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 Gatineau, V

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	221,340	150,515	140,255	10,255	70,825	68.0	63.4	6.8
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	92,805	50,250	45,155	5,095	42,555	54.1	48.7	10.1
Education	9,050	6,025	5,880	150	3,025	66.6	65.0	2.5
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	3,855	3,125	2,935	190	730	81.1	76.1	6.1
Humanities	8,190	5,995	5,600	395	2,195	73.2	68.4	6.6
Social and behavioural sciences and law	17,870	14,940	14,205	735	2,925	83.6	79.5	4.9
Business, management and public administration	31,890	24,875	23,755	1,120	7,020	78.0	74.5	4.5
Physical and life sciences and technologies	4,315	3,245	3,015	230	1,075	75.2	69.9	7.1
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	7,490	6,175	5,890	285	1,315	82.4	78.6	4.6
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	20,390	16,005	14,885	1,115	4,390	78.5	73.0	7.0
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	1,960	1,570	1,455	115	395	80.1	74.2	7.3
Health and related fields	14,520	11,190	10,730	465	3,330	77.1	73.9	4.2
Personal, protective and transportation services	8,970	7,090	6,730	365	1,875	79.0	75.0	5.1
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	30	30	30	0	0	100.0	100.0	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) – Gatineau, V

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• 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-X2016284.