Sudbury's Vital Signs Report 2007
Learning
Greater Sudbury Continues to benefit from a well educated work force.
- In Sudbury 49% of the population (15 years and over) had completed post-secondary education (University degree, post-secondary certificate or diploma) in 2006 compared with 31% in 1990. The Ontario average in 2006 was 52% and the Canadian average was 49%. 42
- Total full - and part-time enrolment was 5,785 at Laurentian University in 2000-2001 and was 9,053 in 2006-2007. 43 Cambrian College had 3,549 full-time students in the 2000-2001 academic year and 4,469 students in 2006-2007. 44 (Collège Boréal statistics were not available.)
- Greater Sudbury's overall Composite Learning Index* was 71 in 2006 and 70 in 2007. This is lower than other Ontario cities such as Thunder Bay (79)*, Barrie (86), and Ottawa (91). 45 (See Figure 9)
*CLI is a national index that reflects literacy levels.
Figure 9. Composite Learning Index (CLI) Scores for Canada and selected Ontario
cities 2006 and 2007
42. Community Foundations of Canada (2007). Proportion of the Population (15 years and over) with a Post-Secondary Education (University Degree; Post-Secondary Certificate or Diploma) for CMAs and Economic Regions. Based onStatistics Canada, Labour Force Survey 2007 (by special request program A050705).
http://www.vitalsignscanada.ca/rpt2007/table-IV-2-a.pdf
Last accessed on September 25, 2007 Back
43. KeyFacts, City of Greater Sudbury (June, 2007). Laurentian University Enrolment, 1995-2006.
http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/content/keyfacts/documents/LU%5FEnrolment
%5FJune%5F2007%2Epdf
Last accessed on September 21, 2007 Back
44.KeyFacts, City of Greater Sudbury (June, 2007). Cambrian College Full-time Enrolment, 1995-2006.
http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/content/keyfacts/documents/Cambrian
%5FEnrolment%5FJune%5F2007%2Epdf
Last accessed on September 21, 2007 Back
45. Canada Council on Learning (May, 2007). The 2007 Composite Learning Index: Helping Communities Improve their Quality of Life.
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/NR/rdonlyres/874A39DC-EE33-4F5B-B940- D5DE2992D1DA/0/BrochureCLIENGLR.pdf
Last accessed on September 21, 2007 Back