Canadian women earn more post-secondary degrees than men. Why the gap?
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Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of Canadian adults aged 25 to 64 held a college or university credential, up from 55 per cent in 2015.
A newly released Statistics Canada report has found that in 2025, 71 per cent of women aged 25 to 64 had attained a college or university credential, up from 61 per cent in 2015.
Across the same age range, the number of men getting a college or university credential also rose from 49 per cent in 2015 to 57 per cent in 2025.
In total, nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of Canadian adults aged 25 to 64 held a college or university credential, up from 55 per cent in 2015.
Ana Ferrer, a professor at the University of Waterloo and research fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics, says the value of education is only growing in a fluctuating economy.
The Statistics Canada data also found that across the next 10 years, “over 80 per cent of new job openings arising from economic growth are projected to be mainly in management positions and in those that usually require post-secondary education.”
“Women realize that the more education you have, the stronger your position is,” said Ferrer.
“Women have caught up to that really quickly and they have continued these trends which have pushed them into higher levels of education.”
According to the Canadian Occupational Projection System, out of 485 assessed occupations in 2023, there were 59 occupations where at least 80 per cent of workers were women. Out of those 59 occupations, 35 of them “are expected to have a job opening ratio above the average of all occupations.”
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