Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level Category (8A), Mobility Status 5 Years Ago (9), Place of Residence 5 Years Ago (15), Labour Force Status (3), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Labour Force Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Divisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Place of Residence 5 Years Ago (15): Total - Place of residence 5 years ago
• Labour Force Status (3): Total - Labour Force Status
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details occupation - national occupational classification 2016 - skill-level category , mobility status 5 years ago , place of residence 5 years ago , labour force status , age and sex for the labour force aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada

Mobility Status 5 Years Ago (9)	Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level category (8A)
	Total - Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Skill-level category^Footnote 2	Occupation - not applicable^Footnote 3	All skill levels^Footnote 4	Skill level A Managers	Skill level A Professionals	Skill level B College or apprenticeship training^Footnote 5	Skill level C High school or job-specific training^Footnote 6	Skill level D On-the-job training^Footnote 7
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago	18,672,475	404,350	18,268,120	2,013,365	3,331,415	5,687,040	5,010,990	2,225,315
Non-movers	10,887,900	213,270	10,674,630	1,252,105	1,855,105	3,293,380	2,969,175	1,304,855
Movers	7,784,575	191,080	7,593,495	761,260	1,476,305	2,393,655	2,041,815	920,455
Non-migrants	4,295,010	94,070	4,200,940	420,135	780,130	1,330,905	1,153,800	515,975
Migrants	3,489,570	97,010	3,392,560	341,130	696,175	1,062,750	888,015	404,480
Internal migrants	2,764,855	56,465	2,708,390	283,805	543,580	896,295	697,995	286,710
Intraprovincial migrants	2,220,210	44,995	2,175,220	226,055	421,730	725,180	569,215	233,040
Interprovincial migrants	544,640	11,475	533,165	57,755	121,845	171,110	128,780	53,670
External migrants	724,715	40,540	684,170	57,320	152,595	166,460	190,020	117,770

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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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

Refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over who is in the labour force was employed or unemployed 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 2

Refers to the kind of work performed by persons aged 15 years and over as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job. The occupation data are produced according to the NOC 2016.

Footnote 3

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who never worked for pay or self-employment, or last worked for pay or self-employment prior to 2015.

Footnote 4

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who have worked at some point in time between January 2015 and May 2016.

Footnote 5

Occupations that usually require a college or apprenticeship training.

Footnote 6

Occupations that usually require a high school or job-specific training.

Footnote 7

Occupations for which on-the-job training is given.

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-X2016293.