Education Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Major field of study STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings for selected age groups 25 to 64, both sexes, and selected highest levels of educational attainment (university certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above), % distribution 2016, Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data

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This table shows Major field of study STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings for selected age groups 25 to 64, both sexes, and selected highest levels of educational attainment (university certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above), % distribution 2016, Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 Census – 25% Sample data. The column headings are: Geographic name; type; prov/terr;Total – STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016;STEM fields of study - Science and science technology;STEM fields of study - Engineering and engineering technology;STEM fields of study - Mathematics and computer and information science;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Business and administration;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Arts and humanities;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Social and behavioural sciences;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Legal professions and studies;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Health care;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Education and teaching;BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study - Trades, services, natural resources and conservation
Geographic name Type Prov. / Terr. Total – STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 Footnote 1 STEM fields of study BHASE (non-STEM) fields of study
Science and science technology Engineering and engineering technology Mathematics and computer and information science Business and administration Arts and humanities Social and behavioural sciences Legal professions and studies Health care Education and teaching Trades, services, natural resources and conservation
Canada ... ... 100.0 9.2 10.3 5.3 19.5 11.8 14.9 2.5 10.3 11.0 5.2
Abbotsford - Mission CMA B.C. 100.0 7.8 4.5 4.0 13.6 19.3 14.3 1.7 13.1 15.7 6.1
