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 Roussillon

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	137,210	94,885	89,375	5,510	42,330	69.2	65.1	5.8
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	59,005	32,070	29,300	2,770	26,935	54.4	49.7	8.6
Education	5,300	3,720	3,630	90	1,580	70.2	68.5	2.4
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	2,545	1,995	1,880	115	550	78.4	73.9	5.8
Humanities	3,485	2,745	2,610	135	735	78.8	74.9	4.9
Social and behavioural sciences and law	7,070	5,965	5,655	310	1,100	84.4	80.0	5.2
Business, management and public administration	19,500	15,970	15,380	585	3,535	81.9	78.9	3.7
Physical and life sciences and technologies	2,380	1,800	1,700	100	575	75.6	71.4	5.6
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	3,430	2,990	2,835	155	445	87.2	82.7	5.2
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	17,680	14,265	13,525	740	3,415	80.7	76.5	5.2
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	920	740	705	40	180	80.4	76.6	5.4
Health and related fields	9,340	7,275	7,000	270	2,060	77.9	74.9	3.7
Personal, protective and transportation services	6,540	5,335	5,130	205	1,205	81.6	78.4	3.8
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	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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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) – Roussillon

• 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: 2.5%.
• 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-X2016284.