Aboriginal Identity (9), Labour Force Status (8), Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (11), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), Age (10) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Aboriginal identity (9): Total - Aboriginal identity
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (11): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (10): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details aboriginal identity , labour force status , major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , registered or treaty indian status , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (14)	Labour force status (8)
	Total - Labour force status^Footnote 4	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 5	3,206,050	2,302,940	2,096,105	206,835	903,105	71.8	65.4	9.0
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	1,436,545	901,325	799,185	102,135	535,220	62.7	55.6	11.3
Education	121,925	85,485	82,415	3,070	36,440	70.1	67.6	3.6
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies	49,660	39,710	36,765	2,945	9,950	80.0	74.0	7.4
Humanities	69,305	52,155	48,415	3,740	17,155	75.3	69.9	7.2
Social and behavioural sciences and law	159,735	129,110	120,535	8,570	30,625	80.8	75.5	6.6
Business, management and public administration	361,530	287,140	267,390	19,755	74,385	79.4	74.0	6.9
Physical and life sciences and technologies	72,850	56,520	51,370	5,155	16,325	77.6	70.5	9.1
Mathematics, computer and information sciences	60,830	50,485	46,295	4,190	10,345	83.0	76.1	8.3
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies^Footnote 6	463,185	380,270	341,195	39,075	82,915	82.1	73.7	10.3
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation	44,270	36,810	34,575	2,235	7,465	83.1	78.1	6.1
Health and related fields	270,920	209,705	199,540	10,160	61,220	77.4	73.7	4.8
Personal, protective and transportation services	95,140	74,085	68,285	5,795	21,055	77.9	71.8	7.8
Other fields of study^Footnote 7	150	140	135	10	10	93.3	90.0	7.1

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2016 Census of Population. For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 2

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 3

Users should be aware that the estimates associated with this variable are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the Census of Population.

For more information on Aboriginal variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016 and the Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 4

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 5

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 6

'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 7

'Other fields of study' includes 'Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other.'

Data quality note(s) – Alberta

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.1%.
• 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-X2016267.