The prose literacy map of Canada

This interactive map provides an in-depth look at more than 52,000 prose-literacy profiles across Canada.* These profiles were created by combining demographic information from the 2006 Census with prose literacy scores from the 2003 IALLSS, which was conducted by Statistics Canada and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The result is an innovative look at the prose literacy landscape across Canada’s cities, towns, communities and neighbourhoods. In the map prose literacy is represented in two ways; 1) by average adult prose literacy scores (on a scale of 0 – 500), or 2) by regions of lower literacy. The latter depicts the proportion of the population that scored at the OECD’s prose-literacy Level 2 or below.

* Due to data limitations, off-reserve Native populations and certain parts of Northern Canada are not represented on the map.