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Employment rate, university degree: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Employment rate, university degree. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Unemployment and employment by education, provinces, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 73.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 71.6 to 72.4 %
Group 2: 72.4 to 73 %
Group 3: 73 to 73.7 %
Group 4: 73.7 to 76.2 %
Highest: 76.2 to 76.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Saskatchewan	76.8
2	Manitoba	76.2
3	Alberta	75.5
4	Quebec	73.7
4	Ontario	73.7
6	British Columbia	73
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	72.7
8	Prince Edward Island	72.4
9	New Brunswick	72.1
10	Nova Scotia	71.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01: Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by educational attainment, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by employment rate, university degree (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-employment-rate-university-degree/

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