CANADIAN HUMAN RESOURCES

By Samatha Oliver

General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Human Resources

Agricultural Age Human Resources:
Low percentages of literacy(60%-65% or less roughly) and low average educational levels. High school education not necessary to work in the fields in agriculture.
Industrial Age Human Resources:
Higher percentage literacy than agricultural age, based on value of at least a high school education, including for blue collar jobs. College education for management and professional jobs.
Information Age Human Resources:
Very high literacy rates of population (90%+ preferably), and ideally at least some college education or other skilled job training. Also lifetime learning, requiring everyone to regularly update their education and training in their job area. Longer lifespans also mean an average of three careers and eleven jobs in a lifetime, also requiring further education.

Information/Data on Canadian Human Resources

Canada's literacy rate is 99%. Each province of Canada is responsible for its own educational system. College is not really required or important to Candaians.

Conclusions on Canada (Whether Human Resource Rich or Poor Country)

Canada is a very resource rich country, however, in human resources on education they are very poor.

Conclusions on Canada (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Human Resources)

They are primarly in the agricultural age.

Additional Online Sources on Canadian Human Resources

Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Canadian Human Resources

CIA World Fact Book
United States World Alamac of 1996 (no author).
United Nations , Statistical Yearbook. Published annually.

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