Education Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Highest level of educational attainment (general) by selected age groups 25 to 64, both sexes, % distribution 2016, Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data

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This table shows Highest level of educational attainment (general) by selected age groups 25 to 64, both sexes, % distribution 2016, Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data. The column headings are: Geographic name; type; prov/terr;Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree;No certificate, diploma or degree;Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate;Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma;College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma;University certificate or diploma below bachelor level;University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above
Geographic name	Type	Prov. / Terr.	Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree ^{Footnote 1}	No certificate, diploma or degree	Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate ^{Footnote 2}	Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma ^{Footnote 3} ^{Footnote 4}	College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above ^{Footnote 5}
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Canada	...	...	100.0	11.5	23.7	10.8	22.4	3.1	28.5
Yorkton	CA	Sask.	100.0	11.3	33.5	11.7	21.7	2.7	19.3
Yellowknife	CA	N.W.T.	100.0	9.4	21.5	9.2	22.1	3.5	34.2
Woodstock	CA	Ont.	100.0	14.6	34.0	7.1	29.1	1.1	14.1
Wood Buffalo	CA	Alta.	100.0	7.9	27.0	15.3	25.6	2.8	21.4
Winnipeg	CMA	Man.	100.0	10.1	26.7	7.3	21.2	3.2	31.6
Winkler	CA	Man.	100.0	28.9	29.7	7.7	17.6	2.7	13.6
Windsor	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.8	29.2	6.7	26.3	2.0	26.0
Williams Lake	CA	B.C.	100.0	17.4	35.4	14.3	17.0	3.8	12.0
Whitehorse	CA	Y.T.	100.0	8.5	20.8	10.8	23.4	3.3	33.3
Weyburn	CA	Sask.	100.0	10.9	33.8	11.9	20.9	3.6	18.8
Wetaskiwin	CA	Alta.	100.0	19.7	29.9	11.8	22.2	2.3	14.1
Wasaga Beach	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.9	33.0	9.0	28.5	1.8	13.8
Victoriaville	CA	Que.	100.0	17.2	18.8	24.9	19.7	3.3	16.1
Victoria	CMA	B.C.	100.0	7.3	24.8	8.7	22.5	3.0	33.8
Vernon	CA	B.C.	100.0	10.2	29.7	12.6	25.7	3.2	18.5
Vancouver	CMA	B.C.	100.0	8.0	24.4	6.7	19.2	4.2	37.5
Val-d'Or	CA	Que.	100.0	21.9	17.9	25.3	16.1	3.5	15.3
Truro	CA	N.S.	100.0	13.4	26.8	10.8	26.9	2.3	19.8
Trois-Rivières	CMA	Que.	100.0	12.2	17.6	23.1	21.7	3.6	21.8
Toronto	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.6	21.9	4.5	20.1	3.1	40.9
Timmins	CA	Ont.	100.0	15.8	26.0	9.9	33.1	1.4	13.8
Tillsonburg	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.6	34.0	6.1	29.2	1.5	12.6
Thunder Bay	CMA	Ont.	100.0	11.7	24.9	8.4	29.3	2.0	23.7
Thompson	CA	Man.	100.0	20.7	27.7	10.1	18.9	3.9	18.6
Thetford Mines	CA	Que.	100.0	15.4	18.4	30.8	21.4	2.6	11.5
Terrace	CA	B.C.	100.0	15.4	27.0	12.6	24.0	2.6	18.5
Sylvan Lake	CA	Alta.	100.0	11.4	30.8	16.9	26.3	2.3	12.3
Swift Current	CA	Sask.	100.0	10.6	34.7	11.7	22.9	2.6	17.4
Summerside	CA	P.E.I.	100.0	14.5	30.7	6.9	29.1	1.6	17.3
Strathmore	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.9	30.5	12.2	25.5	2.6	16.4
Stratford	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.6	31.6	7.1	27.0	1.8	20.9
Steinbach	CA	Man.	100.0	18.3	31.3	7.4	19.6	2.9	20.5
