First Official Language Spoken (7), Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age (12A) 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

• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Immigrant status and period of immigration (11): Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration
• Age (12A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

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

First official language spoken (7)	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 - First official language spoken	3,206,045	2,302,940	2,096,110	206,835	903,105	71.8	65.4	9.0
English	3,087,890	2,234,465	2,034,195	200,270	853,425	72.4	65.9	9.0
French	63,515	45,855	41,950	3,900	17,665	72.2	66.1	8.5
English and French	12,515	9,150	8,080	1,070	3,365	73.2	64.6	11.7
Neither English nor French	42,130	13,470	11,880	1,595	28,655	32.0	28.2	11.8
Official language minority (number)^Footnote 4	69,770	50,430	45,995	4,435	19,340	not applicable ...	not applicable ...	not applicable ...
Official language minority (percentage)^Footnote 5	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	not applicable ...	not applicable ...	not applicable ...

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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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 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

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 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

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

Footnote 5

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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-X2016198.