Visible Minority (15), Labour Force Status (8), STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (9), Immigrant Status (4), Age (10) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16): STEM
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (9): Bachelor's degree
• Immigrant status (4): Non-immigrants
• Age (10): 25 to 34 years
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details visible minority , labour force status , stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , immigrant status , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada

Visible minority (15)	Labour force status (8)
	Total - Labour force status^Footnote 2	In the labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in the labour force	Participation rate	Employment rate	Unemployment rate
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 3	153,870	140,635	133,550	7,085	13,230	91.4	86.8	5.0
Total visible minority population^Footnote 4	26,615	23,580	22,055	1,525	3,040	88.6	82.9	6.5
South Asian^Footnote 5	6,200	5,245	4,885	360	950	84.6	78.8	6.9
Chinese	10,235	9,290	8,765	530	945	90.8	85.6	5.7
Black	2,010	1,815	1,705	110	195	90.3	84.8	6.1
Filipino	1,355	1,200	1,100	100	150	88.6	81.2	8.3
Latin American	440	380	365	20	55	86.4	83.0	5.3
Arab	1,000	850	770	80	150	85.0	77.0	9.4
Southeast Asian^Footnote 6	1,905	1,710	1,570	140	195	89.8	82.4	8.2
West Asian^Footnote 7	240	210	195	15	30	87.5	81.2	7.1
Korean	495	420	385	35	70	84.8	77.8	8.3
Japanese	710	635	595	35	75	89.4	83.8	5.5
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 8	610	560	540	25	45	91.8	88.5	4.5
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 9	1,420	1,255	1,170	80	170	88.4	82.4	6.4
Not a visible minority^Footnote 10	127,250	117,055	111,495	5,560	10,195	92.0	87.6	4.7

Symbol(s)

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

Footnote 2

Refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over was employed, unemployed or not in the labour force during the week of Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7, 2016.

Early enumeration was conducted in remote, isolated parts of the provinces and territories. When enumeration has taken place before May 2016, the reference date used is the date on which the household was enumerated.

In the past, this variable was called Labour force activity.

Footnote 3

For more information on the Visible minority variable, including information on its classification, the questions from which it is derived, data quality and its comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 4

The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'

Footnote 5

For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc.

Footnote 6

For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc.

Footnote 7

For example, 'Afghan,' 'Iranian,' etc.

Footnote 8

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.' Includes persons with a write-in response such as 'Guyanese,' 'West Indian,' 'Tibetan,' 'Polynesian,' 'Pacific Islander,' etc.

Footnote 9

Includes persons who gave more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in responses, e.g., 'Black' and 'South Asian.'

Footnote 10

Includes persons who reported 'Yes' to the Aboriginal group question (Question 18), as well as persons who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.

Data quality note(s) – Canada

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016276.