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Topic-based tabulation: Highest Degree, Certificate or Diploma (12), Age Groups (13B) and Sex (3) for Population 15 Years and Over, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :95F0419XCB2001006
Release date :March 11, 2003
Topic :Education in Canada: School Attendance and Levels of Schooling
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Note

Special Note: Dissemination of Suppressed Census Subdivisions (CSDs) - 20% Sample Data

To facilitate the publication of data for 12 Dissemination Areas for which the 'parent' CSDs have been suppressed because of a high non-response rate, the parent CSDs were given a value/qualifier of '0'. Note that the value/qualifier of '0' for these CSDs does not represent data for them. This '0' appears as a dash '-' in Beyond 20/20 and as an 'N' on the Internet.

The list of suppressed CSDs set at '0' are:

The CSD of Walpole Island 46 (3538004)
The CSD of Wikwemikong Unceded 26 (3551043)
The CSD of Moosonee (3556106)
The CSD of Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 (4817817)
The CSD of Sliammon 1 (5927802)

For additional information on the geographic classification, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Impact of Municipal Restructuring

The boundaries and names of municipalities (census subdivisions) can change from one census to the next because of annexations, dissolutions and incorporations. However, since the 1996 Census, the changes are more numerous and more dramatic, especially in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. In general, data from the 2001 Census are available for fewer and larger census subdivisions, and historical analyses are more complex. To bridge the impact of these municipal changes on data dissemination, the 2001 Census is producing a profile for dissolved census subdivisions. For additional information concerning the 2001 Census products, please refer to the 2001 Census Catalogue, Catalogue Number 92-377-XIE. For additional information about the census subdivisions, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Nunavut (1)

Data from the 2001 Census are available for Nunavut, the new territory that came into effect on April 1, 1999.

Standard data products released only at the Canada/Province/Territory geographic levels will not contain data for Nunavut for the census years prior to 2001.

Standard data products released at the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA) geographic levels will contain data for Nunavut for the 2001, 1996 and/or 1991 Censuses.

The 1996 and 1991 CMA/CA data have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2001 CMA/CA geographic boundaries. This has been done to facilitate data comparisons using the 2001 geographic boundaries.

For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Population Universe

The Population Universe of the 2001 Census includes the following groups:

- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold student authorizations (student visas or student permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold employment authorizations (or work permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Minister's permits (including extensions) and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last four groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent Resident found in the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

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This table details highest degree, certificate or diploma , age groups and sex for population 15 years and over in CanadaFootnote 1
Highest Degree, Certificate or Diploma (12) Age Groups (13B)
Total - Age groups 15-24 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-44 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-64 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65 years and over
Total - Highest degree, certificate or diploma 23,901,360 3,988,200 2,044,350 1,943,845 9,047,175 1,887,195 2,085,890 2,508,945 2,565,150 7,241,135 4,393,180 2,847,955 3,624,850
No degree, certificate or diploma 7,935,075 1,763,995 1,403,325 360,665 1,779,350 318,740 367,935 505,670 587,000 2,231,055 1,103,185 1,127,870 2,160,675
High school graduation certificate 5,499,885 1,384,310 567,905 816,400 2,058,295 431,375 450,830 565,970 610,125 1,527,935 1,011,820 516,110 529,345
Trades certificate or diploma 2,598,925 183,645 25,020 158,625 1,170,795 214,310 263,535 343,540 349,405 926,350 572,875 353,480 318,135
College certificate or diplomaFootnote 2 3,578,395 389,820 41,285 348,530 1,830,750 395,160 435,755 516,180 483,660 1,087,145 733,640 353,505 270,690
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 601,425 48,845 4,365 44,475 232,155 45,070 51,470 64,415 71,205 237,045 141,365 95,675 83,380
University degreeFootnote 3 3,687,650 217,590 2,445 215,150 1,975,830 482,540 516,375 513,165 463,750 1,231,605 830,290 401,310 262,625
Bachelor's degreeFootnote 4 2,411,470 191,930 1,820 190,110 1,372,035 369,080 362,470 343,740 296,750 707,610 495,515 212,095 139,895
University certificate above bachelor levelFootnote 5 382,955 15,235 290 14,945 181,945 41,635 46,030 48,075 46,205 149,335 97,410 51,930 36,440
Medical degreeFootnote 6 122,540 2,100 55 2,045 59,605 11,790 15,560 16,175 16,080 42,735 27,350 15,385 18,100
Master's degree 642,055 7,995 245 7,750 315,065 57,105 81,845 88,375 87,740 269,675 176,135 93,545 49,315
Earned doctorate 128,625 335 35 300 47,180 2,930 10,470 16,800 16,975 62,240 33,890 28,350 18,875

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Referred to as 'Other non-university certificate or diploma' in previous censuses, this sector includes non-degree-granting institutions such as community colleges, CEGEPs, private business colleges and technical institutes.

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Footnote 3

Bachelor's degree or above.

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Footnote 4

Excludes persons with a medical degree.

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Footnote 5

Excludes persons with a medical degree.

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Footnote 6

Refers to a degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 95F0419XCB2001006.

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