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 North Saanich, 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	9,985	5,495	5,250	250	4,485	55.0	52.6	4.5
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	3,340	1,635	1,545	90	1,705	49.0	46.3	5.5
Education	555	220	215	0	335	39.6	38.7	0
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	180	115	100	10	65	63.9	55.6	8.7
Humanities	345	155	150	10	190	44.9	43.5	6.5
Social and behavioural sciences and law	845	590	565	15	260	69.8	66.9	2.5
Business, management and public administration	1,170	675	635	45	500	57.7	54.3	6.7
Physical and life sciences and technologies	490	270	245	25	215	55.1	50.0	9.3
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	190	125	115	10	70	65.8	60.5	8.0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	1,250	725	705	15	525	58.0	56.4	2.1
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	150	95	85	10	55	63.3	56.7	10.5
Health and related fields	1,120	660	645	20	455	58.9	57.6	3.0
Personal, protective and transportation services	350	230	235	0	115	65.7	67.1	0
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	0	0	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) – North Saanich, DM

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 2.7%.
• 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-X2016284.