STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36), Work Activity During the Reference Year (6), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Immigrant Status (5), Location of Study (5), Age (9) 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

• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Immigrant status (5): Total - Immigrant status
• Location of study (5): Total - Location of study
• Age (9): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , work activity during the reference year , highest certificate, diploma or degree , immigrant status , location of study , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Oshawa

STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36)	Work activity during the reference year (6)
	Total - Work activity during the reference year^Footnote 4	Did not work^Footnote 5	Worked	Worked full year, full time^Footnote 6	Worked part year and/or part time^Footnote 7	Average weeks worked in reference year
Total - STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016^Footnote 8	306,455	98,805	207,655	112,715	94,940	43.4
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	145,360	64,495	80,860	37,185	43,675	40.9
STEM	26,380	5,200	21,185	13,770	7,405	45.2
Science and science technology	6,870	1,345	5,525	3,195	2,325	43.5
Physical and chemical sciences	1,510	390	1,125	710	410	45.4
Biological sciences	3,670	630	3,040	1,685	1,360	42.9
General and integrated sciences	1,685	330	1,360	805	555	43.4
Engineering and engineering technology	13,620	2,725	10,895	7,415	3,480	45.9
Engineering	5,315	985	4,330	2,895	1,440	45.3
Engineering technology	8,305	1,740	6,565	4,520	2,045	46.2
Mathematics and computer and information science	5,890	1,130	4,760	3,160	1,600	45.5
Mathematics and related studies	935	260	675	435	235	43.9
Computer and information science	4,955	870	4,080	2,720	1,360	45.8
BHASE (non-STEM)^Footnote 9	134,720	29,110	105,615	61,760	43,855	45.0
Business and administration	30,120	6,670	23,450	15,175	8,280	45.8
Business and related studies	29,975	6,650	23,330	15,080	8,250	45.8
Public administration	150	30	120	95	30	48.3
Arts and humanities	13,310	2,850	10,460	5,460	5,000	43.6
Arts	6,100	1,195	4,905	2,455	2,450	43.3
Humanities	7,205	1,655	5,550	3,005	2,550	43.9
Social and behavioural sciences	16,825	3,120	13,710	7,595	6,115	44.1
Legal professions and studies	4,335	755	3,575	2,130	1,445	44.9
Law	830	155	675	400	280	44.3
Other legal professions and studies	3,500	605	2,900	1,735	1,165	45.0
Health care	21,730	5,310	16,420	8,065	8,355	44.6
Medicine, dentistry, optometry and veterinary medicine (including residencies)	975	220	750	335	420	46.1
Nursing	8,135	2,475	5,660	2,745	2,915	44.8
Pharmacy and related programs	365	65	305	150	150	44.7
Health care, n.e.c.	12,260	2,550	9,705	4,835	4,865	44.4
Education and teaching	9,670	2,580	7,095	4,225	2,870	44.3
Trades, services, natural resources and conservation	38,725	7,820	30,905	19,110	11,795	45.5
Agriculture and natural resources operations and management	1,510	335	1,175	685	495	44.8
Mechanics and repair, architecture, construction and precision production	20,315	4,530	15,785	10,715	5,070	46.2
Personal, security and transport services	11,690	2,185	9,505	5,335	4,175	44.8
Social work and related programs	3,030	450	2,580	1,315	1,260	44.4
BHASE (non-STEM) programs, n.e.c.	2,175	320	1,860	1,065	800	44.8

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

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

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

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

Footnote 4

Refers to the number of weeks in which a person aged 15 years and over worked for pay or in self-employment in 2015 at all jobs held, even if only for a few hours, and whether these weeks were mostly full time (30 hours or more per week) or mostly part time (less than 30 hours per week).

Footnote 5

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who never worked, persons who worked prior to 2015 and persons who worked in 2016, but not in 2015.

Footnote 6

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who worked full year (49 weeks and over) and mostly full time (30 hours or more per week) in 2015.

Footnote 7

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who worked full year mostly part time or part year mostly full time or part year mostly part time in 2015. Part year is less than 49 weeks and part time is less than 30 hours per week.

Footnote 8

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 and sub-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 9

The term 'Business, humanities, health, arts, social science, and education fields' (BHASE) includes all of the non-STEM fields from the STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings variant, an alternative presentation of the Classification of Instructional Programs, 2016. This includes 'Business and administration', 'Arts and humanities', 'Social and behavioural sciences', 'Legal professions and studies', 'Health care', 'Education and teaching' and 'Trades, services, natural resources and conservation'.

Data quality note(s) – Oshawa

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.0%.
• 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-X2016270.