Table 2.3: Canadian high-school dropout and graduation rates by age and gender (percent) - 2001, 20-22-year-olds
  Graduates Continuers Dropouts
Both sexes 86 2 12
Male 83 2 15
Female 89 2 9

Source: Adapted from Zeman, Knighton, and Bussière (2004)

Table 2.4: High-school dropout and graduation rates by age and province - longitudinal panel
in 1999 and 2001
  18-20-year-olds in
December 1999		 20-22-year-olds in
December 2001		 Total
  Graduates Continuers Dropouts Graduates Continuers Dropouts Number
Canada 76 13 12 86 2 12 1,214,000
Newfoundland/ Labrador 83 8 10 89 F 11 26,000
Prince Edward
Island		 77 12 11* 86 F 13* 6,000
Nova Scotia 74 17 9 89 1** 10 38,000
New Brunswick 82 10 8 92 F 8 30,000
Québec 76 8 16 82 3 14 299,000
Ontario 75 16 9 90 1* 9 443,000
Manitoba 73 12 15 84 2* 14 45,100
Saskatchewan 82 10 7 91 1** 8 44,000
Alberta 74 12 14 82 2** 16 123,000
British Columbia 77 12 10 86 2** 12 156,000

Source: Adapted from Zeman, Knighton, and Bussière (2004)
* indicates a coefficient of variation between 16.6 percent and 25 percent (the higher the coefficient, the larger the margin of error)
** indicates a coefficient of variation greater than 25 percent and less or equal to 33.3 percent
F indicates figures that were too unreliable to be published.