Alma CA Que. 100.0 4.1 7.5 0.7 21.3 6.6 7.5 2.8 15.7 25.5 7.7
Arnprior CA Ont. 100.0 9.9 11.8 3.0 9.5 14.1 19.0 1.9 6.8 18.6 4.9
Baie-Comeau CA Que. 100.0 5.8 12.4 1.2 14.7 3.9 11.3 3.5 14.3 20.7 12.2
Barrie CMA Ont. 100.0 8.8 6.3 2.7 13.5 12.0 20.4 1.7 12.9 15.9 6.0
Bathurst CA N.B. 100.0 5.9 4.6 1.5 18.1 5.3 7.6 0.6 26.1 22.1 8.4
Bay Roberts CA N.L. 100.0 4.1 4.8 3.4 10.9 11.6 8.8 1.4 12.9 35.4 6.8
Belleville CMA Ont. 100.0 9.0 7.1 2.7 11.6 13.9 17.8 1.8 11.3 18.6 6.3
Brandon CA Man. 100.0 10.2 4.2 2.8 12.2 10.7 12.1 1.5 18.8 20.2 7.1
Brantford CMA Ont. 100.0 11.0 6.2 2.4 12.0 16.2 17.2 1.2 11.2 16.3 6.4
Brockville CA Ont. 100.0 8.8 7.3 2.5 11.3 13.8 17.7 1.7 12.3 18.8 5.5
Brooks CA Alta. 100.0 9.8 6.2 2.2 16.0 7.7 6.8 2.2 16.0 28.3 4.6
Calgary CMA Alta. 100.0 10.5 16.2 5.1 21.9 9.1 12.4 2.3 10.0 8.5 4.1
Campbell River CA B.C. 100.0 12.0 6.5 1.6 12.5 8.8 13.3 1.6 17.0 17.7 9.0
Campbellton CA N.B. / Que. 100.0 5.4 3.6 2.2 9.8 7.6 11.6 2.2 31.3 18.8 8.0
Campbellton (New Brunswick part) CA N.B. 100.0 5.6 4.0 2.5 9.6 7.6 10.6 2.0 33.8 16.2 7.6
Campbellton (Quebec part) CA Que. 100.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 7.4 0.0 18.5 0.0 7.4 37.0 11.1
Camrose CA Alta. 100.0 8.5 3.0 3.0 14.2 9.9 11.8 1.9 20.8 21.1 5.8
Canmore CA Alta. 100.0 15.0 7.9 2.4 16.6 9.6 14.0 2.4 12.5 12.5 7.2
Cape Breton CA N.S. 100.0 7.0 3.4 2.2 16.0 10.1 17.3 1.5 16.7 20.0 5.8
Carleton Place CA Ont. 100.0 10.8 9.7 5.3 10.3 15.3 20.6 2.1 8.1 13.1 5.0
Centre Wellington CA Ont. 100.0 14.5 5.7 2.5 8.9 14.9 19.1 1.2 10.6 14.8 7.8
Charlottetown CA P.E.I. 100.0 11.8 4.7 2.7 22.3 11.5 13.8 2.0 11.8 14.5 4.8
Chatham-Kent CA Ont. 100.0 8.6 5.6 3.0 11.5 13.7 17.6 1.3 12.7 19.3 6.7
Chilliwack CA B.C. 100.0 7.9 3.3 2.4 11.4 14.0 16.7 1.4 14.7 20.2 8.0
Cobourg CA Ont. 100.0 8.2 4.7 2.5 12.1 19.2 20.0 2.2 9.9 14.2 7.1
Cold Lake CA Alta. 100.0 13.7 16.7 3.9 16.3 5.2 9.5 1.3 9.2 19.6 3.9
Collingwood CA Ont. 100.0 8.0 6.6 2.9 14.6 14.8 20.3 0.8 10.5 15.0 6.4
Corner Brook CA N.L. 100.0 11.5 5.1 2.5 10.3 8.7 9.7 2.4 19.8 21.6 8.5
Cornwall CA Ont. 100.0 6.5 6.1 1.1 11.9 11.3 20.9 2.1 11.6 23.1 5.3
Courtenay CA B.C. 100.0 9.4 4.4 2.0 12.3 13.4 13.6 1.5 17.5 19.1 6.9
Cowansville CA Que. 100.0 8.2 7.0 1.9 17.7 7.6 14.6 3.8 11.4 23.4 5.7
Cranbrook CA B.C. 100.0 11.4 4.8 0.5 14.4 8.0 8.2 3.4 18.9 21.2 9.6
