In Canada Women are more likely than men to be high school graduates, but are less likely to have either a trades certificate or diploma or to have completed some other form of non-university training.
Women make up the majority of full-time students in most university departments.
They remain concentrated in the humanities and social sciences, fields with weaker labour market outcomes but are making inroads into traditionally male-dominated fields. Overall, women are also somewhat less likely than men to have a university degree, although the gap is much smaller now than in the past. However young women are currently more likely than young men to have university degrees. Women's representation among university graduates also declines sharply the higher the level. Among the 25-29 age group, women are now achieving higher levels of educational attainment than men.