Aboriginal Identity (9), Secondary (High) School Diploma or Equivalent (14), School Attendance (3), Registered or Treaty Indian Status (3), 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

• School attendance (3): Total - School attendance
• Registered or Treaty Indian status (3): Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status
• Age (13A): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details aboriginal identity , secondary school diploma or equivalent , school attendance , registered or treaty indian status , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate (14)	Aboriginal identity (9)
	Total - Aboriginal identity^Footnote 3	Aboriginal identity^Footnote 4	Single Aboriginal responses^Footnote 5	First Nations (North American Indian)^Footnote 6	Métis	Inuk (Inuit)	Multiple Aboriginal responses^Footnote 7	Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere ^Footnote 8	Non-Aboriginal identity
Total - Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 9	3,206,045	183,455	179,845	92,635	85,480	1,730	1,980	1,625	3,022,595
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate	628,380	74,085	73,035	44,120	28,370	545	685	365	554,295
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, no postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	540,660	64,265	63,320	38,935	23,915	475	595	345	476,400
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with postsecondary certificate or diploma^Footnote 10	87,720	9,820	9,710	5,180	4,455	70	90	20	77,895
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 11	61,565	6,210	6,125	3,265	2,805	50	80	10	55,360
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	26,150	3,615	3,585	1,915	1,650	20	15	10	22,535
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate	2,577,665	109,370	106,810	48,515	57,110	1,185	1,295	1,260	2,468,300
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, no postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree	895,885	49,270	48,135	22,200	25,345	585	620	515	846,615
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 12	1,681,780	60,100	58,675	26,305	31,765	600	680	745	1,621,685
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma^Footnote 13	247,895	13,060	12,785	5,575	7,065	145	125	160	234,835
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	589,330	29,140	28,445	13,180	14,970	295	380	310	560,190
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with university certificate or diploma below bachelor level	94,620	3,865	3,805	1,955	1,820	25	30	30	90,755
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with bachelor's degree	530,085	10,890	10,635	4,315	6,195	120	100	155	519,195
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with university certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level^Footnote 14	219,845	3,140	3,010	1,285	1,710	15	45	90	216,705

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'School attendance,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 2

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 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 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 4

'Aboriginal identity' includes persons who are First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who are Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada) and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.

Footnote 5

'Single Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are in only one Aboriginal group, that is First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 6

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 additional information, refer to the Aboriginal Peoples Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 7

'Multiple Aboriginal responses' includes persons who are any two or all three of the following: First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit).

Footnote 8

Aboriginal responses not included elsewhere' includes persons who are not First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit), but who have Registered or Treaty Indian status and/or Membership in a First Nation or Indian band.

Footnote 9

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 10

Here, 'postsecondary certificate or diploma' includes the categories 'apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma' and 'college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma.'

Footnote 11

'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 12

'Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree' includes 'apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma,' 'college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma' and university certificates, diplomas and degrees.

Footnote 13

'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 14

'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.'

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-X2016177.