Dawson Creek CA B.C. 100.0 5.1 4.5 3.5 17.2 10.1 9.6 1.5 19.7 18.7 8.6
Dolbeau-Mistassini CA Que. 100.0 1.9 8.0 0.0 24.7 5.6 5.6 0.0 14.8 27.8 10.5
Drummondville CA Que. 100.0 6.6 10.1 1.4 20.3 7.8 10.5 2.5 11.8 23.3 6.0
Duncan CA B.C. 100.0 12.0 4.2 1.5 10.1 12.0 16.1 1.9 17.0 18.4 6.9
Edmonton CMA Alta. 100.0 10.4 12.1 4.2 18.1 9.6 12.3 2.0 13.5 12.6 5.1
Edmundston CA N.B. 100.0 7.3 4.6 2.6 18.7 6.8 7.7 1.5 25.7 17.1 8.1
Elliot Lake CA Ont. 100.0 10.4 2.6 0.0 7.8 11.3 17.4 2.6 13.0 22.6 11.3
Estevan CA Sask. 100.0 6.3 11.8 2.7 18.6 9.0 7.7 1.8 10.9 21.7 9.0
Fort St. John CA B.C. 100.0 10.0 10.4 1.7 15.6 10.2 11.9 1.5 11.9 19.0 7.8
Fredericton CA N.B. 100.0 9.3 10.0 5.3 16.1 12.0 15.0 2.5 9.9 14.5 5.4
Gander CA N.L. 100.0 8.7 4.0 2.0 8.3 8.7 7.9 1.6 18.6 32.0 8.7
Granby CA Que. 100.0 7.9 11.8 1.6 22.4 6.2 9.9 3.0 11.5 20.3 5.3
Grand Falls-Windsor CA N.L. 100.0 6.0 2.8 2.0 9.6 10.0 10.8 0.8 20.7 30.3 7.6
Grande Prairie CA Alta. 100.0 7.1 9.3 2.7 15.7 7.0 11.1 1.2 16.6 22.7 6.4
Greater Sudbury CMA Ont. 100.0 11.5 7.6 2.9 11.4 10.7 17.7 3.3 14.7 13.7 6.5
Guelph CMA Ont. 100.0 18.0 7.6 4.5 13.0 13.7 16.7 0.9 8.5 9.5 7.7
Halifax CMA N.S. 100.0 10.5 6.6 4.7 20.9 12.6 16.5 2.1 11.5 9.9 4.6
Hamilton CMA Ont. 100.0 11.0 8.7 3.7 15.9 14.0 18.6 1.8 10.6 10.9 4.8
Hawkesbury CA Ont. / Que. 100.0 4.3 14.0 2.2 15.1 11.8 7.5 4.3 16.1 19.4 5.4
Hawkesbury (Ontario part) CA Ont. 100.0 4.8 14.5 0.0 13.3 13.3 7.2 6.0 15.7 21.7 4.8
Hawkesbury (Quebec part) CA Que. 100.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 20.0
High River CA Alta. 100.0 9.9 6.7 2.7 21.5 7.6 12.6 0.0 11.2 20.2 7.2
Ingersoll CA Ont. 100.0 12.0 6.6 1.8 11.4 16.8 24.0 0.0 10.8 13.2 4.2
Joliette CA Que. 100.0 6.4 5.9 1.5 17.8 7.3 10.9 4.0 15.8 24.9 5.5
Kamloops CA B.C. 100.0 9.7 4.8 2.5 17.3 10.9 12.8 2.1 15.1 15.0 9.7
Kawartha Lakes CA Ont. 100.0 10.4 4.0 2.0 10.0 14.2 19.3 1.8 11.1 19.4 7.7
Kelowna CMA B.C. 100.0 10.5 6.6 2.9 17.6 11.8 13.2 2.5 14.6 14.0 6.3
Kenora CA Ont. 100.0 9.3 2.1 0.7 12.0 7.2 13.4 1.4 15.5 29.9 7.9
Kentville CA N.S. 100.0 12.3 4.1 2.5 12.9 13.4 13.6 1.8 14.6 19.4 5.3
Kingston CMA Ont. 100.0 12.5 9.2 3.3 10.0 13.5 18.3 2.2 14.5 11.6 4.8
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo CMA Ont. 100.0 10.4 12.6 8.6 13.7 14.3 16.5 1.5 7.5 8.8 6.1
