Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Age (12A) 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 (15): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (12A): Total - Age

This table details labour force status , highest certificate, diploma or degree , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

Labour force status (8)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Labour force status^Footnote 2	774,750	372,455	402,295
In the labour force	474,595	242,775	231,820
Employed	427,315	215,010	212,300
Unemployed	47,280	27,765	19,520
Not in the labour force	300,155	129,680	170,475
Participation rate	61.3	65.2	57.6
Employment rate	55.2	57.7	52.8
Unemployment rate	10.0	11.4	8.4

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

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.

Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• 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-X2016365.