Table 1.6 (concluded)
| Average score |
Standard error |
Confidence interval — 95% upper limit |
Confidence interval — 95% lower limit |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Problem solving | ||||
| Yukon | 286 | (2.2) | 290 | 281 |
| Saskatchewan | 285 | (2.7) | 290 | 279 |
| British Columbia | 281 | (1.7) | 284 | 278 |
| Alberta | 281 | (2.3) | 285 | 276 |
| Nova Scotia | 276 | (2.1) | 280 | 271 |
| Manitoba | 275 | (1.8) | 279 | 272 |
| Canada | 274 | (1.1) | 276 | 272 |
| Ontario | 271 | (1.8) | 275 | 268 |
| Prince Edward Island | 271 | (2.1) | 275 | 267 |
| Quebec | 271 | (1.3) | 274 | 268 |
| Northwest Territories | 269 | (1.9) | 273 | 266 |
| New Brunswick | 266 | (2.6) | 271 | 260 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 262 | (1.8) | 266 | 259 |
| Nunavut | 227 | (2.7) | 233 | 222 |
Note: Jurisdictions are ranked by the average proficiency score.
Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.
Table 1.7
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 | 18.7 | (1.6) | 31.6 | (2.0) | 35.7 | (1.5) | 14.0 | (1.1) |
| Prince Edward Island | 14.0 | (1.6) | 28.8 | (2.3) | 38.0 | (2.7) | 19.2 | (2.4) |
| Nova Scotia | 11.9 | (1.4) | 26.5 | (1.6) | 42.1 | (2.4) | 19.5 | (1.9) |
| New Brunswick | 16.6 | (1.7) | 33.8 | (2.2) | 35.3 | (2.4) | 14.4 | (2.3) |
| Quebec | 15.6 | (0.8) | 33.0 | (1.3) | 36.8 | (1.1) | 14.6 | (0.9) |
| Ontario | 16.2 | (0.8) | 26.0 | (1.5) | 38.3 | (2.0) | 19.5 | (2.0) |
| Manitoba | 12.7 | (1.3) | 27.0 | (1.9) | 41.0 | (2.2) | 19.3 | (1.6) |
| Saskatchewan | 6.6 | (1.2) | 26.4 | (2.3) | 42.7 | (3.0) | 24.3 | (2.8) |
| Alberta | 9.7 | (1.1) | 25.3 | (2.3) | 41.7 | (2.6) | 23.2 | (1.7) |
| British Columbia | 13.8 | (1.0) | 20.9 | (1.7) | 39.2 | (2.4) | 26.0 | (2.0) |
| Yukon | 9.0 | (1.4) | 21.9 | (1.9) | 40.1 | (3.3) | 28.9 | (2.8) |
| Northwest Territories | 16.5 | (1.9) | 26.1 | (1.9) | 36.8 | (2.9) | 20.6 | (1.9) |
| Nunavut | 45.8 | (2.1) | 26.4 | (2.4) | 20.2 | (2.7) | 7.6 | (1.4) |
| Canada | 14.6 | (0.4) | 27.3 | (0.7) | 38.6 | (0.9) | 19.5 | (0.8) |