Building on our Competencies : Canadian Results of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey

Average document proficiency scores by Physical Component Summary (PCS) and age groups,
Canada and jurisdictions, population 16 and over, 2003
Province or territory	Poor	Fair, good or excellent
Province or territory	Average		Difference¹
Yukon
16 or 65	287	296	9
66 and older	210	255	45
Total	278	293	15
Northwest Territories
16 or 65	275	281	6
66 and older	176	200E	24
Total	257	279	23
Nunavut
16 or 65	220	238	18
66 and older	174E	x	x
Total	213	238	24
Alberta
16 or 65	278	293	16
66 and older	225	232	6
Total	264	289	25
New Brunswick
16 or 65	254	276	21
66 and older	202	204	2
Total	241	269	28
Canada
16 or 65	267	284	17
66 and older	206	224	18
Total	248	279	31
Ontario
16 or 65	268	282	14
66 and older	204	225	21
Total	247	278	31
Saskatchewan
16 or 65	285	297	12
66 and older	212	232	20
Total	258	290	32
Manitoba
16 or 65	269	287	18
66 and older	211	230	20
Total	249	281	32
British Columbia
16 or 65	274	294	20
66 and older	223	248	26
Total	258	290	32