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
Abbotsford - Mission	CMA	B.C.	100.0	14.8	32.8	10.0	19.2	4.4	18.7
Alma	CA	Que.	100.0	13.4	14.9	31.7	21.4	3.1	15.5
Arnprior	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.6	30.2	10.2	31.8	1.5	15.6
Baie-Comeau	CA	Que.	100.0	15.3	18.2	27.7	21.7	2.8	14.2
Barrie	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.7	29.1	7.8	31.0	1.6	19.8
Bathurst	CA	N.B.	100.0	19.1	25.8	10.4	29.0	1.4	14.3
Bay Roberts	CA	N.L.	100.0	13.6	22.8	19.4	30.0	1.8	12.3
Belleville	CMA	Ont.	100.0	12.9	31.4	7.9	32.7	1.2	14.0
Brandon	CA	Man.	100.0	12.6	30.8	9.4	23.6	2.5	21.2
Brantford	CMA	Ont.	100.0	13.1	30.2	8.2	30.3	1.5	16.7
Brockville	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.1	29.3	7.7	33.9	1.8	15.4
Brooks	CA	Alta.	100.0	20.6	34.6	11.5	18.2	2.5	12.7
Calgary	CMA	Alta.	100.0	8.1	22.3	7.4	20.3	3.5	38.3
Campbell River	CA	B.C.	100.0	12.4	31.2	13.6	25.8	2.8	14.2
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
Camrose	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.3	29.1	12.2	23.7	2.7	19.9
Canmore	CA	Alta.	100.0	3.6	20.9	8.3	22.2	2.9	42.2
Cape Breton	CA	N.S.	100.0	13.7	26.1	13.7	25.1	3.1	18.3
Carleton Place	CA	Ont.	100.0	7.6	25.8	7.9	35.5	1.8	21.3
Centre Wellington	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.3	28.2	8.6	29.2	1.9	22.8
Charlottetown	CA	P.E.I.	100.0	8.0	21.4	7.4	28.5	2.9	31.9
Chatham-Kent	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.1	29.9	7.7	32.0	1.3	13.1
Chilliwack	CA	B.C.	100.0	12.5	33.5	11.9	21.9	5.3	14.8
Cobourg	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.4	32.2	7.3	29.3	1.3	20.4
Cold Lake	CA	Alta.	100.0	8.7	28.6	14.4	27.9	2.5	17.9
Collingwood	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.4	28.5	6.2	27.8	2.2	23.9
Corner Brook	CA	N.L.	100.0	11.9	20.6	13.3	32.3	2.5	19.5
Cornwall	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.7	33.2	8.4	29.5	1.3	11.0
Courtenay	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.7	28.9	12.1	25.0	2.6	21.7
Cowansville	CA	Que.	100.0	19.1	27.5	23.9	14.4	3.0	12.0
Cranbrook	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.6	30.7	14.0	26.8	2.7	16.1
Dawson Creek	CA	B.C.	100.0	17.5	30.5	12.4	21.4	2.9	15.2
Dolbeau-Mistassini	CA	Que.	100.0	19.3	17.9	33.7	16.1	2.8	10.1
Drummondville	CA	Que.	100.0	16.8	20.3	26.1	20.4	2.6	13.8
Duncan	CA	B.C.	100.0	13.3	29.9	12.5	23.2	4.3	16.8
Edmonton	CMA	Alta.	100.0	9.7	24.8	10.9	22.2	3.6	28.9
Edmundston	CA	N.B.	100.0	14.9	29.3	14.7	20.3	2.8	18.0
Elliot Lake	CA	Ont.	100.0	22.2	28.4	7.1	28.9	1.3	12.1
Estevan	CA	Sask.	100.0	12.9	35.7	16.5	17.9	2.4	14.7
Fort St. John	CA	B.C.	100.0	14.7	32.0	16.0	20.2	2.6	14.4
Fredericton	CA	N.B.	100.0	7.4	24.7	7.3	23.7	1.7	35.2
Gander	CA	N.L.	100.0	11.7	23.6	11.6	33.5	2.0	17.5
Granby	CA	Que.	100.0	16.3	23.7	21.6	18.1	3.2	17.1
Grand Falls-Windsor	CA	N.L.	100.0	13.5	22.1	13.7	32.1	2.0	16.6
Grande Prairie	CA	Alta.	100.0	14.0	31.1	12.7	22.9	2.6	16.7
Greater Sudbury	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.9	24.7	8.6	34.2	1.3	20.3
Guelph	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.1	24.7	5.7	23.7	2.2	34.7
Halifax	CMA	N.S.	100.0	8.4	22.0	8.2	23.9	2.4	35.2
Hamilton	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.3	24.9	6.7	27.6	2.1	28.4
