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 Sechelt, DM

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	8,850	4,575	4,230	345	4,275	51.7	47.8	7.5
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	3,865	1,895	1,725	165	1,970	49.0	44.6	8.7
Education	455	190	190	0	260	41.8	41.8	0
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	255	150	135	0	105	58.8	52.9	0
Humanities	305	160	155	10	145	52.5	50.8	6.2
Social and behavioural sciences and law	530	310	295	15	220	58.5	55.7	4.8
Business, management and public administration	855	405	385	25	445	47.4	45.0	6.2
Physical and life sciences and technologies	140	55	50	0	90	39.3	35.7	0
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	80	50	35	15	30	62.5	43.8	30.0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	1,030	550	505	40	480	53.4	49.0	7.3
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	145	115	105	10	35	79.3	72.4	8.7
Health and related fields	795	415	400	15	380	52.2	50.3	3.6
Personal, protective and transportation services	400	285	240	45	115	71.2	60.0	15.8
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

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.

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) – Sechelt, DM

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 8.1%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016284.