Lachute CA Que. 100.0 8.4 6.7 0.0 22.7 3.4 11.8 0.0 11.8 25.2 6.7
Lacombe CA Alta. 100.0 14.2 4.5 1.5 15.7 10.1 9.7 0.7 14.2 23.5 6.3
Leamington CA Ont. 100.0 8.9 7.4 2.5 14.9 11.4 17.4 1.4 10.6 17.7 7.4
Lethbridge CMA Alta. 100.0 13.1 4.2 2.7 16.4 11.0 12.6 1.4 14.5 17.6 6.6
Lloydminster CA Alta. / Sask. 100.0 5.3 11.9 3.5 18.8 7.2 10.0 1.3 13.6 23.3 4.9
Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) CA Sask. 100.0 6.0 11.2 3.4 23.2 7.1 9.0 0.0 12.0 21.7 5.6
Lloydminster (Alberta part) CA Alta. 100.0 5.2 12.6 3.6 16.1 7.2 10.5 1.3 14.8 24.2 4.7
London CMA Ont. 100.0 11.2 7.6 4.3 12.2 14.0 19.1 2.0 13.7 10.6 5.2
Matane CA Que. 100.0 3.7 4.9 1.2 19.8 8.2 11.1 2.5 12.8 25.1 11.5
Medicine Hat CA Alta. 100.0 8.5 6.0 2.1 15.0 8.4 8.8 1.5 19.7 21.7 8.3
Midland CA Ont. 100.0 9.2 5.3 1.4 9.2 15.1 19.0 1.4 14.5 18.4 6.5
Miramichi CA N.B. 100.0 6.6 2.5 1.7 12.1 10.8 14.4 0.4 20.9 25.6 5.3
Moncton CMA N.B. 100.0 7.6 5.1 3.9 23.5 10.5 12.6 2.5 13.9 15.2 5.3
Montréal CMA Que. 100.0 7.6 12.0 5.5 24.7 10.9 13.3 3.7 8.5 9.2 4.7
Moose Jaw CA Sask. 100.0 8.2 5.7 1.8 14.1 11.1 11.8 1.8 14.4 22.3 9.0
Nanaimo CA B.C. 100.0 10.4 4.5 2.5 15.1 12.9 16.1 1.7 14.5 14.7 7.6
Nelson CA B.C. 100.0 10.0 7.1 3.2 8.0 16.0 16.6 1.7 13.9 14.4 8.8
New Glasgow CA N.S. 100.0 8.2 4.0 4.0 21.3 10.8 11.5 1.1 14.7 18.6 5.8
Norfolk CA Ont. 100.0 9.4 3.0 2.3 10.2 15.2 19.1 1.6 9.5 21.2 8.1
North Battleford CA Sask. 100.0 5.2 4.7 1.1 12.1 7.1 10.1 3.6 19.2 30.1 6.8
North Bay CA Ont. 100.0 8.6 5.4 2.4 13.1 10.2 19.1 1.4 12.6 19.5 7.6
Okotoks CA Alta. 100.0 10.2 9.5 2.7 18.1 8.9 11.1 0.9 11.9 22.1 4.3
Orillia CA Ont. 100.0 9.0 4.7 2.2 11.8 13.8 15.9 2.6 12.3 18.9 8.4
Oshawa CMA Ont. 100.0 9.3 8.3 4.2 16.2 12.9 18.6 1.6 9.3 14.5 5.1
Ottawa - Gatineau CMA Ont. / Que. 100.0 9.1 10.9 6.5 17.3 11.5 20.5 3.7 7.6 8.3 4.6
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) CMA Que. 100.0 6.7 6.9 4.7 23.5 10.5 19.4 3.9 7.2 11.7 5.6
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) CMA Ont. 100.0 9.7 11.9 6.9 15.9 11.7 20.8 3.6 7.7 7.5 4.3
Owen Sound CA Ont. 100.0 8.0 4.1 2.9 8.7 14.8 16.8 1.8 18.2 15.2 9.8
Parksville CA B.C. 100.0 8.4 5.1 2.7 14.1 11.5 13.7 3.7 13.5 19.7 7.2
Pembroke CA Ont. 100.0 9.2 7.5 1.1 7.0 10.3 18.2 5.0 14.0 18.4 8.7
Penticton CA B.C. 100.0 9.7 4.1 2.1 12.8 11.1 14.0 2.3 17.9 16.6 9.3
Petawawa CA Ont. 100.0 10.9 11.5 0.9 9.5 14.6 14.9 1.1 15.2 13.2 8.6
