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The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) provides a statistical portrait of the education systems in Canada through a number of products. One of these products, Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program, presents indicator tables at the pan-Canadian and provincial/territorial levels.

Every two to three months, we publish updates to indicator tables. The updates take advantage of newly released data from the source surveys. Click here to see the latest updates (published December 13, 2012).

The complete set of updated PCEIP indicator tables, shown below, provides information about the school-age population, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour-market outcomes.

A useful resource for understanding the pan-Canadian indicator tables is Education Indicators in Canada: Handbook for the Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. A glossary of terms used in the indicator tables and a description of the education and training systems in Canada are also available.

The tables are organized according to the following indicator sets:

A. Portrait of the school age population
A1 Population size
A2 Cultural diversity
A3 Low income
A4 Family background

B. Financing of education systems
B1 Total expenditure on education
B2 Public and private expenditure on education
B3 Student debt

C. Elementary-secondary Education
C1 Early years and school readiness
C2 Elementary-secondary school: enrolments and educators
C3 Secondary school graduation
C4 Student achievement
C5 Information and communications technologies (ICT)

D. Postsecondary education
D1 Enrolment in postsecondary education
D2 Postsecondary completions and graduation rates
D3 University educators
D4 Research and development
D5 Literacy
D6 Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64
D7 Adult education and training

E. Transitions and Outcomes
E1 Transitions to postsecondary Education
E2 Transitions to the labour market
E3 Labour market outcomes

F. Reference statistics
F1 Reference statistics for use in the calculation of indicators

A Portrait of the school-age population

A1 Population size

Table A.1.1
Estimates and projections of population aged 0 to 29, by age group, Canada, provinces and territories, 1991 to 2036
(versions: html, excel)

Table A.1.2
Estimates and projections, population aged 0 to 29 with Aboriginal identity, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

A2 Cultural diversity

Table A.2.1
Proportion of immigrants and non-permanent residents among the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (versions: excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.2.2
Proportion of visible minorities among the school-age population (ages 5 to 24), Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (versions: html, excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.2.3
Proportion of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) with non-official home language, Canada and jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (versions: html, excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.2.4
Proportion of the population aged 5 to 24 with Aboriginal identity, Canada, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (versions: excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.2.5
Proportion of the population aged 5 to 24 with Aboriginal identity, jurisdictions, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) (versions: excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

A3 Low income

Table A.3.1.1
Percentage of the population aged 0 to 4 in low income, by type of living arrangement, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table A.3.1.2
Percentage of the population aged 5 to 19 in low income, by age group and type of living arrangement, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table A.3.1.3
Percentage Proportion of the population aged 20 to 24 in low income, by type of living arrangement, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table A.3.2
Distribution of the population aged 5 to 24, by number of years in low income between 2005 and 2008, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

A4 Family Background

Table A.4.1
Distribution of the school-age population, by age group and living arrangements, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.4.2
Distribution of the school-age population, by age group and work activity of parents, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.4.3
Distribution of the population aged 5 to 24 with Aboriginal identity, by age group and living arrangements, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

Note: This table is based on census data and is updated only when new data become available. The census is conducted every five years.

Table A.4.4
Distribution of the population aged 5 to 24 with Aboriginal identity, by age group and work activity of parents, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

B Financing of education systems
B1 Total expenditure on education

Table B.1.1
Combined public and private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.1.2
Indices of change in combined public and private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.1.3
Percentage distribution of combined public and private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.1.4
Combined public and private expenditure on education per capita and index of change, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.1.5
Combined public and private expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP and index of change, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

B2 Public and private expenditure on education

Table B.2.1
Public expenditure on education, health, social services, and non-social programs, in current dollars, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.2
Public expenditure on education, by level of education, in current dollars, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.3
Indices of change in public expenditure on education by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (current dollars) (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.4
Private expenditure on education, by level of education, in current dollars, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.5
Indices of change in private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (current dollars) (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.6
Private expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.7
Percentage of households reporting education expenditures and average expenditure per household on education, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.8
Average undergraduate university tuition fees, Canada and provinces 1989/1990 to 2005/2006 (in 2001 constant dollars) (versions: excel)

Note: This table was not updated after 2007. It has been replaced by Table B.2.9.

Table B.2.9
Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees, full-time Canadian students, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.10
Average university tuition fees, by faculty, Canada, 1991/1992 to 2005/2006 (in 2001 constant dollars) (versions: excel)

Note: This table was not updated after 2007. It has been replaced by Table B.2.11.

