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\n2.1 Ontario young adult employment shifts towards post-secondary credentials 2  \n2.2 Ontario young adults without post-secondary credentials: employment rates by industry 2  \n2.3 Post-secondary graduates employed in Ontario industries 4  \n2.4 Ontario young adults: single vs. multiple pathways to post-secondary credentials 5  \n2.5 Ontario entrepreneurs with post-secondary credentials 6  \n2.6 Ontario college applied research projects 7  \n3 ONTARIO’S COLLEGE GRADUATE ADVANTAGE COMPARED TO THE U.S. 8  \n3.1 Post-secondary educational attainment of young adults, Ontario compared to the U.S. 8  \n3.2 Post-secondary educational attainment of adults: select Canadian provinces and U.S. states 9  \n3.3 Post-secondary educational attainment by industry, Ontario compared to the U.S. 10  \n4 ONTARIO’S POST-SECONDARY GRADUATES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY 11  \n4.1 Annual number of tertiary graduates worldwide 11  \n4.2 Increasing post-secondary educational attainment – select countries 12  \n4.3 Post-secondary attainment of young adults: Ontario and select countries 13  \n4.4 Employment of young adults with and without tertiary credentials, select countries 14  \n4.5 Inactivity rates of young adults with and without tertiary credentials, select countries 15  \n5 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ONTARIANS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS 16  \n5.1 Post-secondary educational attainment for young adults in Ontario – people with and without  \ndisabilities 16  \n5.2 Employment rates of young adults in Ontario – people with and without disabilities 17  \n5.3 Educational attainment of young Indigenous Peoples in Ontario 18  \n5.4 Employment rates for young Indigenous Peoples in Ontario 19  \n5.5 Employment rates for young immigrants and those who do not speak an official language 20  \n6 APPRENTICESHIP AND ADULT EDUCATION 21  \n6.1 Certification of tradespersons, Ontario compared to select provinces 21  \n6.2 Adult literacy and numeracy rating for select Ontario populations 22  \n6.3 Job-related education for adults without upper secondary credentials, select countries 23  \n7 RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN CANADIAN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 24  \nOntario college graduates: Competing in a disruptive world economy  \n1 HIGHLIGHTS  \nOver the past three decades, Ontario employers have required an increasingly more qualified and highly skilled workforce. This has led to three million more jobs by 2021 for those with postsecondary credentials.  \nMeanwhile, there was a drop of almost one million jobs for those who don’t have post-secondary credentials.  \nAdults who don't have post-secondary credentials have faced reduced employment in every sector. In Canada, while 86 per cent of those with a post-secondary credential are employed, only 57 per cent of those without post-secondary credentials are employed. If all Canadians had post-secondary credentials, almost three million more would have jobs.  \nOntario’s post-secondary students have been preparing for a disruptive economy by enrolling more often in programs that offer employment-ready credentials, including programs that teach entrepreneurship and innovation.  \nCollege graduates continue to provide Ontario with a key competitive advantage over the U.S. They are three times as numerous per capita and contribute to exports per capita at twice the U.S. level.  \nAlmost 300,000 more young Ontarians have post-secondary credentials than a comparable per capita number of Americans.  \nAs well, young adults in Ontario have a higher share of post-secondary credentials than in any single state in the U.S. Some southern states graduate fewer than half as many people with post-secondary credentials on a per capita basis.  \nIn Ontario, students from underrepresented groups – including immigrants, Indigenous Peoples and those with disabilities – each graduate from colleges at a rate that reflects their share of the population. 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