Labour Force Status (8), Visible Minority (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), 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

• Immigrant status and period of immigration (11): Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details labour force status , visible minority , immigrant status and period of immigration , highest certificate, diploma or degree , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Visible minority (15)	Labour force status (8)
	Total - Labour force status^Footnote 3	In the labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in the labour force	Participation rate	Employment rate	Unemployment rate
Total - Visible minority^Footnote 4	3,206,045	2,302,940	2,096,110	206,835	903,105	71.8	65.4	9.0
Total visible minority population^Footnote 5	713,445	521,390	470,510	50,880	192,055	73.1	65.9	9.8
South Asian^Footnote 6	174,990	126,195	113,815	12,385	48,795	72.1	65.0	9.8
Chinese	131,980	87,720	79,600	8,125	44,265	66.5	60.3	9.3
Black	87,805	67,010	57,880	9,130	20,790	76.3	65.9	13.6
Filipino	129,515	105,675	99,270	6,405	23,840	81.6	76.6	6.1
Latin American	45,430	34,910	31,215	3,695	10,515	76.8	68.7	10.6
Arab	39,085	25,115	21,715	3,400	13,975	64.3	55.6	13.5
Southeast Asian^Footnote 7	35,700	25,770	23,355	2,420	9,930	72.2	65.4	9.4
West Asian^Footnote 8	16,260	11,610	9,915	1,695	4,640	71.4	61.0	14.6
Korean	17,235	11,980	10,895	1,085	5,255	69.5	63.2	9.1
Japanese	9,620	6,615	6,185	420	3,000	68.8	64.3	6.3
Visible minority, n.i.e.^Footnote 9	7,420	5,240	4,590	650	2,185	70.6	61.9	12.4
Multiple visible minorities^Footnote 10	18,410	13,540	12,070	1,465	4,870	73.5	65.6	10.8
Not a visible minority^Footnote 11	2,492,600	1,781,555	1,625,600	155,950	711,050	71.5	65.2	8.8

Symbol(s)

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

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 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

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 4

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 5

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 6

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

Footnote 7

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

Footnote 8

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

Footnote 9

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 10

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 11

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) – Alberta

• 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: 6.1%.
• 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-X2016286.