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 Whitchurch-Stouffville, T

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	36,040	24,570	23,290	1,280	11,465	68.2	64.6	5.2
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	15,400	8,520	7,935	585	6,880	55.3	51.5	6.9
Education	1,425	1,000	985	15	430	70.2	69.1	1.5
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	830	640	610	35	190	77.1	73.5	5.5
Humanities	1,130	740	715	25	390	65.5	63.3	3.4
Social and behavioural sciences and law	2,915	2,310	2,170	135	605	79.2	74.4	5.8
Business, management and public administration	4,960	4,000	3,770	230	965	80.6	76.0	5.8
Physical and life sciences and technologies	945	740	690	50	205	78.3	73.0	6.8
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	1,130	965	945	25	165	85.4	83.6	2.6
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	3,610	2,830	2,735	95	780	78.4	75.8	3.4
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	295	255	250	10	35	86.4	84.7	3.9
Health and related fields	2,465	1,885	1,825	60	580	76.5	74.0	3.2
Personal, protective and transportation services	930	675	660	15	255	72.6	71.0	2.2
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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

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) – Whitchurch-Stouffville, T

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 2.8%.
• 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.