Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Aboriginal Identity (9), Age (13A) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Aboriginal identity (9): Total - Aboriginal identity
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details labour force status , highest certificate, diploma or degree , aboriginal identity , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15)	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 - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 3	3,206,045	2,302,940	2,096,105	206,835	903,105	71.8	65.4	9.0
No certificate, diploma or degree	540,665	255,715	218,930	36,780	284,950	47.3	40.5	14.4
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 4	895,885	645,610	580,250	65,350	250,275	72.1	64.8	10.1
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	1,769,500	1,401,615	1,296,920	104,695	367,885	79.2	73.3	7.5
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	309,465	238,450	215,025	23,430	71,015	77.1	69.5	9.8
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 5	94,735	67,675	61,045	6,630	27,060	71.4	64.4	9.8
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 6	214,730	170,775	153,975	16,800	43,955	79.5	71.7	9.8
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	615,480	479,295	444,145	35,145	136,190	77.9	72.2	7.3
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	94,620	72,455	66,940	5,510	22,170	76.6	70.7	7.6
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	749,930	611,420	570,810	40,610	138,515	81.5	76.1	6.6
Bachelor's degree	530,085	434,390	405,685	28,705	95,695	81.9	76.5	6.6
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level	39,955	30,735	28,785	1,950	9,220	76.9	72.0	6.3
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry	21,850	18,070	17,360	705	3,785	82.7	79.5	3.9
Master's degree	133,270	108,585	100,565	8,020	24,685	81.5	75.5	7.4
Earned doctorate^Footnote 7	24,775	19,640	18,420	1,225	5,130	79.3	74.3	6.2

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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

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

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 4

'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 5

'Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' includes 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 6

'Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' also includes Journeyperson's designations.

Footnote 7

'Earned doctorate' refers to persons who have completed a doctorate degree awarded by a university. This includes, for example, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). It does not include honorary doctorates.

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-X2016287.