Table B.2.11
Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees, full-time Canadian students, by field of study, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.12
University revenues, by source, as a percentage of total revenue, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.13
University expenditures, by type of expenditure, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table B.2.14
Percentage distribution of university expenditures, by type of expenditure, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

B3 Student debt

Table B.3.1
Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and average debt at graduation, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table B.3.2
Incidence and repayment of government student loans among graduates who did not pursue any further postsecondary education program, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

C. Elementary-secondary Education
C1 Early years and school readiness

Table C.1.1
Physical limitations, participation in out-of-school activities and exposure to books, 4- and 5-year-olds by sex, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table C.1.2
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised) scores for 4- and 5-year-olds, by sex, Canada (versions: html, excel)

C2 Elementary-secondary school: enrolments and educators

Table C.2.1
Full-time equivalent enrolments in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories (versions: html, excel)

Table C.2.2
Full-time equivalent educators in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories (versions: <>, excel)

Table C.2.3
Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories (versions: html, excel)

Table C.2.4
Full-time educators (headcount) in public elementary andsecondary schools, number and percentage distribution by sex and age, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table C.2.5
Age distribution of full-time and part-time educators in public elementary and secondary schools and of full-time and part-time employed labour force, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table C.2.6
Part-time educators (headcount) as a percentage of educators in public elementary and secondary schools, by sex, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table C.2.7
Males (headcount) as a percentage of full-time and of part-time educators in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

C3 Secondary school graduation

Table C.3.1
High school graduation rates (from first educational program), by sex and age relative to typical age of graduation, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

C4 Student achievement

Table C.4.1
Estimated average scores, standard errors and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students by mathematics proficiency on the PISA mathematics combined scale, Canada, provinces and selected countries, 2003 (versions: excel)

Table C.4.2
Estimated average scores, standard errors and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students by reading proficiency on the PISA combined reading literacy scale, Canada, provinces and selected countries, 2000 (versions: excel)

Table C.4.3
Comparison of estimated average performance in mathematics for PISA 2003 and PISA 2000 assessments, Canada and provinces (versions: excel)

Table C.4.4
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reading assessments, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.5
Comparison of estimated average performance in science, PISA 2003 and PISA 2000 assessments, Canada and provinces (versions: excel)

Table C.4.6
Percentage of 13-year-old students at performance level 2 or above in SAIP assessments, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

Note: The last administration of the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) was conducted in 2004. Provinces and territories now participate in the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP). See tables C.4.11 to C.4.16 below.

Table C.4.7
Percentage of 16-year-old students at performance level 3 or above in SAIP assessments, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

Note: The last assessment of the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) was administered in 2004. Provinces and territories now participate in the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP). See tables C.4.11 to C.4.16 below.

Table C.4.8.1
Estimated average scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science combined scale, by performance level, Canada, provinces, and participating countries, 2006 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.8.2
Estimated average scores and percentage distribution of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science combined scale, by performance level, Canada, provinces, and participating countries, 2006 (versions (html, excel)

Table C.4.9
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) science assessments, by sub-scale, Canada and provinces, 2006 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.10
Estimated average scores of 15-year-old students on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics assessments, Canada and provinces, 2003 and 2006 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.11
Mean scores of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading and reading subdomain assessments, Canada and jurisdictions, 2007 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.12
Percentage distribution of results of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Programme (PCAP) reading assessment, by performance level, Canada and jurisdictions, 2007 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.13
Mean scores of Grade 8 students, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) reading and science assessments, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.14
Performance of provinces and Yukon relative to Canada based on the mean score of Grade 8 students, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) mathematics, reading, and science assessments, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.15
Performance of provinces and Yukon relative to Canada based on the mean score of Grade 8 students who responded in English, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) mathematics, reading, and science assessments, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.16
Performance of provinces and Yukon relative to Canada based on the mean score of Grade 8 students who responded in French, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) mathematics, reading, and science assessments, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.18
Mean scores of Grade 8 students on the Pan-Canadian Program Assessment (PCAP) mathematics and mathematics subdomains and mathematics problem-solving assessments, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.19
Percentage distribution, results of Grade 8 students on the PCAP mathematics assessment, by level of performance, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2010 (versions: html, excel)

Table C.4.20
Mean scores of Grade 8 students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) reading assessment by language, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2007 and 2010 (versions: html, excel)

C5 Information and communications technologies (ICT)

Table C.5.1
Number of computers per student in the modal grade attended by 15-year-olds, by students' socio-economic status, Canada, provinces, G-8 and selected OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

