Table 1.1 (concluded)
| Average score |
Standard error |
Confidence interval – 95% upper limit |
Confidence interval – 95% lower limit |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Problem solving | ||||
| Yukon | 282 | (2.0) | 286 | 278 |
| Alberta | 274 | (2.0) | 278 | 270 |
| Saskatchewan | 274 | (2.2) | 278 | 270 |
| British Columbia | 274 | (1.4) | 277 | 271 |
| Nova Scotia | 267 | (2.0) | 271 | 263 |
| Manitoba | 266 | (1.7) | 269 | 263 |
| Canada | 266 | (1.0) | 267 | 264 |
| Northwest Territories | 265 | (1.9) | 269 | 262 |
| Ontario | 263 | (1.6) | 266 | 260 |
| Prince Edward Island | 262 | (2.0) | 266 | 258 |
| Quebec | 262 | (1.3) | 265 | 259 |
| New Brunswick | 257 | (2.3) | 261 | 252 |
| Newfoundland | 255 | (2.0) | 259 | 251 |
| Nunavut | 225 | (2.6) | 230 | 220 |
Note: Jurisdictions are ranked by the average proficiency score.
Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.
Table 1.2
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4/5 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
|
| A. Prose | ||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.0 | (1.5) | 30.8 | (1.8) | 32.8 | (1.5) | 12.4 | (0.9) |
| Prince Edward Island | 19.9 | (1.6) | 29.6 | (2.0) | 34.0 | (2.5) | 16.6 | (2.1) |
| Nova Scotia | 17.3 | (1.4) | 27.5 | (1.6) | 38.4 | (2.1) | 16.8 | (1.6) |
| New Brunswick | 22.7 | (1.6) | 33.3 | (2.2) | 31.6 | (2.2) | 12.4 | (2.0) |
| Quebec | 22.3 | (1.2) | 32.3 | (1.4) | 32.8 | (1.1) | 12.6 | (0.8) |
| Ontario | 21.3 | (0.9) | 26.7 | (1.4) | 35.0 | (1.8) | 17.0 | (1.7) |
| Manitoba | 18.2 | (1.2) | 28.1 | (1.7) | 37.2 | (2.1) | 16.5 | (1.3) |
| Saskatchewan | 13.5 | (1.4) | 26.6 | (2.2) | 38.9 | (2.4) | 21.0 | (2.3) |
| Alberta | 13.6 | (1.1) | 25.9 | (2.0) | 39.6 | (2.2) | 21.0 | (1.6) |
| British Columbia | 17.3 | (0.8) | 22.7 | (1.7) | 37.2 | (2.1) | 22.9 | (1.7) |
| Yukon | 10.5 | (1.5) | 22.9 | (1.9) | 39.3 | (3.4) | 27.3 | (2.7) |
| Northwest Territories | 19.3 | (1.9) | 25.8 | (1.7) | 35.1 | (2.7) | 19.8 | (1.8) |
| Nunavut | 47.2 | (1.9) | 25.8 | (2.2) | 19.5 | (2.6) | 7.5 | (1.4) |
| Canada | 19.9 | (0.5) | 27.8 | (0.7) | 35.4 | (0.8) | 17.0 | (0.7) |