TORONTO - Statistics Canada data suggests Ontario post-secondary students are more likely to end up back on the family couch than graduates from other provinces, even though they pay the costliest university tuition in the country.
The Labour Force survey, posted on the Council of Ontario Universities website, shows Ontario grads have a higher rate of unemployment than their equivalents in other parts of Canada.
An Ontario university student with a bachelor's degree had a 6% rate of unemployment in 2012, compared to the national average of 5.2% for students with the same educational attainment.
The average rate of unemployment for a student with a bachelor's degree from the nine other provinces was 4.7%. (more...)
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