Aboriginal Identity (9), Secondary (High) School Diploma or Equivalent (14), School Attendance (3), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• School attendance (3): Total - School attendance
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details aboriginal identity , secondary school diploma or equivalent , school attendance , registered or treaty indian status , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada

Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate (14)	Aboriginal identity (9)
	Total - Aboriginal identity^Footnote 3	Aboriginal identity^Footnote 4	Single Aboriginal responses^Footnote 5	First Nations (North American Indian)^Footnote 6	Métis	Inuk (Inuit)	Multiple Aboriginal responses^Footnote 7	Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere ^Footnote 8	Non-Aboriginal identity
Total - Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 9	28,643,015	1,224,920	1,191,500	691,405	456,560	43,535	15,300	18,125	27,418,100
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate	5,934,160	470,370	460,335	298,600	135,680	26,050	4,820	5,220	5,463,790
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, no postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	5,239,580	412,180	403,395	264,425	116,385	22,575	4,165	4,620	4,827,400
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with postsecondary certificate or diploma^Footnote 10	694,585	58,195	56,940	34,170	19,295	3,475	645	605	636,390
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 11	519,600	38,465	37,580	22,265	13,220	2,100	460	425	481,135
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	174,980	19,730	19,355	11,905	6,075	1,370	190	185	155,255
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate	22,708,860	754,545	731,160	392,805	320,875	17,485	10,480	12,900	21,954,315
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, no postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	7,576,400	322,755	313,090	175,315	129,315	8,455	4,440	5,230	7,253,645
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 12	15,132,455	431,785	418,080	217,490	191,560	9,030	6,045	7,665	14,700,670
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 13	2,280,660	92,720	89,825	45,215	42,550	2,060	1,345	1,555	2,187,945
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	5,378,845	206,395	200,385	105,880	89,710	4,795	2,710	3,300	5,172,450
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with university certificate or diploma below bachelor level	813,335	27,230	26,430	15,520	10,440	465	415	390	786,100
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with bachelor's degree	4,443,835	78,025	75,180	37,670	36,205	1,310	1,120	1,725	4,365,815
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with university certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level^Footnote 14	2,215,780	27,425	26,260	13,210	12,655	395	460	700	2,188,355

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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 'School attendance,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the Census of Population.


For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 4

'Aboriginal identity' includes persons who are First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada) and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Footnote 5

'Single Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are in only one Aboriginal group, that is First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 6

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For additional information, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 7

'Multiple Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are any two or all three of the following: First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 8

Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere' includes persons who are not First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit), but who have Registered or Treaty Indian status and/or Membership in a First Nation or Indian band.

Footnote 9

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 10

Here, 'postsecondary certificate or diploma' includes the categories 'apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' and 'college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma.'

Footnote 11

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 12

'Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree' includes 'apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma,' 'college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma' and university certificates, diplomas and degrees.

Footnote 13

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 14

'University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level' includes the categories 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'

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-X2016177.