LITERACY IN CANADA
98% of adults with low literacy have less than grade 8.
88% of adults with low literacy completed grade 8.
80% of adults with low literacy are over 65 years of age.
77% of adults with low literacy are Francophones outside Quebec.
64% of adults with low literacy have partial high school education.
63% of adults with low literacy are unemployed.
61% of adults with low literacy are homemakers.
56% of adults with low literacy live in Quebec.
56% of adults with low literacy make $8000 - $18000 income.
55% of adults with low literacy are between 46 and 55 years of age.
51% of adults with low literacy live in Atlantic Provinces.
49% of adults with low literacy have an income less than $8K.
Total for Canada: 48%.