Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (9), Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14), School Attendance (3), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• School attendance (3): Total - School attendance
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details highest certificate, diploma or degree , major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , school attendance , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

Highest certificate, diploma or degree (9)	Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14)
	Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016^Footnote 2	No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	Education	Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	Humanities	Social and behavioural sciences and law	Business, management and public administration	Physical and life sciences and technologies	Mathematics, computer and information sciences	Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 3	Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	Health and related fields	Personal, protective and transportation services	Other fields of study^Footnote 4
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 5	774,750	349,610	31,395	10,700	18,830	40,160	93,080	15,340	15,750	92,920	7,625	66,770	32,535	45
No certificate, diploma or degree	153,700	153,705	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 6	195,905	195,905	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 7	76,810	0	340	950	180	825	8,080	120	640	42,690	940	5,780	16,265	10
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	168,805	0	4,180	4,890	1,435	9,880	49,470	910	8,340	37,185	3,145	34,135	15,240	0
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	18,380	0	2,320	545	870	1,360	4,735	430	515	2,400	600	4,190	420	0
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	161,150	0	24,555	4,320	16,350	28,095	30,795	13,880	6,250	10,645	2,945	22,665	615	40
Bachelor's degree	108,385	0	12,370	3,540	12,610	22,060	21,890	9,475	3,995	7,090	1,900	13,065	360	25
University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level^Footnote 8	52,760	0	12,180	775	3,740	6,035	8,900	4,395	2,255	3,560	1,045	9,600	255	15

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'School attendance,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

This variable shows the 'primary groupings' variant of CIP. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.

For information on collection, classification and data quality for this variable, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 3

'Architecture, engineering and related technologies' includes some fields that are commonly studied at the trades level, such as 'Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians,' 'Construction trades,' and 'Precision production' (e.g., welding).

Footnote 4

'Other fields of study' includes 'Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other.'

Footnote 5

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 6

'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.

Footnote 7

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 8

'University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level' includes the categories 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'

Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• 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-X2016243.