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 Division No. 1

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	64,455	42,570	38,495	4,080	21,880	66.0	59.7	9.6
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	34,210	20,275	17,800	2,465	13,935	59.3	52.0	12.2
Education	2,410	1,495	1,440	55	910	62.0	59.8	3.7
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	635	480	450	25	160	75.6	70.9	5.2
Humanities	835	575	555	20	255	68.9	66.5	3.5
Social and behavioural sciences and law	1,880	1,390	1,330	65	490	73.9	70.7	4.7
Business, management and public administration	6,050	4,385	4,110	275	1,660	72.5	67.9	6.3
Physical and life sciences and technologies	630	435	390	50	195	69.0	61.9	11.5
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	585	475	435	45	105	81.2	74.4	9.5
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	8,050	6,225	5,520	710	1,820	77.3	68.6	11.4
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	1,100	875	820	60	225	79.5	74.5	6.9
Health and related fields	5,760	4,310	4,150	155	1,455	74.8	72.0	3.6
Personal, protective and transportation services	2,320	1,660	1,500	160	665	71.6	64.7	9.6
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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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) – Division No. 1

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.6%.
• 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.