# Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada was 64% in 2025. Source: Statistics Canada.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Place id: `ca`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Note: Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.
- Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0130-01, Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64: tertiary education, total 25 to 64 years, total gender, percent, Canada, provinces and territories (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getDataFromVectorByReferencePeriodRange?vectorIds=113532560,113532695,113532830,113532965,113533100,113533235,113533370,113533505,113533640,113533775,113533910,113534045,113534180,113534315&startRefPeriod=2000-01-01&endReferencePeriod=2026-10-12)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/statistics-canada
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Statistics Canada Open Licence: redistribution and sale permitted with the prescribed attribution and no implied endorsement
- Citation: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0130-01, Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64: tertiary education, total 25 to 64 years, total gender, percent, Canada, provinces and territories, reference period 2025. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0130-01, Educational attainment of the population aged 25 to 64: tertiary education, total 25 to 64 years, total gender, percent, Canada, provinces and territories, reference period 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getDataFromVectorByReferencePeriodRange?vectorIds=113532560,113532695,113532830,113532965,113533100,113533235,113533370,113533505,113533640,113533775,113533910,113534045,113534180,113534315&startRefPeriod=2000-01-01&endReferencePeriod=2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/canada
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=tertiary_attainment_share_25_64&place=ca

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 64 |
| 2024 | 65 |
| 2023 | 63 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2021 | 62 |
| 2020 | 60 |
| 2019 | 59 |
| 2018 | 58 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2016 | 56 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2014 | 53 |
| 2013 | 53 |
| 2012 | 52 |
| 2011 | 51 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2009 | 49 |
| 2008 | 49 |
| 2007 | 48 |
| 2006 | 47 |
| 2005 | 46 |
| 2004 | 45 |
| 2003 | 44 |
| 2002 | 43 |
| 2001 | 42 |
| 2000 | 40 |