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 Vancouver, CY

Labour force status (8)	Sex (3)
	Total - Sex	Male	Female
Total - Labour force status^Footnote 2	547,845	265,115	282,735
In the labour force	370,960	189,850	181,110
Employed	350,140	179,145	171,000
Unemployed	20,815	10,700	10,115
Not in the labour force	176,885	75,265	101,620
Participation rate	67.7	71.6	64.1
Employment rate	63.9	67.6	60.5
Unemployment rate	5.6	5.6	5.6

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) – Vancouver, CY

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.5%.
• 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-X2016365.