Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14), Age (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (9): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details labour force status , highest certificate, diploma or degree , major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Truro, T

Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14)	Labour force status (8)
	Total - Labour force status^Footnote 2	In the labour force	Employed	Unemployed	Not in the labour force	Participation rate	Employment rate	Unemployment rate
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016^Footnote 3	10,130	5,755	5,150	605	4,380	56.8	50.8	10.5
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	4,975	2,455	2,095	360	2,525	49.3	42.1	14.7
Education	585	290	275	10	300	49.6	47.0	3.4
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	130	90	85	10	40	69.2	65.4	11.1
Humanities	270	170	155	15	100	63.0	57.4	8.8
Social and behavioural sciences and law	545	445	410	30	105	81.7	75.2	6.7
Business, management and public administration	1,115	655	615	45	455	58.7	55.2	6.9
Physical and life sciences and technologies	190	160	150	10	25	84.2	78.9	6.2
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	210	150	145	0	65	71.4	69.0	0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	680	410	350	60	275	60.3	51.5	14.6
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	205	145	145	0	60	70.7	70.7	0
Health and related fields	865	545	515	35	315	63.0	59.5	6.4
Personal, protective and transportation services	360	245	215	25	115	68.1	59.7	10.2
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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not applicable

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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

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 3

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 4

'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 5

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

Data quality note(s) – Truro, T

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.0%.
• 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-X2016284.