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 Algoma

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	96,055	52,650	47,135	5,515	43,410	54.8	49.1	10.5
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	48,195	20,960	17,895	3,070	27,230	43.5	37.1	14.6
Education	3,175	1,785	1,715	75	1,390	56.2	54.0	4.2
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	1,015	670	610	60	345	66.0	60.1	9.0
Humanities	1,725	985	910	75	735	57.1	52.8	7.6
Social and behavioural sciences and law	5,060	3,535	3,325	220	1,520	69.9	65.7	6.2
Business, management and public administration	7,665	5,180	4,870	310	2,485	67.6	63.5	6.0
Physical and life sciences and technologies	1,315	860	780	85	455	65.4	59.3	9.9
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	1,255	940	885	60	315	74.9	70.5	6.4
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	12,130	7,755	6,875	880	4,370	63.9	56.7	11.3
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	1,465	1,030	920	110	430	70.3	62.8	10.7
Health and related fields	8,885	5,975	5,680	300	2,905	67.2	63.9	5.0
Personal, protective and transportation services	4,165	2,945	2,660	285	1,220	70.7	63.9	9.7
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	10	15	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) – Algoma

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• 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-X2016284.