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, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 Alberta

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	2,302,940	40,010	2,262,935	261,505	378,580	752,205	611,625	259,025
Non-movers	1,199,340	19,320	1,180,015	156,390	194,860	382,055	319,260	127,445
Movers	1,103,600	20,680	1,082,920	105,115	183,720	370,145	292,360	131,575
Non-migrants	607,580	9,660	597,915	60,225	104,035	205,665	160,930	67,060
Migrants	496,025	11,020	485,005	44,895	79,685	164,480	131,430	64,515
Internal migrants	377,110	6,385	370,720	37,165	60,700	133,250	99,295	40,320
Intraprovincial migrants	217,735	3,830	213,900	22,235	32,275	79,655	57,200	22,535
Interprovincial migrants	159,375	2,560	156,820	14,925	28,425	53,595	42,090	17,780
External migrants	118,915	4,635	114,280	7,730	18,980	31,235	32,135	24,195

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

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) – 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-X2016296.