Peterborough CMA Ont. 100.0 12.8 5.9 2.6 10.3 14.8 18.7 1.8 10.9 15.3 6.9
Port Alberni CA B.C. 100.0 7.6 4.0 1.2 14.7 8.4 13.5 1.2 14.3 26.3 8.4
Port Hope CA Ont. 100.0 9.3 3.8 3.1 8.2 19.2 23.7 1.7 9.3 14.8 6.9
Portage la Prairie CA Man. 100.0 5.9 5.9 2.4 10.2 9.8 15.1 0.0 15.6 25.9 10.2
Powell River CA B.C. 100.0 10.6 3.3 0.8 7.3 10.2 19.9 1.6 16.7 19.9 9.8
Prince Albert CA Sask. 100.0 4.8 4.5 2.6 10.0 6.9 9.2 3.3 19.9 28.3 10.8
Prince George CA B.C. 100.0 12.1 4.6 3.0 15.0 9.1 13.0 1.4 16.3 14.9 10.6
Prince Rupert CA B.C. 100.0 9.8 1.6 2.2 13.1 12.0 14.8 2.2 12.0 18.0 13.1
Québec CMA Que. 100.0 8.5 8.1 5.2 23.0 9.2 13.1 3.9 10.4 12.2 6.2
Quesnel CA B.C. 100.0 8.6 5.9 1.4 9.0 11.7 7.9 2.4 15.5 24.5 13.4
Red Deer CA Alta. 100.0 6.3 9.4 3.5 17.0 7.9 11.4 1.6 19.1 18.2 5.6
Regina CMA Sask. 100.0 7.8 9.5 5.5 21.5 9.4 12.3 2.9 12.1 13.2 5.8
Rimouski CA Que. 100.0 10.9 6.0 1.7 21.2 6.8 10.8 1.4 13.3 19.5 8.4
Rivière-du-Loup CA Que. 100.0 7.3 8.4 1.5 19.1 5.0 8.2 2.5 14.7 28.7 5.0
Rouyn-Noranda CA Que. 100.0 7.8 11.6 0.5 21.6 6.3 12.3 2.1 9.2 19.0 10.0
Saguenay CMA Que. 100.0 7.0 11.0 2.4 22.7 7.4 9.6 1.7 12.2 18.5 7.4
Saint-Georges CA Que. 100.0 4.4 5.7 2.8 22.7 6.4 8.7 2.5 13.1 28.8 4.9
Saint-Hyacinthe CA Que. 100.0 12.5 5.5 2.7 19.3 6.8 9.3 2.8 15.9 19.3 6.3
Saint John CMA N.B. 100.0 8.2 8.5 3.3 22.6 11.0 11.7 1.9 13.7 14.9 4.1
Sainte-Marie CA Que. 100.0 6.6 8.6 2.5 24.3 5.8 5.8 2.9 12.3 23.5 7.8
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CA Que. 100.0 5.3 8.4 1.4 18.6 6.7 13.4 3.8 10.3 26.7 5.7
Salmon Arm CA B.C. 100.0 7.2 3.4 2.2 14.1 14.1 9.4 1.6 16.3 22.3 9.7
Sarnia CA Ont. 100.0 9.6 13.8 2.4 10.7 11.6 16.9 1.4 12.5 15.9 5.0
Saskatoon CMA Sask. 100.0 11.9 8.9 3.6 16.2 9.6 12.0 2.1 14.4 14.7 6.5
Sault Ste. Marie CA Ont. 100.0 9.9 4.8 3.5 14.3 9.8 20.1 2.5 12.4 14.4 8.2
Sept-Îles CA Que. 100.0 5.8 9.6 0.9 19.6 6.4 12.0 3.3 11.8 22.2 8.4
Shawinigan CA Que. 100.0 6.8 5.7 2.0 20.3 6.6 15.9 2.3 14.3 21.9 4.1
Sherbrooke CMA Que. 100.0 9.4 10.3 2.8 18.1 8.5 12.1 3.0 12.6 16.7 6.5
Sorel-Tracy CA Que. 100.0 6.2 14.8 1.6 19.8 4.9 11.3 3.3 13.4 19.0 6.0
Squamish CA B.C. 100.0 11.4 7.6 2.7 15.4 10.4 17.0 2.0 14.1 10.7 8.8
St. Catharines - Niagara CMA Ont. 100.0 9.2 6.0 3.4 15.3 13.5 19.3 1.4 10.3 14.9 6.7
St. John's CMA N.L. 100.0 10.4 10.8 3.7 17.9 10.5 12.2 1.8 12.6 14.9 5.4
