Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Age (12A) 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 (15): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Age (12A): Total - Age

This table details labour force status , highest certificate, diploma or degree , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Cape Breton, RGM

Labour force status (8)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Labour force status^Footnote 2	80,210	37,775	42,435
In the labour force	42,600	21,245	21,350
Employed	35,180	16,505	18,670
Unemployed	7,415	4,735	2,675
Not in the labour force	37,620	16,530	21,085
Participation rate	53.1	56.2	50.3
Employment rate	43.9	43.7	44.0
Unemployment rate	17.4	22.3	12.5

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

Symbol ...

not applicable

Symbol x

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.

Data quality note(s) – Cape Breton, RGM

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.7%.
• 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-X2016365.