Why Young Men Are Giving Up
A generation of young men is searching for meaning and purpose, and it is time we started telling them that society needs them.
TL;DR
- Young men in Canada are falling behind in education.
- Too many young men are withdrawing from the workforce.
- Young men are forming families later or not at all.
- Some young men live with parents into adulthood or retreat into online activities.
- Among Canadians aged 25-34, 76% of women have tertiary education vs. 58% of men.
- OECD reports women outperform men in educational attainment.
- In 2024, 12.4% of Canadian males aged 15-29 were neither employed nor in education or training.
- Among men aged 25-29, 14.6% were neither employed nor in education or training.