Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (9), Family Characteristics of Adults Including Presence and Ages of Children (12), Age (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data, 2011 National Household Survey - 30% Sample Data and 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Age (9): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex
• Census year (3): 2016

This table details highest certificate, diploma or degree , family characteristics of adults including presence and ages of children , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Family characteristics of adults including presence and ages of children (12)	Highest certificate, diploma or degree (9)
	Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 1	No certificate, diploma or degree	Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 2	Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 3	College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	Bachelor's degree	University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level^Footnote 4
Total - Family characteristics of adults including presence and ages of children	3,206,050	540,660	895,880	309,460	615,480	94,620	749,930	530,090	219,850
Adults living in census families^Footnote 5	2,539,525	428,025	698,290	241,395	490,060	74,495	607,250	424,615	182,635
Married spouses and common-law partners^Footnote 6	1,912,290	227,235	470,700	211,475	409,060	61,345	532,475	364,795	167,680
Without children in their census family	890,480	121,630	235,650	106,695	187,210	27,790	211,505	144,710	66,795
With children in their census family	1,021,810	105,605	235,050	104,785	221,840	33,560	320,970	220,080	100,890
With children aged 0 to 17	787,250	73,845	174,130	79,975	170,500	26,030	262,765	181,065	81,695
With children aged 18 years and over only	234,555	31,760	60,915	24,805	51,345	7,530	58,205	39,020	19,190
Lone parents (in lone-parent census families)	160,255	31,710	42,485	13,165	40,940	5,670	26,275	18,900	7,380
With children aged 0 to 17	96,225	16,625	25,485	7,940	26,455	3,365	16,350	12,180	4,175
With children aged 18 years and over only	64,025	15,085	17,000	5,225	14,480	2,310	9,925	6,725	3,205
Children in census families (as in sons, daughters or grandchildren)	466,985	169,080	185,105	16,755	40,070	7,475	48,500	40,925	7,575
Adults not living in census families	666,520	112,640	197,595	68,065	125,420	20,130	142,680	105,465	37,215

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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

'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.

Footnote 3

'Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' includes Certificates of Apprenticeship, Certificates of Qualification and Journeyperson's designations, as well as other trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 4

'University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level' includes the categories 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'

Footnote 5

In order for any person to have children in their census family, the person's child or children must be living in the same household and must not be living in a couple or with their own children. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

Footnote 6

Every married or common-law couple living together in a private household is in a census family together.

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-X2016240.