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 Cape Breton

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	83,220	43,905	36,180	7,730	39,315	52.8	43.5	17.6
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	41,620	16,525	12,745	3,780	25,095	39.7	30.6	22.9
Education	3,745	2,095	1,995	105	1,645	55.9	53.3	5.0
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	440	305	235	70	135	69.3	53.4	23.0
Humanities	1,460	890	770	115	570	61.0	52.7	12.9
Social and behavioural sciences and law	3,410	2,550	2,265	285	860	74.8	66.4	11.2
Business, management and public administration	7,635	4,935	4,370	565	2,700	64.6	57.2	11.4
Physical and life sciences and technologies	855	600	555	50	255	70.2	64.9	8.3
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	990	775	665	110	210	78.3	67.2	14.2
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	10,680	6,945	5,230	1,715	3,735	65.0	49.0	24.7
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	415	300	255	50	115	72.3	61.4	16.7
Health and related fields	8,335	5,610	5,185	425	2,730	67.3	62.2	7.6
Personal, protective and transportation services	3,630	2,360	1,905	455	1,270	65.0	52.5	19.3
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0

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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) – Cape Breton

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.8%.
• 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.