Table C.5.3
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported using computers at home and at school, by frequency of use, Canada, other countries and provinces (versions: excel)

Table C.5.4
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported using computers to help them learn school material, by frequency of use, Canada, other countries and provinces (versions: excel)

Table C.5.5
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported use of computers at home and at school, by frequency of use and sex, Canada, other countries and provinces (versions: excel)

Table C.5.6
Percentage of 15-year-old students in schools whose principals reported shortage or inadequacy of computer hardware or software for instruction, by students' socio-economic status, Canada, provinces, G-8 and selected OECD countries (versions:html, excel)

Table C.5.7
Index of computer use at school, by students' socio-economic status, Canada, provinces, G-8 and selected OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

Table C.5.8
Index of self-confidence in information and communications technologies high-level tasks, by students' socio-economic status, Canada, provinces, G-8 and selected OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

D. Postsecondary education
D1 Enrolment in postsecondary education

Table D.1.1
Number of registered apprentices, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.2
Number of registered apprentices, by sex and major trade group, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.3
Number and percentage distribution of registered apprentices, by age group, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.4
College enrolment , by sex, registration status and program type, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.5
University enrolment, by sex, registration status, and program type, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.6
Percentage of females relative to total full-time university enrolment, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table D.1.7
Percentage of females relative to total full-time college enrolment, by program type, Canada, provinces and territories (versions: html, excel)

D2 Postsecondary completions and graduation rates

Table D.2.1
Number of registered apprenticeship completions, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: html, excel)

Table D.2.2
Number of registered apprenticeship completions, by sex and trade group, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table D.2.3
Number of degrees, diplomas and certificates granted by universities, by program type, Canada (versions: html, excel)

Table D.2.4
Graduation rates, by program level and jurisdiction of study, Canada and jurisdictions (versions: excel)

Table D.2.5
Number of certificates, diplomas and degrees granted by colleges, by sex of graduate and program type, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003/2004 to 2006/2007 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.2.6
University graduation rates, by level of degree, sex and field of study, Canada (versions: excel)

Table D.2.8
Number of degrees, diplomas and certificates granted by universities, by sex of graduate and field of study, Canada and provinces, 1998 and 2008 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.2.9
Number of certificates, diplomas and degrees granted by colleges, by sex of graduate and field of study, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.1
Number of full-time teaching staff in universities, by academic rank and sex, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

D3 University educators

Table D.3.2.1
Number, age distribution and median age of full-time university teaching staff, by sex, Canada and provinces, 1997/1998 and 2007/2008 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.2.2
Number, age distribution and median age of full-time university teaching staff, by sex, Canada and provinces, 1998/1999 and 2008/2009 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.3.1
Age distribution of full-time university teaching staff and full-time employed labour force, Canada and provinces, 1997/1998 and 2007/2008 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.3.2
Age distribution of full-time university teaching staff and full-time employed labour force, Canada and provinces, 1998/1999 and 2008/2009 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.4.1
Number and salary of full-time university teaching staff, by academic rank and sex, Canada and provinces, 1997/1998 and 2007/2008 (versions: html, excel)

Table D.3.4.2
Number and salary of full-time university teaching staff, by academic rank and sex, Canada and provinces, 1998/1999 and 2008/2009 (versions: html, excel)

D4 Research and development

Table D.4.1
Total Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

Table D.4.2
Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

Table D.4.3
Percentage of total research and development (R&D) by performing sector, Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries (versions: html, excel)

Table D.4.4
Expenditures on research and development (R&D) by performing sector, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

Table D.4.5
Sources of funds for expenditures on research and development (R&D) in the higher education sector, in dollars and as a percentage of total funding, Canada and provinces (versions: html, excel)

D5 Literacy

Table D.5.1
Comparison of provinces and territories based on average proficiency scores, by literacy domain, population aged 16 and over , 2003 (versions: excel)

Note: The data source for this table is the International Adult Literacy Survey, which is only conducted on an occasional basis.

Table D.5.2
Literacy levels for prose proficiency, by urban/rural status, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003 (versions: excel)

Note: The data source for this table is the International Adult Literacy and Skills (IALSS) Survey, which is only conducted on an occasional basis.

Table D.5.3
Literacy levels for prose proficiency, by age group and sex, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003 (versions: excel)

Note: The data source for this table is the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS), which is conducted on an occasional basis.

Table D.5.4
Literacy levels for prose proficiency, by educational attainment, Canada and jurisdictions, population aged 16 and over, 2003 (versions: excel)