Atlantic Canada has the type of employees you want – well educated, hard working and reliable.
Atlantic Canada has more university students per capita than any other region of Canada. 
Add to that our other educational pluses:
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More teachers per capita than any other region of Canada
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One of the highest high school graduation rates in North America
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An average of 38% more spent on vocational training than in Canada as a whole
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A leading cluster of e-Learning companies
Atlantic Canadian employees are also loyal and dedicated.
- Their absenteeism and turnover rates are among the lowest in North America, so retraining costs are lower.
- On average, they stay with their employers 75% longer than do American employees.
The Atlantic Canada Labour Snapshot
- Population: 2.3 million (2005)
- Workforce: 1.2 million (2005)
- Labour market participation rate of 62.8% (2005)
- Over 17,000 university graduates each year
- Over 26,000 post-secondary graduates each year
- More post-secondary graduates per capita than the Canadian and U.S. averages
- Bilingual workforce (French and English) for shared services functions such as customer contact centres and software support
- Among the lowest employee turnover and absenteeism rates in North America