Canada has more working-age college or university graduates than any other country in the G7 thanks to more adults studying for a degree and the steady influx of highly educated immigrants, according to newly released census data.
More adults studying for a degree combined with steady influx of highly educated immigrants
Canada has more working age college or university graduates than any other country in the G7 thanks to more adults studying for a degree and the steady influx of highly educated immigrants, according to newly released census data.
Among working-age Canadians aged 25 to 64, some 57.5 per cent have a university or college degree, the highest in the G7.
Data released through the 2021 census says that ranking is due in part to the one in four working-age Canadians that have a college diploma or certificate qualification.
When it comes to the percentage of working-age Canadians with a university degree, Canada sits in fourth place in the G7 at 32.9 per cent after the United Kingdom, at 41.3 per cent, the United States at 39.5 per cent and Japan at 34.2 per cent.
The census also says that while the population is comparatively well-educated, failing to recognize the qualifications of workers educated abroad is "leaving talent on the table."
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Peter Zimonjic is a senior writer for CBC News. He has worked as a reporter and columnist in London, England, for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph and in Canada for Sun Media and the Ottawa Citizen. He is the author of Into The Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Random House.
