Lifelong learning

Many of the next generation of older adults will have more formal education than today’s older adults. This section starts by discussing the educational profile of today’s older adults. This is followed by a discussion of literacy levels and job-related training, all of which may have an impact on older adults' participation in the workforce.

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Educational attainment

  • Three vertical bar charts compares the highest level of education by several age group clusters, 45-54, 55-64, 65 and over.

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Highest level education (PowerPoint)  |  Highest level education (Excel)

Note: This data source is based on the 2021 Census long-form questionnaire. A sample of approximately 25% of Canadian private households in occupied private dwellings received the questionnaire. People, who were not occupying the households for various reasons, were not included.

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0590-01  Labour force status by occupation (training, education, experience and responsibility category - TEER), mobility status 5 years ago, highest level of education, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories and census divisions. Released November 15, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/9810059001-eng

  • Four vertical bar charts compares the highest level of education received amongst older Manitobans aged 65-74 and age 75 and over.

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Highest level of education 65+ (PowerPoint)  |  Highest level of education 65+ (Excel) 

Note: This data source is based on the 2021 Census long-form questionnaire. A sample of approximately 25% of Canadian private households in occupied private dwellings received the questionnaire. People, who were not occupying the households for various reasons, were not included.

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0590-01  Labour force status by occupation (training, education, experience and responsibility category - TEER), mobility status 5 years ago, highest level of education, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories and census divisions. Released November 15, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/9810059001-eng

Literacy

  • A line graph shows the average literacy score of Canadians and Manitobans by age groupings, from age 16 to 55 and over.

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Literacy score (PowerPoint)  |  Literacy score (Excel)

Note: Higher literacy scores equal higher levels of literacy

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012 Literacy Assessment.

  • Three vertical bar charts shows the percent of individuals using age groupings from 16 years to 55 and over, whose literacy, numeracy, and problem solving is at Level 1 or Level 2.

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Literacy level 1 or level 2 (PowerPoint)  |  Literacy level 1 or level 2 (Excel)

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012 Problem solving Assessment.

NOTE: Level 1 indicates a lower level of ability in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments than level 2.

For more detailed information about proficiency levels see: OECD (2016), The survey of adult skills: Reader’s companion, Second Edition, OECD Skills Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris.  

  • A series of three vertical bar charts that shows the average literacy score by educational attained (highs school, non university, and university) for Manitobans in age groupings of 35 years to 55 and over.

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Literacy score by educational attainment (PowerPoint)  |  Literacy score by educational attainment (Excel)

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies  (PIAAC), 2012 Literacy Assessment.

  • This bar chart shows the percentage of the Canadian born and immigrant populations at literacy level 1 by age groupings from 16 years to 55 and over.

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Literacy level 1 immigrants and Canadian born (PowerPoint)  |  Literacy level 1 immigrants and Canadian born (Excel)

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies  (PIAAC), 2012 Literacy Assessment.

NOTE: Level 1 indicates a lower level of ability in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments than level 2.

For more detailed information about proficiency levels see: OECD (2016), The survey of adult skills: Reader’s companion, Second Edition, OECD Skills Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris.  

Use of technology

  • This verical bar chart compares personal internet use over the past three months by men and women aged 55 and over.

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Internet use (PowerPoint)  |  Internet use (Excel)

Source: Statistics Canada. 2018. Canadian Internet Use Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

  • This table shows what Manitobans in age groupings from 45 to 65 years and over, use their home internet to get types of information or do specific activities.

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Internet activity (PowerPoint)

*Not including live television
Source: Statistics Canada. 2018. Canadian Internet Use Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

Job related training

  • This vertical bar chart compares the percentage of employed persons in age groupings of 25 to 55 years and over, Who took job-related training in the past year.

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Job related training (PowerPoint)

Source: Figure 2-8 Statistics Canada, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (data available separately)

  • A comparative vertical bar chart shows the proportion of workers by various age groups, who did or did not participate in training and have unmet training needs.

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Workers unmet training (PowerPoint)  |  Workers unmet training (Excel)

Source: Figure 2-9 Statistics Canada, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (data available separately)

  • This table outlines the reasons Manitobans wanted training but did not take the desired training.

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Training not taken (PowerPoint)

Source: Tables 2-2 Statistics Canada, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (data available separately).

  • Outlined in this table are the reasons individuals participated in training, such as improve careerp rpospects, increase knowledge, required training, changing professions, obtaining a certificate, or other reasons.

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Training participation (PowerPoint)

Source: Tables 2-3 Statistics Canada, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (data available separately).

  • Comparing the training needs by age groupings, this bar chart shows the types of training workers received on the job, in a semiar or workshop, other kinds of courses, or courses taken in an open training envirornment or distance education.

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Training received (PowerPoint)  |  Training received (Excel)

*training by supervisors or co-workers
Source: Statistics Canada, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (data available separately).

Resources

The Canadian Centre for Education Statistic

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