Source: 2001 Census: Analysis Series, Education in Canada, Raising the standard, March 2003
The Census results on the fields of study for the Aboriginal population also reflected their heavier involvement with trade and college level education as opposed to university education. Almost one in five Aboriginal men aged 24 to 64 with qualifications beyond high school held a trade or college level credential in building and construction technologies or trades; and another 25 percent were college and trade level graduates of industrial, mechanical or electronic engineering technologies and trades. Among working age Aboriginal women, office administration and secretarial science accounted for 16 percent of college and trade certificates, the highest share and elementary-secondary teaching at either the college or university level accounted for 10 percent of graduates among Aboriginal women.