Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), 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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14): Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
• School attendance (3): Total - School attendance
• Age (13A): Total - Age

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 Hamilton, C

Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 3	441,060	214,025	227,030
No certificate, diploma or degree	87,875	43,720	44,160
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 4	125,445	62,090	63,355
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	227,730	108,215	119,515
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	30,600	21,575	9,025
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 5	14,470	8,640	5,825
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 6	16,130	12,930	3,195
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	99,075	42,415	56,655
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	8,155	3,530	4,625
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	89,910	40,700	49,210
Bachelor's degree	60,000	26,045	33,955
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level	5,980	2,570	3,410
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry	3,045	1,655	1,395
Master's degree	17,020	8,005	9,015
Earned doctorate^Footnote 7	3,860	2,425	1,435

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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

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 2

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 3

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 4

'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 5

'Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' includes 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 6

'Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' also includes Journeyperson's designations.

Footnote 7

'Earned doctorate' refers to persons who have completed a doctorate degree awarded by a university. This includes, for example, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). It does not include honorary doctorates.

Data quality note(s) – Hamilton, C

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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-X2016242.