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 Alberta

Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 3	3,206,045	1,602,810	1,603,235
No certificate, diploma or degree	540,665	284,020	256,645
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 4	895,885	440,660	455,220
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	1,769,500	878,130	891,370
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	309,465	242,160	67,305
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 5	94,735	56,255	38,480
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 6	214,730	185,905	28,825
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	615,485	250,590	364,895
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	94,620	36,870	57,750
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	749,935	348,510	401,425
Bachelor's degree	530,085	235,615	294,470
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level	39,955	18,075	21,885
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry	21,850	11,810	10,045
Master's degree	133,270	67,210	66,055
Earned doctorate^Footnote 7	24,770	15,805	8,970

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – 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-X2016242.