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 Division No. 8

Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 3	163,655	81,450	82,205
No certificate, diploma or degree	31,520	17,215	14,305
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 4	50,380	24,835	25,545
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	81,755	39,405	42,350
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	20,965	16,450	4,515
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 5	5,620	3,270	2,345
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 6	15,345	13,175	2,165
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	34,655	12,470	22,190
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	4,345	1,500	2,845
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	21,790	8,985	12,805
Bachelor's degree	16,300	6,130	10,170
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level	1,195	560	630
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry	815	570	250
Master's degree	3,120	1,520	1,595
Earned doctorate^Footnote 7	370	210	160

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

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) – Division No. 8

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.6%.
• 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.