65 to 74 years 77.3 72.1 74.8 75 years and over 61.1 58.8 60.1 Saskatchewan Total - Age 82.9 76.8 79.9 15 to 24 years 62.6 58.6 60.5 25 to 54 years 91.9 87.1 89.5 55 to 64 years 87.2 76.5 81.9 65 to 74 years 82.1 73.6 78.0 75 years and over 61.3 55.1 58.6 Alberta Total - Age 83.9 80.7 82.4 15 to 24 years 66.1 62.7 64.3 25 to 54 years 90.9 88.0 89.5 55 to 64 years 86.2 80.5 83.4 65 to 74 years 81.8 79.4 80.7 75 years and over 65.4 65.3 65.3 British Columbia Total - Age 86.0 83.3 84.7 15 to 24 years 70.4 68.3 69.3 25 to 54 years 93.5 90.6 92.0 55 to 64 years 88.0 83.1 85.6 65 to 74 years 83.5 81.4 82.5 75 years and over 69.0 70.5 69.7 Yukon Total - Age 86.4 77.9 82.2 15 to 24 years 65.8 57.6 61.7 25 to 54 years 93.1 86.7 90.0 55 to 64 years 85.6 75.3 80.6 65 to 74 years 85.4 75.9 80.4 75 years and over 65.1 59.9 61.9 Northwest Territories Total - Age 73.5 66.4 69.9 15 to 24 years 56.8 50.8 53.6 25 to 54 years 80.7 73.1 76.8 55 to 64 years 74.1 64.7 69.3 65 to 74 years 67.7 66.7 67.2 75 years and over 43.1 39.8 41.5 Nunavut Total - Age 44.9 40.8 42.8 15 to 24 years 33.0 28.3 30.7 25 to 54 years 51.4 45.5 48.4 55 to 64 years 45.9 46.7 46.2 65 to 74 years 34.9 39.5 37.6 75 years and over 5.1 23.1 14.3 - Reduced gender gaps in reading and numeracy skills among youth, including Indigenous youth
- Equal lifelong learning opportunities and outcomes for adults
Additional information
Balancing confidentiality and gender data dissemination
To maintain the balance between disseminating as much gender-based data as possible and preserving confidentiality, some information from the 2021 Census is released at higher levels of geography using a three-category gender variable with the following categories:
- men (cisgender and transgender)
- women (cisgender and transgender)
- non-binary persons.
Or using a five-category classification of cisgender, transgender and non-binary populations. This is a derived variable that uses both three-category gender and sex at birth:
- cisgender men
- cisgender women
- transgender men
- transgender women
- non-binary persons.
Given that the non-binary population is small, when necessary, a statistical method producing a two-category gender variable is applied to prevent disclosure of identifiable data for lower levels of geography.
Consequently, in these cases, information will be disseminated using the following categories:
- men+
- women+.
Individuals in the "non-binary persons" category are distributed in the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol.
Additional information on gender-based data:
- Find more information on Education and skills development.
- Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education (BHASE) groupings
- The Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) category includes fields of study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- The Business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education (BHASE) category includes fields of study in business, humanities, health, arts, social science, education, legal studies, trades, services, natural resources and conservation.
Related data
- Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0309-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by mother tongue, labour force status and highest level of education: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
- Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0430-01 Highest level of education by major field of study, visible minority and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
- Statistics Canada. Table 37-10-0170-01 High school completion rate by sex, age group and selected demographic characteristics
- Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0385-01 High school completion by census year: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations
- Literacy and numeracy among off-reserve First Nations people and Métis: Do higher skill levels improve labour market outcomes?
Sign up to My StatCan to get updates in real-time.
- Date modified: