Mother Tongue (10), Income Statistics (17), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (10), Work Activity During the Reference Year (4A) and Sex and Age (15) 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

• Highest certificate, diploma or degree (15): Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree
• Immigrant status and period of immigration (10): Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration
• Work activity during the reference year (4A): Total - Work activity during the reference year
• Sex and age (15): Total - Sex and age

This table details mother tongue , income statistics , highest certificate, diploma or degree , immigrant status and period of immigration , work activity during the reference year and sex and age for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Alberta

Income statistics (17)	Mother tongue (10)
	Total - Mother tongue	English	French	Non-official language	Aboriginal	Non-Aboriginal	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Income statistics^Footnote 4	3,206,045	2,345,825	63,790	731,765	19,680	712,090	7,245	53,980	2,445	990
With total income	3,054,550	2,242,580	62,000	689,845	18,260	671,590	6,900	50,055	2,270	905
Percentage with total income (%)	95.3	95.6	97.2	94.3	92.8	94.3	95.2	92.7	92.8	91.4
Median total income ($)	42,708	46,006	48,572	34,126	19,567	34,679	39,034	36,167	31,038	34,790
Average total income ($)	62,778	67,295	67,519	48,966	28,735	49,516	54,535	46,936	46,366	51,915
With after-tax income	3,055,235	2,243,145	62,025	689,920	18,265	671,660	6,895	50,065	2,270	910
Percentage with after-tax income (%)	95.3	95.6	97.2	94.3	92.8	94.3	95.2	92.7	92.8	91.9
Median after-tax income ($)	38,060	40,468	42,247	31,438	19,555	31,821	35,077	32,941	30,149	31,701
Average after-tax income ($)	50,683	53,853	54,127	40,982	27,010	41,362	44,512	39,554	39,229	42,318
With employment income	2,473,665	1,842,180	48,850	532,405	9,800	522,605	5,695	41,945	1,830	755
Percentage with employment income (%)	77.2	78.5	76.6	72.8	49.8	73.4	78.6	77.7	74.8	76.3
Median employment income ($)	42,716	45,377	49,718	35,964	24,682	36,116	40,695	35,970	34,243	35,340
Average employment income ($)	59,343	62,585	63,475	48,935	34,238	49,210	54,061	45,666	47,066	50,164
With wages, salaries and commissions	2,310,975	1,722,150	45,190	496,050	9,670	486,385	5,385	39,790	1,720	695
Percentage with wages, salaries and commissions (%)	72.1	73.4	70.8	67.8	49.1	68.3	74.3	73.7	70.3	70.2
Median wages, salaries and commissions ($)	44,845	47,701	52,189	37,706	25,033	37,976	42,117	37,118	38,274	35,947
Average wages, salaries and commissions ($)	61,171	64,525	65,620	50,427	34,555	50,743	54,995	46,484	48,829	50,590

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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

'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.

Non-permanent residents and immigrants who landed between 2015 and 2016 are included in the 'Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration.' The categories for 'Non-permanent residents' and period of immigration '2015 to 2016' are not presented elsewhere in this table with income as they may not have a complete year of applicable income. The income data for the 2016 Census of Population are for the year 2015.

'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.

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 3

Refers to the number of weeks in which a person aged 15 years and over worked for pay or in self-employment in 2015 at all jobs held, even if only for a few hours, and whether these weeks were mostly full time (30 hours or more per week) or mostly part time (less than 30 hours per week). Full year is 49 weeks or over. Part year is less than 49 weeks.

Footnote 4

Total income - The sum of certain incomes (in cash and, in some circumstances, in kind) of the statistical unit during a specified reference period. The components used to calculate total income vary between:

- statistical units of social statistical programs such as persons, private households, census families and economic families;
- statistical units of business statistical programs such as enterprises, companies, establishments and locations;
- statistical units of farm statistical programs such as farm operator and farm family.

In the context of persons, total income refers to receipts from certain sources, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.

In the context of census families, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all of its family members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.

In the context of economic families, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all of its family members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.

In the context of households, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all household members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.

The monetary receipts included are those that tend to be of a regular and recurring nature. Receipts that are included as income are:

- employment income from wages, salaries, tips, commissions and net income from self-employment (for both unincorporated farm and non-farm activities);
- income from investment sources, such as dividends and interest on bonds, accounts, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) and mutual funds;
- income from employer and personal pension sources, such as private pensions and payments from annuities and registered retirement income funds (RRIFs);
- other regular cash income, such as child support payments received, spousal support payments (alimony) received and scholarships;
- income from government sources, such as social assistance, child benefits, Employment Insurance benefits, Old Age Security benefits, Canada Pension Plan and Québec Pension Plan benefits and disability income.

Receipts excluded from this income definition are:
- one-time receipts, such as lottery winnings, gambling winnings, cash inheritances, lump-sum insurance settlements and tax-free savings account (TFSA) or registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) withdrawals;
- capital gains because they are not by their nature regular and recurring. It is further assumed that they are more relevant to the concept of wealth than the concept of income;
- employers' contributions to registered pension plans, Canada Pension Plan, Québec Pension Plan and Employment Insurance;
- voluntary inter-household transfers, imputed rent, goods and services produced for barter and goods produced for own consumption.

After-tax income - Total income less income taxes of the statistical unit during a specified reference period. Income taxes refers to the sum of federal income taxes, provincial and territorial income taxes, less abatement where applicable. Provincial and territorial income taxes include health care premiums in certain jurisdictions. Abatement reduces the federal income taxes payable by persons residing in Quebec or in certain self-governing Yukon First Nation settlement lands.

Employment income - All income received as wages, salaries and commissions from paid employment and net self-employment income from farm or non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice during the reference period.

Wages, salaries and commissions - Gross wages and salaries before deductions for such items as income taxes, pension plan contributions and employment insurance premiums during the reference period. While other employee remuneration such as security options benefits, board and lodging and other taxable allowances and benefits are included in this source, employers' contributions to pension plans and employment insurance plans are excluded. Other receipts included in this source are military pay and allowances, tips, commissions and cash bonuses associated with paid employment, benefits from wage-loss replacement plans or income-maintenance insurance plans, supplementary unemployment benefits from an employer or union, research grants, royalties from a work or invention with no associated expenses and all types of casual earnings during the reference period.

Median income - The median income of a specified group is the amount that divides the income distribution of that group into two halves, i.e., the incomes of half of the units in that group are below the median, while those of the other half are above the median. Median incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

Average income - Average income of a specified group is calculated by dividing the aggregate income of that group by the number of units in that group. Average incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

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-X2016199.