Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (10), Labour Force Status (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Age (12A) 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

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This table details mother tongue , labour force status , highest certificate, diploma or degree , immigrant status and period of immigration , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Yellowknife
Data quality
Mother tongue (10) Labour force status (8)
Total - Labour force statusFootnote 3 In the labour force Employed Unemployed Not in the labour force Participation rate Employment rate Unemployment rate
Total - Mother tongue 15,400 12,710 11,955 755 2,695 82.5 77.6 5.9
English 11,675 9,685 9,075 605 1,990 83.0 77.8 6.2
French 715 645 620 25 70 90.2 86.7 3.9
Non-official language 2,555 2,015 1,935 80 545 78.7 75.7 4.2
Aboriginal 465 290 255 30 175 62.4 55.9 12.1
Non-Aboriginal 2,090 1,725 1,675 45 365 82.5 80.4 2.6
English and French 85 75 65 10 10 83.3 77.8 13.3
English and non-official language 345 270 235 35 75 78.3 66.7 13.0
French and non-official language 30 25 25 0 0 83.3 83.3 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.

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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.

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.

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Footnote 3

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.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016197.

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