Steinbach CA Man. 100.0 8.4 6.5 2.3 14.6 11.0 6.5 1.6 19.7 22.0 7.8
Stratford CA Ont. 100.0 7.2 5.6 4.2 10.0 22.0 17.5 0.9 11.3 14.6 6.9
Strathmore CA Alta. 100.0 9.4 3.0 2.1 15.5 6.9 13.7 1.3 12.0 27.0 9.9
Summerside CA P.E.I. 100.0 5.9 3.8 2.1 17.2 7.6 17.6 1.4 16.2 22.4 5.9
Swift Current CA Sask. 100.0 7.6 3.7 0.9 18.9 8.5 9.5 1.8 17.4 20.1 11.0
Sylvan Lake CA Alta. 100.0 4.7 4.7 0.9 15.2 9.0 14.2 0.0 16.6 23.7 10.0
Terrace CA B.C. 100.0 8.4 3.2 2.3 9.0 10.6 15.8 1.3 16.1 20.6 12.3
Thetford Mines CA Que. 100.0 6.0 9.2 1.6 20.6 5.7 8.2 3.2 17.1 21.8 7.3
Thompson CA Man. 100.0 10.6 8.0 3.3 13.9 6.9 9.9 2.2 15.0 16.4 12.8
Thunder Bay CMA Ont. 100.0 11.7 5.8 1.8 11.6 10.7 15.5 1.7 14.8 17.8 8.6
Tillsonburg CA Ont. 100.0 9.0 1.6 2.7 15.4 17.0 19.1 0.0 11.7 16.5 6.9
Timmins CA Ont. 100.0 13.1 6.3 2.1 8.0 9.1 17.4 3.5 14.4 19.2 6.6
Toronto CMA Ont. 100.0 8.8 11.7 7.3 22.2 13.0 15.3 2.7 8.3 6.7 4.0
Trois-Rivières CMA Que. 100.0 7.2 9.3 2.2 21.5 7.8 15.0 1.9 12.5 17.4 5.3
Truro CA N.S. 100.0 12.4 4.4 1.9 14.0 9.7 14.5 1.3 12.7 19.9 9.3
Val-d'Or CA Que. 100.0 8.2 11.2 1.4 18.8 4.6 10.5 4.1 11.0 20.0 10.6
Vancouver CMA B.C. 100.0 9.6 10.4 6.1 20.5 13.9 15.6 2.4 9.9 7.4 4.2
Vernon CA B.C. 100.0 10.8 4.0 2.1 14.5 10.3 12.6 1.8 16.9 18.8 8.3
Victoria CMA B.C. 100.0 10.7 5.8 4.5 14.4 14.5 19.7 2.6 11.0 10.9 6.0
Victoriaville CA Que. 100.0 5.3 7.2 1.4 19.0 5.4 11.0 2.1 13.5 28.4 6.6
Wasaga Beach CA Ont. 100.0 8.8 6.2 2.3 15.8 11.5 23.8 1.9 11.9 16.2 3.1
Wetaskiwin CA Alta. 100.0 5.1 5.1 2.8 18.0 6.7 9.0 1.1 17.4 27.0 7.9
Weyburn CA Sask. 100.0 6.9 5.4 2.9 16.2 8.8 10.8 2.0 16.7 20.6 9.3
Whitehorse CA Y.T. 100.0 11.6 5.3 2.1 11.4 10.5 17.1 3.7 11.4 16.3 10.7
Williams Lake CA B.C. 100.0 9.1 5.2 1.3 8.2 8.6 14.7 3.0 18.1 18.5 13.4
Windsor CMA Ont. 100.0 9.0 12.7 4.2 16.3 9.5 16.0 1.8 13.1 12.8 4.8
Winkler CA Man. 100.0 5.8 7.6 1.6 7.4 11.3 10.5 0.5 15.5 31.6 8.2
Winnipeg CMA Man. 100.0 9.1 7.8 5.0 17.4 11.3 14.4 2.0 13.5 12.7 6.7
Wood Buffalo CA Alta. 100.0 11.3 22.3 3.2 19.3 8.3 9.3 1.5 10.4 10.2 4.2
Woodstock CA Ont. 100.0 10.9 5.6 3.3 10.4 14.4 19.6 2.5 11.4 15.9 6.1
Yellowknife CA N.W.T. 100.0 11.7 6.7 1.8 16.5 8.0 15.9 3.3 12.7 15.1 8.1
Yorkton CA Sask. 100.0 6.3 7.1 2.2 15.8 6.3 7.4 2.2 19.4 22.4 10.9
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