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 Stratford, CY

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	25,980	17,255	16,340	915	8,720	66.4	62.9	5.3
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	13,275	7,940	7,415	525	5,335	59.8	55.9	6.6
Education	935	570	570	0	360	61.0	61.0	0
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	885	730	690	40	160	82.5	78.0	5.5
Humanities	895	565	555	10	335	63.1	62.0	1.8
Social and behavioural sciences and law	1,520	1,100	1,030	65	430	72.4	67.8	5.9
Business, management and public administration	2,015	1,490	1,420	65	520	73.9	70.5	4.4
Physical and life sciences and technologies	315	230	210	20	85	73.0	66.7	8.7
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	345	290	275	15	55	84.1	79.7	5.2
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	2,470	1,855	1,810	45	610	75.1	73.3	2.4
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	280	255	235	15	30	91.1	83.9	5.9
Health and related fields	2,135	1,590	1,505	80	550	74.5	70.5	5.0
Personal, protective and transportation services	905	640	610	30	260	70.7	67.4	4.7
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	10	10	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

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) – Stratford, CY

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 2.6%.
• 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-X2016284.