Table 4.8

Percent of population receiving adult education and training the year preceding
the interview, by type of participation, Canada and jurisdictions,
population aged 16 to 65, 2003
Total
Participation
Took
Program
Took
course
% Standard
error
% Standard
error
% Standard
error
Newfoundland and Labrador 35.8 (1.5) 11.9 (1.0) 14.0 (1.4)
Prince Edward Island 44.6 (1.8) 15.2 (2.0) 20.7 (1.9)
Nova Scotia 53.1 (1.7) 17.8 (1.6) 29.3 (1.7)
New Brunswick 44.3 (2.4) 13.3 (1.5) 19.1 (2.1)
Quebec 43.1 (1.0) 11.8 (0.6) 23.9 (0.7)
Ontario 49.7 (1.4) 16.2 (1.2) 22.4 (1.1)
Manitoba 49.3 (1.7) 17.1 (1.2) 23.7 (1.5)
Saskatchewan 52.6 (3.0) 20.3 (2.3) 26.8 (1.9)
Alberta 54.3 (1.8) 16.7 (1.6) 30.6 (1.5)
British Columbia 57.0 (1.7) 20.2 (1.5) 31.1 (1.3)
Yukon 55.5 (2.8) 21.5 (2.0) 29.6 (2.5)
Northwest Territories 54.0 (2.3) 20.1 (1.7) 27.4 (1.7)
Nunavut 40.3 (2.4) 16.7 (1.7) 18.1 (2.0)
Canada 49.3 (0.7) 15.8 (0.6) 24.9 (0.6)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.