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 Comox Valley

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	56,185	31,875	29,395	2,485	24,310	56.7	52.3	7.8
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	25,160	12,930	11,755	1,175	12,230	51.4	46.7	9.1
Education	2,965	1,440	1,395	40	1,530	48.6	47.0	2.8
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	1,255	865	775	95	390	68.9	61.8	11.0
Humanities	1,305	790	750	40	515	60.5	57.5	5.1
Social and behavioural sciences and law	2,765	1,715	1,620	100	1,050	62.0	58.6	5.8
Business, management and public administration	4,825	2,990	2,830	160	1,840	62.0	58.7	5.4
Physical and life sciences and technologies	1,000	590	525	65	405	59.0	52.5	11.0
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	560	335	300	35	225	59.8	53.6	10.4
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 4	6,805	4,005	3,580	430	2,800	58.9	52.6	10.7
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	1,010	740	690	55	270	73.3	68.3	7.4
Health and related fields	5,910	3,700	3,515	185	2,215	62.6	59.5	5.0
Personal, protective and transportation services	2,620	1,780	1,665	110	840	67.9	63.5	6.2
Other fields of study^Footnote 5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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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) – Comox Valley

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.9%.
• 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.