Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level Category (8A), STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (9), Location of Study (16), Age (9) 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

• STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (16): Total - STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (9): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Location of study (16): Total - Location of study
• Age (9): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , occupation - national occupational classification 2016 - skill-level category , stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , location of study , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)	Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level category (8A)
	Total - Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Skill-level category^Footnote 4	Occupation - not applicable^Footnote 5	All skill levels^Footnote 6	Skill level A Managers	Skill level A Professionals	Skill level B College or apprenticeship training^Footnote 7	Skill level C High school or job-specific training^Footnote 8	Skill level D On-the-job training^Footnote 9
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 10	3,206,050	738,635	2,467,410	276,000	404,090	809,320	676,100	301,910
Non-immigrants^Footnote 11	2,359,775	519,465	1,840,310	219,625	291,715	628,870	496,415	203,685
Immigrants^Footnote 12	783,445	204,325	579,120	53,030	104,305	166,745	166,110	88,935
Before 1981	163,465	79,525	83,935	12,580	16,895	27,090	20,380	6,995
1981 to 1990	86,350	20,235	66,115	7,520	12,190	21,040	17,495	7,865
1991 to 2000	131,560	25,780	105,780	10,380	20,615	30,265	31,330	13,190
2001 to 2010	233,860	43,425	190,435	13,675	36,360	51,870	57,705	30,825
2001 to 2005	105,130	20,580	84,550	6,410	18,305	22,985	25,065	11,785
2006 to 2010	128,725	22,845	105,880	7,270	18,060	28,885	32,635	19,035
2011 to 2016^Footnote 13	168,215	35,350	132,860	8,870	18,250	36,480	39,195	30,065
Non-permanent residents^Footnote 14	62,830	14,845	47,980	3,350	8,070	13,705	13,570	9,285

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

This variable shows a variant of CIP which classifies fields of study into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math and computer sciences) and BHASE (non-STEM) categories. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.



This variant is different from the STEM variant used in the 2011 National Household Survey. For information on comparability between the two variants, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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

For information on collection, classification and data quality for 'Location of study', refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 4

Refers to the kind of work performed by persons aged 15 years and over as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job. The occupation data are produced according to the NOC 2016.

Footnote 5

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who never worked for pay or self-employment, or last worked for pay or self-employment prior to 2015.

Footnote 6

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who have worked at some point in time between January 2015 and May 2016.

Footnote 7

Occupations that usually require a college or apprenticeship training.

Footnote 8

Occupations that usually require a high school or job-specific training.

Footnote 9

Occupations for which on-the-job training is given.

Footnote 10

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration 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 Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 11

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

Footnote 12

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 13

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

Footnote 14

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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-X2016272.