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
High River	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.1	31.1	11.8	24.1	4.1	16.8
Ingersoll	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.3	32.2	9.2	32.9	0.9	12.3
Joliette	CA	Que.	100.0	16.6	20.6	23.2	18.6	3.5	17.5
Kamloops	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.1	29.8	12.8	22.0	5.2	21.1
Kawartha Lakes	CA	Ont.	100.0	12.6	32.4	10.2	31.3	1.6	11.9
Kelowna	CMA	B.C.	100.0	8.4	28.6	11.6	26.9	3.2	21.2
Kenora	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.4	30.0	9.7	28.9	1.5	18.5
Kentville	CA	N.S.	100.0	12.7	25.2	9.3	28.5	2.2	22.1
Kingston	CMA	Ont.	100.0	7.7	25.3	6.6	29.6	1.4	29.4
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo	CMA	Ont.	100.0	11.1	26.0	6.8	25.4	1.8	28.9
Lachute	CA	Que.	100.0	28.7	22.3	25.2	12.7	2.2	9.1
Lacombe	CA	Alta.	100.0	11.1	26.1	14.7	25.0	2.8	20.2
Leamington	CA	Ont.	100.0	23.8	28.1	7.7	25.8	1.2	13.4
Lethbridge	CMA	Alta.	100.0	12.2	28.1	10.5	24.2	1.9	23.0
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
London	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.1	25.1	6.4	28.8	1.9	27.7
Matane	CA	Que.	100.0	18.2	18.0	27.7	20.0	3.0	13.1
Medicine Hat	CA	Alta.	100.0	14.2	30.2	12.3	26.5	2.2	14.6
Midland	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.8	33.0	8.6	30.1	1.2	13.2
Miramichi	CA	N.B.	100.0	10.1	32.8	10.2	28.7	1.6	16.6
Moncton	CMA	N.B.	100.0	9.5	26.8	7.8	29.2	2.0	24.7
Montréal	CMA	Que.	100.0	11.3	18.3	15.7	18.4	4.4	31.9
Moose Jaw	CA	Sask.	100.0	12.7	31.9	13.5	22.4	2.5	17.0
Nanaimo	CA	B.C.	100.0	10.1	28.6	11.3	22.5	5.2	22.4
Nelson	CA	B.C.	100.0	5.6	25.1	9.8	27.2	3.4	29.0
New Glasgow	CA	N.S.	100.0	14.7	24.7	11.6	29.4	2.3	17.3
Norfolk	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.2	29.8	9.4	30.9	1.3	12.3
North Battleford	CA	Sask.	100.0	14.5	28.4	11.4	22.7	4.0	18.9
North Bay	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.5	25.2	8.2	34.8	1.4	20.0
Okotoks	CA	Alta.	100.0	6.5	27.7	12.0	26.5	3.1	24.3
Orillia	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.1	30.5	7.0	27.9	1.2	17.3
Oshawa	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.5	27.9	7.1	31.6	1.9	22.0
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
Owen Sound	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.3	29.2	7.9	30.7	1.4	17.5
Parksville	CA	B.C.	100.0	8.1	27.2	11.9	27.7	4.2	20.9
Pembroke	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.8	30.4	8.8	30.9	1.2	14.9
Penticton	CA	B.C.	100.0	11.8	29.2	12.5	25.3	3.1	18.1
Petawawa	CA	Ont.	100.0	6.7	34.9	8.9	29.6	1.0	18.8
Peterborough	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.8	26.1	7.7	31.6	1.4	23.5
Port Alberni	CA	B.C.	100.0	18.7	29.8	14.0	24.5	3.2	9.9
Port Hope	CA	Ont.	100.0	10.9	30.2	8.4	31.6	1.7	17.0
Portage la Prairie	CA	Man.	100.0	18.5	31.7	8.5	23.2	2.0	16.1
Powell River	CA	B.C.	100.0	11.7	31.3	15.4	23.4	3.8	14.5
Prince Albert	CA	Sask.	100.0	13.7	29.4	12.3	22.2	3.4	19.0
Prince George	CA	B.C.	100.0	14.1	30.3	13.0	21.8	2.4	18.6
Prince Rupert	CA	B.C.	100.0	20.1	30.9	14.1	18.7	2.8	13.3
Québec	CMA	Que.	100.0	7.6	16.1	19.5	22.6	3.9	30.2
Quesnel	CA	B.C.	100.0	19.6	33.9	13.1	19.7	2.1	11.6