St. John's	CMA	N.L.	100.0	8.5	21.0	9.0	29.4	2.8	29.4
St. Catharines - Niagara	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.4	30.1	8.4	28.9	1.8	20.4
Squamish	CA	B.C.	100.0	7.6	23.9	10.6	21.9	4.6	31.6
Sorel-Tracy	CA	Que.	100.0	17.7	18.8	25.9	22.4	3.3	12.0
Sherbrooke	CMA	Que.	100.0	12.1	17.3	22.2	19.5	3.1	25.7
Shawinigan	CA	Que.	100.0	16.1	20.5	26.2	20.9	2.8	13.5
Sept-Îles	CA	Que.	100.0	21.2	17.7	23.7	19.9	2.8	14.7
Sault Ste. Marie	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.5	28.3	8.0	31.4	1.6	21.1
Saskatoon	CMA	Sask.	100.0	8.2	26.1	10.4	20.8	3.1	31.4
Sarnia	CA	Ont.	100.0	8.1	27.4	11.2	34.7	1.3	17.3
Salmon Arm	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.1	29.7	12.4	25.9	4.1	18.8
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	CA	Que.	100.0	20.4	23.3	26.0	17.5	2.7	10.0
Sainte-Marie	CA	Que.	100.0	11.4	21.5	26.5	20.8	3.1	16.9
Saint John	CMA	N.B.	100.0	9.4	29.8	8.7	27.3	1.8	23.0
Saint-Hyacinthe	CA	Que.	100.0	18.8	22.0	21.9	19.5	3.5	14.4
Saint-Georges	CA	Que.	100.0	16.0	19.6	26.8	19.4	2.7	15.5
Saguenay	CMA	Que.	100.0	11.0	15.5	29.3	21.8	3.4	18.9
Rouyn-Noranda	CA	Que.	100.0	16.1	17.0	26.2	17.6	3.9	19.2
Rivière-du-Loup	CA	Que.	100.0	13.2	15.8	28.0	21.8	3.7	17.4
Rimouski	CA	Que.	100.0	9.7	16.6	21.7	23.2	4.0	24.7
Regina	CMA	Sask.	100.0	8.1	29.5	9.7	18.4	4.0	30.4
Red Deer	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.0	29.2	12.5	23.6	2.9	19.7
Quesnel	CA	B.C.	100.0	19.6	33.9	13.1	19.7	2.1	11.6
Québec	CMA	Que.	100.0	7.6	16.1	19.5	22.6	3.9	30.2
Prince Rupert	CA	B.C.	100.0	20.1	30.9	14.1	18.7	2.8	13.3
Prince George	CA	B.C.	100.0	14.1	30.3	13.0	21.8	2.4	18.6
Prince Albert	CA	Sask.	100.0	13.7	29.4	12.3	22.2	3.4	19.0
Powell River	CA	B.C.	100.0	11.7	31.3	15.4	23.4	3.8	14.5
Portage la Prairie	CA	Man.	100.0	18.5	31.7	8.5	23.2	2.0	16.1
Port Hope	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.9	30.2	8.4	31.6	1.7	17.0
Port Alberni	CA	B.C.	100.0	18.7	29.8	14.0	24.5	3.2	9.9
Peterborough	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.8	26.1	7.7	31.6	1.4	23.5
Petawawa	CA	Ont.	100.0	6.7	34.9	8.9	29.6	1.0	18.8
Penticton	CA	B.C.	100.0	11.8	29.2	12.5	25.3	3.1	18.1
Pembroke	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.8	30.4	8.8	30.9	1.2	14.9
Parksville	CA	B.C.	100.0	8.1	27.2	11.9	27.7	4.2	20.9
Owen Sound	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.3	29.2	7.9	30.7	1.4	17.5
Ottawa - Gatineau	CMA	Ont. / Que.	100.0	8.2	19.7	7.2	22.8	2.3	39.9
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part)	CMA	Que.	100.0	13.2	19.7	14.9	19.8	3.1	29.3
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part)	CMA	Ont.	100.0	6.4	19.7	4.5	23.8	2.0	43.5
Oshawa	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.5	27.9	7.1	31.6	1.9	22.0
Orillia	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.1	30.5	7.0	27.9	1.2	17.3
Okotoks	CA	Alta.	100.0	6.5	27.7	12.0	26.5	3.1	24.3
North Bay	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.5	25.2	8.2	34.8	1.4	20.0
North Battleford	CA	Sask.	100.0	14.5	28.4	11.4	22.7	4.0	18.9
Norfolk	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.2	29.8	9.4	30.9	1.3	12.3
New Glasgow	CA	N.S.	100.0	14.7	24.7	11.6	29.4	2.3	17.3
Nelson	CA	B.C.	100.0	5.6	25.1	9.8	27.2	3.4	29.0
Nanaimo	CA	B.C.	100.0	10.1	28.6	11.3	22.5	5.2	22.4
Moose Jaw	CA	Sask.	100.0	12.7	31.9	13.5	22.4	2.5	17.0
