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Unemployment rate, high school graduates: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Unemployment rate, high school graduates. 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: 6.9 (Canada).

Lowest: 4.7 to 5.8 %
Group 2: 5.8 to 6.6 %
Group 3: 6.6 to 7.9 %
Group 4: 7.9 to 10.7 %
Highest: 10.7 to 13.4 %

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	Newfoundland and Labrador	13.4
2	Prince Edward Island	10.7
3	Nova Scotia	8.2
4	Ontario	7.9
5	New Brunswick	7.2
6	Alberta	6.6
7	Quebec	5.8
7	British Columbia	5.8
9	Saskatchewan	5
10	Manitoba	4.7

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 unemployment rate, high school graduates (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-unemployment-rate-high-school-graduates/

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