Red Deer	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.0	29.2	12.5	23.6	2.9	19.7
Regina	CMA	Sask.	100.0	8.1	29.5	9.7	18.4	4.0	30.4
Rimouski	CA	Que.	100.0	9.7	16.6	21.7	23.2	4.0	24.7
Rivière-du-Loup	CA	Que.	100.0	13.2	15.8	28.0	21.8	3.7	17.4
Rouyn-Noranda	CA	Que.	100.0	16.1	17.0	26.2	17.6	3.9	19.2
Saguenay	CMA	Que.	100.0	11.0	15.5	29.3	21.8	3.4	18.9
Saint-Georges	CA	Que.	100.0	16.0	19.6	26.8	19.4	2.7	15.5
Saint-Hyacinthe	CA	Que.	100.0	18.8	22.0	21.9	19.5	3.5	14.4
Saint John	CMA	N.B.	100.0	9.4	29.8	8.7	27.3	1.8	23.0
Sainte-Marie	CA	Que.	100.0	11.4	21.5	26.5	20.8	3.1	16.9
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	CA	Que.	100.0	20.4	23.3	26.0	17.5	2.7	10.0
Salmon Arm	CA	B.C.	100.0	9.1	29.7	12.4	25.9	4.1	18.8
Sarnia	CA	Ont.	100.0	8.1	27.4	11.2	34.7	1.3	17.3
Saskatoon	CMA	Sask.	100.0	8.2	26.1	10.4	20.8	3.1	31.4
Sault Ste. Marie	CA	Ont.	100.0	9.5	28.3	8.0	31.4	1.6	21.1
Sept-Îles	CA	Que.	100.0	21.2	17.7	23.7	19.9	2.8	14.7
Shawinigan	CA	Que.	100.0	16.1	20.5	26.2	20.9	2.8	13.5
Sherbrooke	CMA	Que.	100.0	12.1	17.3	22.2	19.5	3.1	25.7
Sorel-Tracy	CA	Que.	100.0	17.7	18.8	25.9	22.4	3.3	12.0
Squamish	CA	B.C.	100.0	7.6	23.9	10.6	21.9	4.6	31.6
St. Catharines - Niagara	CMA	Ont.	100.0	10.4	30.1	8.4	28.9	1.8	20.4
St. John's	CMA	N.L.	100.0	8.5	21.0	9.0	29.4	2.8	29.4
Steinbach	CA	Man.	100.0	18.3	31.3	7.4	19.6	2.9	20.5
Stratford	CA	Ont.	100.0	11.6	31.6	7.1	27.0	1.8	20.9
Strathmore	CA	Alta.	100.0	12.9	30.5	12.2	25.5	2.6	16.4
Summerside	CA	P.E.I.	100.0	14.5	30.7	6.9	29.1	1.6	17.3
Swift Current	CA	Sask.	100.0	10.6	34.7	11.7	22.9	2.6	17.4
Sylvan Lake	CA	Alta.	100.0	11.4	30.8	16.9	26.3	2.3	12.3
Terrace	CA	B.C.	100.0	15.4	27.0	12.6	24.0	2.6	18.5
Thetford Mines	CA	Que.	100.0	15.4	18.4	30.8	21.4	2.6	11.5
Thompson	CA	Man.	100.0	20.7	27.7	10.1	18.9	3.9	18.6
Thunder Bay	CMA	Ont.	100.0	11.7	24.9	8.4	29.3	2.0	23.7
Tillsonburg	CA	Ont.	100.0	16.6	34.0	6.1	29.2	1.5	12.6
Timmins	CA	Ont.	100.0	15.8	26.0	9.9	33.1	1.4	13.8
Toronto	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.6	21.9	4.5	20.1	3.1	40.9
Trois-Rivières	CMA	Que.	100.0	12.2	17.6	23.1	21.7	3.6	21.8
Truro	CA	N.S.	100.0	13.4	26.8	10.8	26.9	2.3	19.8
Val-d'Or	CA	Que.	100.0	21.9	17.9	25.3	16.1	3.5	15.3
Vancouver	CMA	B.C.	100.0	8.0	24.4	6.7	19.2	4.2	37.5
Vernon	CA	B.C.	100.0	10.2	29.7	12.6	25.7	3.2	18.5
Victoria	CMA	B.C.	100.0	7.3	24.8	8.7	22.5	3.0	33.8
Victoriaville	CA	Que.	100.0	17.2	18.8	24.9	19.7	3.3	16.1
Wasaga Beach	CA	Ont.	100.0	13.9	33.0	9.0	28.5	1.8	13.8
Wetaskiwin	CA	Alta.	100.0	19.7	29.9	11.8	22.2	2.3	14.1
Weyburn	CA	Sask.	100.0	10.9	33.8	11.9	20.9	3.6	18.8
Whitehorse	CA	Y.T.	100.0	8.5	20.8	10.8	23.4	3.3	33.3
Williams Lake	CA	B.C.	100.0	17.4	35.4	14.3	17.0	3.8	12.0
Windsor	CMA	Ont.	100.0	9.8	29.2	6.7	26.3	2.0	26.0
Winkler	CA	Man.	100.0	28.9	29.7	7.7	17.6	2.7	13.6
Winnipeg	CMA	Man.	100.0	10.1	26.7	7.3	21.2	3.2	31.6
Wood Buffalo	CA	Alta.	100.0	7.9	27.0	15.3	25.6	2.8	21.4
Woodstock	CA	Ont.	100.0	14.6	34.0	7.1	29.1	1.1	14.1
Yellowknife	CA	N.W.T.	100.0	9.4	21.5	9.2	22.1	3.5	34.2
Yorkton	CA	Sask.	100.0	11.3	33.5	11.7	21.7	2.7	19.3

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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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