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A 2017 study from Statistics Canada showed that, among men over the age of 24, the median annual pay of apprenticeship holders is $72,955 per year, which is 7% more than they would have received with a typical college diploma. Among women, the figure is $38,230, which is actually 12% less than if they had started work straight out of high school.
In the 1970-71 school year, full-time faculty were paid the equivalent of $81,030 on average in 2018-19 dollars. Study: For Full-Time College Faculty, Inflation-Adjusted Salaries Up Only 9.5% ...
As education is a provincial matter, the length of study varies depending on the province, although the majority of public early childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs in Canada begin in kindergarten (age five typically by 31 December of that school year) and end after Grade 12 (age 17 by 31 December).
The study initially stated that there was "no consensus on how Grade Inflation is defined ... I will define GI as an increase in grades in one or more academic departments over time". [51] From 1988/89 to 2006/07 it was determined that there had been an 11.02% increase in undergraduate A grades, with the rate of increase being 0.656% per year. [51]
During the 2023-24 academic year, full-time resident students at public four-year colleges paid an average of $11,260 in tuition and fees, while non-resident students paid an average of $29,150.
Credential-driven students may be less engaged than those who are attending college for personal enrichment. [61] Devaluation of other forms of learning. [62] [63] [64] Opportunity costs of attending graduate school, which can include delayed savings, less years in work force (and less earnings), and postponement of starting families. [65]
A 2010 report from Statistics Canada, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, indicates that 63% of Ontario's population aged 25–34 have educational attainment to at least the tertiary level as compared to the national average of 56% and the average across OECD countries of 37%. [64]
Statistics Canada conducts a country-wide census that collects demographic data every five years on the first and sixth year of each decade. The 2021 Canadian census enumerated a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 percent over the 2016 figure. [ 5 ]