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Canada: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

173,685count · 2016-1.8% since 1995

Total number of teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Annual figures for Canada from 1993 to 2016.

19932016

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2016173,685
2015204,765
2014197,851
2013195,635.211
2012194,130
2011192,035
2010207,062.596
2009197,766.355
2008210,530.427
1998125,500
1995176,783
1994174,684
1993158,123

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-both-sexes (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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