Visible Minority (15), Employment Income Statistics (7), STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (9), Immigrant Status (4A), Age (10) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16): Total - STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (9): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Immigrant status (4A): Total - Immigrant status
• Age (10): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details visible minority , employment income statistics , stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , immigrant status , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Ontario

Visible minority (15)	Employment income statistics (7)
	Total - Employment income statistics^Footnote 4	With employment income	Median employment income ($)	Average employment income ($)	With wages, salaries and commissions	Median wages, salaries and commissions ($)	Average wages, salaries and commissions ($)
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 5	11,038,440	7,790,680	33,959	47,369	7,123,405	36,238	48,599
Total visible minority population^Footnote 6	3,100,655	2,132,065	28,797	39,697	1,940,135	31,151	41,184
South Asian^Footnote 7	903,970	624,500	28,082	40,616	566,870	30,470	42,334
Chinese	640,255	413,055	31,629	45,611	368,885	35,280	47,757
Black	473,380	337,205	27,461	35,502	315,710	29,419	36,475
Filipino	257,740	205,065	31,610	36,782	197,525	32,431	37,351
Latin American	167,085	123,740	28,794	36,641	111,180	31,155	38,139
Arab	156,935	90,385	23,047	38,175	78,740	25,561	39,555
Southeast Asian^Footnote 8	108,970	76,470	29,150	36,384	69,725	31,291	37,547
West Asian^Footnote 9	127,435	79,330	21,118	34,943	66,735	24,296	37,258
Korean	74,885	47,940	23,713	37,929	40,085	26,313	40,330
Japanese	25,225	16,995	35,714	53,430	15,430	38,057	54,697
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 10	79,825	57,485	33,700	39,589	53,455	35,704	41,098
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 11	84,955	59,900	29,480	39,692	55,790	31,477	40,805
Not a visible minority^Footnote 12	7,937,785	5,658,615	36,288	50,259	5,183,270	38,502	51,375

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

This variable shows a variant of CIP which classifies fields of study into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math and computer sciences) and BHASE (non-STEM) categories. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.



This variant is different from the STEM variant used in the 2011 National Household Survey. For information on comparability between the two variants, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

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 3

Non-permanent residents are included in 'Total - Immigrant status.' The category for 'Non-permanent residents' is not presented elsewhere in this table with income as they may not have a complete year of applicable income.

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit, or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

For more information on immigration 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 Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 4

Employment income - All income received as wages, salaries and commissions from paid employment and net self-employment income from farm or non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice during the reference period.

Wages, salaries and commissions - Gross wages and salaries before deductions for such items as income taxes, pension plan contributions and employment insurance premiums during the reference period. While other employee remuneration such as security options benefits, board and lodging and other taxable allowances and benefits are included in this source, employers' contributions to pension plans and employment insurance plans are excluded. Other receipts included in this source are military pay and allowances, tips, commissions and cash bonuses associated with paid employment, benefits from wage-loss replacement plans or income-maintenance insurance plans, supplementary unemployment benefits from an employer or union, research grants, royalties from a work or invention with no associated expenses and all types of casual earnings during the reference period.

For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.

The median income of a specified group is the amount that divides the income distribution of that group into two halves, i.e., the incomes of half of the units in that group are below the median, while those of the other half are above the median. Median incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

Average income of a specified group is calculated by dividing the aggregate income of that group by the number of units in that group. Average incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

Footnote 5

For more information on the Visible minority variable, including information on its classification, the questions from which it is derived, data quality and its comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 6

The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'

Footnote 7

For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc.

Footnote 8

For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc.

Footnote 9

For example, 'Afghan,' 'Iranian,' etc.

Footnote 10

The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.' Includes persons with a write-in response such as 'Guyanese,' 'West Indian,' 'Tibetan,' 'Polynesian,' 'Pacific Islander,' etc.

Footnote 11

Includes persons who gave more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in responses, e.g., 'Black' and 'South Asian.'

Footnote 12

Includes persons who reported 'Yes' to the Aboriginal group question (Question 18), as well as persons who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group.

Data quality note(s) – Ontario

• 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: 4.6%.
• 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-X2016277.