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Unemployment rate, university degree: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Unemployment rate, university degree. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Unemployment and employment by education, provinces, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 5 (Canada).

Lowest: 3.6 to 4.1 %
Group 2: 4.1 to 4.4 %
Group 3: 4.4 to 4.6 %
Group 4: 4.6 to 5.4 %
Highest: 5.4 to 5.6 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Ontario	5.6
2	Prince Edward Island	5.4
3	Alberta	5.1
4	British Columbia	4.6
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	4.4
5	Quebec	4.4
7	New Brunswick	4.1
7	Manitoba	4.1
9	Nova Scotia	3.8
10	Saskatchewan	3.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01: Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by educational attainment, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by unemployment rate, university degree (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0020-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-unemployment-rate-university-degree/

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