Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada - Back to School, Sept 2008
Statistics Canada - Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
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Tens of thousands of students, from kindergarten to college and university, have gone back to school. In honour of this annual ritual, Education Matters presents "Back to school – September 2008." It presents a few facts and figures relating to education, from enrolment trends and household spending on education to educational attainment levels among the Aboriginal population and recent immigrants.
"Back to school — September 2008" is now available online in the September 2008 issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, Vol. 5, no. 3 (81-004-XIE, free). From the Publications module of our website, under Free Internet publications, choose Education, training and learning, then Education Matters.
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Table of Contents
- Elementary/secondary enrolment trends, 1999/2000 to 2005/2006
- Kids' sports participation has declined in recent years
- The prevalence of disabilities among children increased between 2001 and 2006
- Household spending on education
- Canadians on the move
- Increase in the proportion of Aboriginal people with a university degree
- Immigrants account for a large proportion of doctorate and master's degree holders
- Enrolment in Canadian universities increased for the fifth consecutive year during the 2005/2006 academic year
- By the age of 24 to 26, close to eight out of ten young adults had attended a postsecondary education institution
- Women leave home at a younger age than men
- The age of leaving home and home ownership
- Managers earning more, but no wage growth for retail, clerical and blue-collar workers
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Increase in the proportion of Aboriginal people with a university degree
According to the 2006 Census, one in three (34%) Aboriginal persons aged 25 to 64 had not completed high school and 21% had a high school diploma as their highest educational qualification. This compares to a national average of 15% without high school completion and 24% with high school completion as their highest level of educational attainment.
At the same time, an estimated 44% of the Aboriginal population were postsecondary graduates in 2006. An estimated 14% had trade credentials and 19% had a college diploma. In comparison, the national average of adults with a trade certification as their highest level of educational attainment was 12% and the national average for college completion was 20%.
However, Aboriginal people were still much less likely to have a university degree (8%) than the non-Aboriginal population (23%).