Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14), Age (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (9): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

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

Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14)	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 - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016^Footnote 3	857,300	585,535	544,095	41,445	271,760	68.3	63.5	7.1
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	438,420	261,495	236,420	25,075	176,925	59.6	53.9	9.6
Education	40,990	27,760	26,960	800	13,235	67.7	65.8	2.9
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	8,870	7,040	6,645	400	1,830	79.4	74.9	5.7
Humanities	15,400	11,490	10,745	740	3,915	74.6	69.8	6.4
Social and behavioural sciences and law	30,495	24,790	23,520	1,265	5,705	81.3	77.1	5.1
Business, management and public administration	85,795	66,840	64,075	2,765	18,955	77.9	74.7	4.1
Physical and life sciences and technologies	11,455	8,865	8,260	600	2,590	77.4	72.1	6.8
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	11,695	9,650	9,060	595	2,045	82.5	77.5	6.2
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	93,145	75,365	70,190	5,180	17,775	80.9	75.4	6.9
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	16,660	14,205	13,710	495	2,455	85.3	82.3	3.5
Health and related fields	74,750	55,470	53,580	1,885	19,280	74.2	71.7	3.4
Personal, protective and transportation services	29,585	22,525	20,890	1,635	7,055	76.1	70.6	7.3
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	40	40	35	0	0	100.0	87.5	0

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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

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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

This variable shows the 'primary groupings' variant of CIP. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.

For information on collection, classification and data quality for this variable, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 4

'Architecture, engineering and related technologies' includes some fields that are commonly studied at the trades level, such as 'Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians,' 'Construction trades,' and 'Precision production' (e.g., welding).

Footnote 5

'Other fields of study' includes 'Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other.'

Data quality note(s) – Saskatchewan

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.3%.
• 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-X2016284.