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Canada, in general, has a highly educated population. However, there is still a reasonable and expected amount of variability when it comes to how much higher education people in the population receive. The distribution of educational attainment is displayed in Table 1.4.
Table 1.4: General Education Levels in Canada
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census Data
<aside> 💡 One of the many factors of how this educational attainment is varied throughout the Canadian population is by region. The places in Canada with the most highly educated populations are in urban centres, particularly in the metropolitan areas of Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto.
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The census tract with the most people with bachelor's degrees or higher is Westmount, Quebec, which is a Montreal neighbourhood. The second-most-populous census tract for people holding a bachelor's degree or above is in the Greater Vancouver Electoral District A, which is more commonly known as the University of British Columbia (UBC). The third-most-populous district for people holding a bachelor's degree or above is in Mont-Royal, which is also a Montreal neighbourhood. In all three of these locations, the percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher is above 70%.
The geographic districts that have the most people without a diploma, degree, or certificate, are mostly concentrated in remote or rural areas. The top 10 areas are all rural municipalities in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, except one in New Brunswick.