Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Drummondville, (CA) - Quebec
Data qualityFigure 1.1 Percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 years who have completed a high school diploma or equivalency certificate,[1] [2] Drummondville, 2006 to 2016
- In 2016, 79.7% of people aged 25 to 64 in Drummondville had a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, compared with 86.3% in Canada.
- In Drummondville, 13.8% of people aged 25 to 64 had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2016, while 20.4% had a college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma as their highest level of education, and 26.1% had an apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma as their highest.
- In Drummondville, 8.8% of women aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher studied STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), compared with 30.7% of men. On the other hand, 91.2% of these women studied BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study such as business, humanities, health, arts, social sciences, education, etc., compared with 69.2% of men.
Figure 1.2 Percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 years with selected highest levels of educational attainment,[3] [4] Drummondville, 2006 to 2016
Figure 1.3 Percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 years with selected highest levels of educational attainment,[3] [4] by immigrant status and period of immigration,[10] Drummondville, 2016
Most common fields of studyFootnote 11 Footnote 12 for the population aged 25 to 64 years by selected highest levels of educational attainment,Footnote 3 Footnote 4 Drummondville CA, Quebec, Canada, 2016
Levels of education and fields of study | Drummondville CA | Quebec | Canada | ||||||
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Number | Percentage | Rank | Number | Percentage | Rank | Number | Percentage | Rank | |
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma9 | |||||||||
Precision production | 1,990 | 15.2 | 1 | 89,015 | 10.3 | 6 | 219,505 | 10.7 | 4 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 1,830 | 14.0 | 2 | 119,550 | 13.8 | 3 | 351,580 | 17.2 | 2 |
Construction trades | 1,800 | 13.7 | 3 | 122,365 | 14.1 | 2 | 406,595 | 19.9 | 1 |
Business, management, marketing and related support services | 1,710 | 13.0 | 4 | 127,105 | 14.7 | 1 | 187,690 | 9.2 | 5 |
Personal and culinary services | 1,685 | 12.8 | 5 | 117,660 | 13.6 | 4 | 295,075 | 14.4 | 3 |
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma | |||||||||
Business, management, marketing and related support services | 3,035 | 29.6 | 1 | 211,095 | 25.4 | 1 | 1,082,155 | 25.5 | 1 |
Health professions and related programs | 1,585 | 15.4 | 2 | 116,520 | 14.0 | 2 | 774,410 | 18.3 | 2 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields | 990 | 9.6 | 3 | 75,085 | 9.0 | 3 | 379,505 | 8.9 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 625 | 6.1 | 4 | 37,750 | 4.5 | 7 | 180,260 | 4.2 | 6 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 590 | 5.8 | 5 | 43,980 | 5.3 | 6 | 68,750 | 1.6 | 15 |
Bachelor’s degree or higher5 | |||||||||
Education | 1,615 | 23.3 | 1 | 137,130 | 12.3 | 2 | 597,310 | 11.1 | 2 |
Business, management, marketing and related support services | 1,405 | 20.3 | 2 | 259,860 | 23.3 | 1 | 1,046,165 | 19.4 | 1 |
Health professions and related programs | 800 | 11.6 | 3 | 102,925 | 9.2 | 4 | 542,885 | 10.1 | 4 |
Engineering | 700 | 10.1 | 4 | 117,755 | 10.5 | 3 | 554,635 | 10.3 | 3 |
Psychology | 290 | 4.2 | 5 | 38,385 | 3.4 | 8 | 202,080 | 3.7 | 6 |
Figure 1.4 Percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 years with a bachelor’s degree or higher,[5] by STEM and BHASE (non-STEM)[13] fields of study,[11] [14] Drummondville, 2016
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 years with selected highest levels of educational attainmentFootnote 3 Footnote 4 by location of study compared with province or territory of residence,Footnote 11 Footnote 15 Drummondville, 2016
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Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.
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