The document analyzes educational attainment data from the 2011 National Household Survey for the labour force in Ontario's census metropolitan areas (CMAs). It finds that among CMAs in Ontario, Niagara has a slightly above average proportion of workers without a high school diploma, the highest proportion of workers with only a high school diploma, and the second lowest proportion of workers with post-secondary education completion.

1. Educational Attainment in
Ontario’s Labour Force

2. Purpose
The Niagara Workforce
Planning Board (NWPB)
recently received a request to
review labour force
educational attainment,
comparing Niagara to
Ontario’s other census
metropolitan areas (CMA).

3. Methodology
Using labour force data from the
2011 National Household Survey,
this Power Point examines labour
force educational attainment in
three categories:
- Less than grade 12
- Completion of grade 12
- Completion of post-secondary
training

4. Key Observations
At the CMA level Niagara has:
- A slightly above average
proportion of workers without
high school
- The highest proportion of
workers with only high school in
Ontario
- The second lowest proportion of
workers with post-secondary
completion in Ontario

5. Kingston CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
8.4%
27.3%
64.3%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

6. Peterborough CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
10.5%
28.3%
61.2%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

7. Oshawa CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
9.8%
29.9%
60.2%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

8. Toronto CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
8.8%
23.7%
67.5%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

9. Hamilton CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
10.4%
26.9%
62.7%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

10. St. Catharines-Niagara CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
11.5%
31.8%
56.6%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

11. Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
12.3%
28.5%
59.2%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

12. Brantford CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
14.6%
30.2%
55.2%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

13. Guelph CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
10.9%
27.4%
61.7%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

14. London CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
10.0%
28.3%
61.7%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

15. Windsor CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
8.1%
31.1%
60.8%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

16. Barrie CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
12.0%
30.9%
57.1%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

17. Greater Sudbury CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
11.0%
25.0%
64.0%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

18. Thunder Bay CMA
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
11.9%
26.2%
61.9%
Less than grade 12
Completion of grade 12
Post secondary completion

19. Less than grade 12 – Ontario CMAs
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
8.1%
8.4%
8.8%
9.8%
10.0%
10.4%
10.5%
10.9%
11.0%
11.5%
11.9%
12.0%
12.3%
14.6%
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0%
Windsor
Kingston
Toronto
Oshawa
London
Hamilton
Peterborough
Guelph
Greater Sudbury
St. Catharines-Niagara
Thunder Bay
Barrie
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
Brantford

20. Completion of grade 12 – Ontario CMAs
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
23.68%
25.00%
26.20%
26.89%
27.25%
27.40%
28.30%
28.33%
28.55%
29.94%
30.18%
30.87%
31.06%
31.84%
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0%
Toronto
Greater Sudbury
Thunder Bay
Hamilton
Kingston
Guelph
London
Peterborough
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
Oshawa
Brantford
Barrie
Windsor
St. Catharines-Niagara

21. Completion of post-secondary – Ontario CMAs
Source: 2011 National Household Survey
55.22%
56.63%
57.14%
59.16%
60.24%
60.83%
61.17%
61.72%
61.73%
61.91%
62.73%
63.97%
64.34%
67.51%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0%
Brantford
St. Catharines-Niagara
Barrie
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
Oshawa
Windsor
Peterborough
London
Guelph
Thunder Bay
Hamilton
Greater Sudbury
Kingston
Toronto

22. Sources
Statistics Canada, 2011
National Household Survey,
catalogue number: 99-012-
X201143.

23. Sources
2011 NHS non-response rates by
CMA
Kingston – 28.4%
Peterborough – 36.3%
Oshawa – 28.3%
Toronto – 25.4%
Hamilton – 26.7%
St. Catharines-Niagara – 29.2%
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge – 23.4%
Brantford – 28.0%
Guelph – 25.4%
London – 23.7%
Windsor – 28.1%
Barrie – 26.2%
Greater Sudbury – 27.9%
Thunder Bay – 25.6%

24. Questions?
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might have regarding this data.
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