Montréal	CMA	Que.	100.0	11.3	18.3	15.7	18.4	4.4	31.9
Moncton	CMA	N.B.	100.0	9.5	26.8	7.8	29.2	2.0	24.7
Miramichi	CA	N.B.	100.0	10.1	32.8	10.2	28.7	1.6	16.6
Midland	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.8	33.0	8.6	30.1	1.2	13.2
Medicine Hat	CA	Alta.	100.0	14.2	30.2	12.3	26.5	2.2	14.6
Matane	CA	Que.	100.0	18.2	18.0	27.7	20.0	3.0	13.1
London	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.1	25.1	6.4	28.8	1.9	27.7
Lloydminster	CA	Alta. / Sask.	100.0	12.2	29.3	13.1	24.2	2.6	18.6
Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part)	CA	Sask.	100.0	13.0	32.1	13.7	21.9	2.9	16.4
Lloydminster (Alberta part)	CA	Alta.	100.0	11.6	27.1	12.6	26.0	2.4	20.3
Lethbridge	CMA	Alta.	100.0	12.2	28.1	10.5	24.2	1.9	23.0
Leamington	CA	Ont.	100.0	23.8	28.1	7.7	25.8	1.2	13.4
Lacombe	CA	Alta.	100.0	11.1	26.1	14.7	25.0	2.8	20.2
Lachute	CA	Que.	100.0	28.7	22.3	25.2	12.7	2.2	9.1
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo	CMA	Ont.	100.0	11.1	26.0	6.8	25.4	1.8	28.9
Kingston	CMA	Ont.	100.0	7.7	25.3	6.6	29.6	1.4	29.4
Kentville	CA	N.S.	100.0	12.7	25.2	9.3	28.5	2.2	22.1
Kenora	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.4	30.0	9.7	28.9	1.5	18.5
Kelowna	CMA	B.C.	100.0	8.4	28.6	11.6	26.9	3.2	21.2
Kawartha Lakes	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.6	32.4	10.2	31.3	1.6	11.9
Kamloops	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.1	29.8	12.8	22.0	5.2	21.1
Joliette	CA	Que.	100.0	16.6	20.6	23.2	18.6	3.5	17.5
Ingersoll	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.3	32.2	9.2	32.9	0.9	12.3
High River	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.1	31.1	11.8	24.1	4.1	16.8
Hawkesbury	CA	Ont. / Que.	100.0	23.5	32.2	11.8	23.2	1.7	7.8
Hawkesbury (Quebec part)	CA	Que.	100.0	19.8	28.5	25.6	20.3	0.0	5.8
Hawkesbury (Ontario part)	CA	Ont.	100.0	24.1	32.9	9.4	23.6	1.8	8.1
Hamilton	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.3	24.9	6.7	27.6	2.1	28.4
Halifax	CMA	N.S.	100.0	8.4	22.0	8.2	23.9	2.4	35.2
Guelph	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.1	24.7	5.7	23.7	2.2	34.7
Greater Sudbury	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.9	24.7	8.6	34.2	1.3	20.3
Grande Prairie	CA	Alta.	100.0	14.0	31.1	12.7	22.9	2.6	16.7
Grand Falls-Windsor	CA	N.L.	100.0	13.5	22.1	13.7	32.1	2.0	16.6
Granby	CA	Que.	100.0	16.3	23.7	21.6	18.1	3.2	17.1
Gander	CA	N.L.	100.0	11.7	23.6	11.6	33.5	2.0	17.5
Fredericton	CA	N.B.	100.0	7.4	24.7	7.3	23.7	1.7	35.2
Fort St. John	CA	B.C.	100.0	14.7	32.0	16.0	20.2	2.6	14.4
Estevan	CA	Sask.	100.0	12.9	35.7	16.5	17.9	2.4	14.7
Elliot Lake	CA	Ont.	100.0	22.2	28.4	7.1	28.9	1.3	12.1
Edmundston	CA	N.B.	100.0	14.9	29.3	14.7	20.3	2.8	18.0
Edmonton	CMA	Alta.	100.0	9.7	24.8	10.9	22.2	3.6	28.9
Duncan	CA	B.C.	100.0	13.3	29.9	12.5	23.2	4.3	16.8
Drummondville	CA	Que.	100.0	16.8	20.3	26.1	20.4	2.6	13.8
Dolbeau-Mistassini	CA	Que.	100.0	19.3	17.9	33.7	16.1	2.8	10.1
Dawson Creek	CA	B.C.	100.0	17.5	30.5	12.4	21.4	2.9	15.2
Cranbrook	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.6	30.7	14.0	26.8	2.7	16.1
Cowansville	CA	Que.	100.0	19.1	27.5	23.9	14.4	3.0	12.0
Courtenay	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.7	28.9	12.1	25.0	2.6	21.7
Cornwall	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.7	33.2	8.4	29.5	1.3	11.0
Corner Brook	CA	N.L.	100.0	11.9	20.6	13.3	32.3	2.5	19.5
