Canada: employment rate by educational attainment 2022

This statistic shows the employment rate in Canada in 2021, distinguished by educational attainment. In 2022, about 53.7 percent of total high school graduates were employed in Canada.

Employment rate in Canada in 2022, by educational attainment

Educational attainment	Employment rate
Primary education (0-8 years)	20.2%
Some high school	36.5%
High school graduate	53.7%
Some postsecondary	59.6%
Postsecondary certificate or diploma	65.6%
University degree	74.1%
All education levels	62.2%

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

The employment rate (formerly the employment and population ratio) is the number of persons employed expressed as a percentage of the population 15 years of age and over. The employment rate for a particular group (age, sex, marital status) is the number employed in that group expressed as a percentage of the population for that group.

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