A new report from Statistics Canada shows Canadians are doing very well when it comes to graduating from secondary, and post secondary institutions.
In 2014, 90% of Canadians aged 25 to 64 graduated from high school, significantly better than the 76% average from the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
We ranked fifth, beaten only by the Czech Republic (93%), Estonia (91%), the Slovak Republic (91%) and Poland (91%) while we tied the United States.
As well, almost 65% of Canadians between the age of 25 to 64 completed post-secondary education, compared to the OECD avearge of 41%.
28% of Canadians had a university degree, which was a middle of the pack rating for Canada at 16 out of 34 OECD countries.
However, Statistics Canada says our extensive network of colleges, a system not often seen in most other OECD countries, contributed to 37% of Canadians having a diploma from a trade or vocational college, almost three times the OECD rate.
In that same Statistics Canada report, they noted higher levels of education are generally linked to improved employment prospects.
In 2014, the employment rate for adults who had not finished high school was 56%.
By comparison, the rate for adults was highest for those with a college or university credential at 82%.
When it comes to spending for education, Canada spent 6.4% of the GDP compared to the OECD average of 5.3%.
Finally, teachers in Canada spend more time teaching on average than their counterparts in the OECD, averaging 795 hours per year in 2012-2013.
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