Collingwood	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.4	28.5	6.2	27.8	2.2	23.9
Cold Lake	CA	Alta.	100.0	8.7	28.6	14.4	27.9	2.5	17.9
Cobourg	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.4	32.2	7.3	29.3	1.3	20.4
Chilliwack	CA	B.C.	100.0	12.5	33.5	11.9	21.9	5.3	14.8
Chatham-Kent	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.1	29.9	7.7	32.0	1.3	13.1
Charlottetown	CA	P.E.I.	100.0	8.0	21.4	7.4	28.5	2.9	31.9
Centre Wellington	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.3	28.2	8.6	29.2	1.9	22.8
Carleton Place	CA	Ont.	100.0	7.6	25.8	7.9	35.5	1.8	21.3
Cape Breton	CA	N.S.	100.0	13.7	26.1	13.7	25.1	3.1	18.3
Canmore	CA	Alta.	100.0	3.6	20.9	8.3	22.2	2.9	42.2
Camrose	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.3	29.1	12.2	23.7	2.7	19.9
Campbellton	CA	N.B. / Que.	100.0	21.7	24.1	11.2	27.4	2.1	13.5
Campbellton (New Brunswick part)	CA	N.B.	100.0	21.1	24.8	9.6	28.8	1.5	14.4
Campbellton (Quebec part)	CA	Que.	100.0	24.7	21.1	19.3	20.0	5.5	9.8
Campbell River	CA	B.C.	100.0	12.4	31.2	13.6	25.8	2.8	14.2
Calgary	CMA	Alta.	100.0	8.1	22.3	7.4	20.3	3.5	38.3
Brooks	CA	Alta.	100.0	20.6	34.6	11.5	18.2	2.5	12.7
Brockville	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.1	29.3	7.7	33.9	1.8	15.4
Brantford	CMA	Ont.	100.0	13.1	30.2	8.2	30.3	1.5	16.7
Brandon	CA	Man.	100.0	12.6	30.8	9.4	23.6	2.5	21.2
Belleville	CMA	Ont.	100.0	12.9	31.4	7.9	32.7	1.2	14.0
Bay Roberts	CA	N.L.	100.0	13.6	22.8	19.4	30.0	1.8	12.3
Bathurst	CA	N.B.	100.0	19.1	25.8	10.4	29.0	1.4	14.3
Barrie	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.7	29.1	7.8	31.0	1.6	19.8
Baie-Comeau	CA	Que.	100.0	15.3	18.2	27.7	21.7	2.8	14.2
Arnprior	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.6	30.2	10.2	31.8	1.5	15.6
Alma	CA	Que.	100.0	13.4	14.9	31.7	21.4	3.1	15.5
Abbotsford - Mission	CMA	B.C.	100.0	14.8	32.8	10.0	19.2	4.4	18.7

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Note(s):

Note(s): 1

Highest certificate, diploma or degree is the classification used in the census to measure the broader concept of 'Educational attainment.'

This variable refers to the highest level of education that a person has successfully completed and is derived from the educational qualifications questions, which asked for all certificates, diplomas and degrees to be reported.

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree', available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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Note(s): 2

'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.

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Note(s): 3

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

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Note(s): 4

Persons who obtained qualifications from vocational training programs in the province of Quebec such as the Diplôme d'études professionnelles (DEP) and Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) are included in the ‘Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma’ category, consistent with instructions in the help text of the questionnaire.

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Note(s): 5

'University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above' includes the categories 'Bachelor's degree,' 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'

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