Literacy in Canada

When I was working at HRSDC in 2003, the periodical I was publishing at the time featured this information and I've brought it up in conversation over the years, and most people expressed opinions that clearly I was mistaken... well, clearly I am not.

About 44% of Canadians aged 16 to 69 fall into the bottom two classifications for literacy, and are regarded as being functionally illiterate.

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/lld/nls/Surveys/ialscrh.shtml

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