Data tables, 2016 Census

Employment Income Statistics (7), STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (12), Location of Study (5), Immigrant Status (4A), Class of Worker (3) and Sex and Age (24) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Full-Time Full-Year in 2015 Excluding CIP six-digit categories 22.0101 'Law' and 51.2001 'Pharmacy' in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details employment income statistics , stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , location of study , immigrant status , class of worker and sex and age for the population aged 15 years and over who worked full-time full-year in 2015 excluding cip six-digit categories 22.0101 'law' and 51.2001 'pharmacy' in private households in Canada
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STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36) Employment income statistics (7)
Total - Employment income statisticsFootnote 5 With employment income Median employment income ($) Average employment income ($) With wages, salaries and commissions Median wages, salaries and commissions ($) Average wages, salaries and commissions ($)
Total - STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016Footnote 6 9,536,620 9,280,825 53,221 65,414 8,731,175 54,515 66,659
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 3,027,750 2,930,085 42,207 49,776 2,719,135 43,404 51,192
STEM 1,347,150 1,311,600 72,742 85,315 1,259,705 73,892 86,563
Science and science technology 339,015 329,120 67,412 79,874 314,605 68,334 80,144
Physical and chemical sciences 88,705 86,020 73,723 90,643 82,610 74,955 92,096
Biological sciences 180,305 174,815 65,487 75,865 166,795 66,094 75,333
General and integrated sciences 70,010 68,280 64,971 76,573 65,195 66,060 77,306
Engineering and engineering technology 670,930 653,680 76,801 90,935 628,725 78,115 92,751
Engineering 371,125 360,240 84,103 101,281 346,950 85,414 103,210
Engineering technology 299,805 293,440 69,190 78,233 281,775 70,329 79,873
Mathematics and computer and information science 337,205 328,800 69,954 79,590 316,375 70,921 80,648
Mathematics and related studies 50,380 49,125 81,134 100,275 46,975 82,102 101,354
Computer and information science 286,825 279,675 68,220 75,957 269,400 69,189 77,038
BHASE (non-STEM)Footnote 7 5,161,720 5,039,145 56,769 69,328 4,752,335 57,967 70,232
Business and administration 1,441,770 1,406,920 57,367 80,367 1,334,100 58,131 81,168
Business and related studies 1,426,630 1,391,985 57,173 80,309 1,319,515 57,933 81,110
Public administration 15,140 14,935 77,577 85,765 14,585 77,916 86,340
Arts and humanities 507,785 493,105 49,869 59,670 456,885 51,151 60,956
Arts 211,955 205,200 44,872 51,798 186,140 46,300 53,305
Humanities 295,830 287,905 53,825 65,280 270,740 54,900 66,215
Social and behavioural sciences 601,915 588,285 55,956 69,706 556,645 57,005 70,546
Legal professions and studies 71,860 70,285 53,567 71,917 66,220 53,538 68,202
Law 14,510 13,845 99,747 142,900 11,860 98,034 129,404
Other legal professions and studies 57,345 56,435 50,041 54,504 54,365 50,423 54,854
Health care 665,510 651,180 55,073 64,205 617,380 55,038 62,404
Medicine, dentistry, optometry and veterinary medicine (including residencies) 58,635 53,455 86,854 121,129 43,535 75,111 100,254
Nursing 229,015 226,205 72,005 70,562 222,610 72,468 71,068
Pharmacy and related programs 430 435 111,398 111,159 420 112,232 114,698
Health care, n.e.c. 377,430 371,085 45,540 52,076 350,815 45,798 52,147
Education and teaching 374,540 369,275 71,850 69,895 360,030 72,576 70,623
Trades, services, natural resources and conservation 1,498,345 1,460,100 56,245 63,815 1,361,080 58,349 66,046
Agriculture and natural resources operations and management 119,820 115,620 52,119 59,861 101,225 55,947 63,752
Mechanics and repair, architecture, construction and precision production 846,265 822,840 62,108 69,609 774,250 63,763 71,631
Personal, security and transport services 388,520 380,155 43,881 53,160 348,980 46,221 55,701
Social work and related programs 81,345 80,295 56,682 59,471 78,380 57,139 59,839
BHASE (non-STEM) programs, n.e.c. 62,390 61,195 58,238 65,271 58,245 59,229 66,108

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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

For information on collection, classification and data quality for 'Location of study', refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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Footnote 3

Non-permanent residents are included in 'Total - Immigrant status.' The category for 'Non-permanent residents' is not presented elsewhere in this table with income as they may not have a complete year of applicable income.

'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.

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Footnote 4

Class of worker refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over is an employee or is self-employed.

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Footnote 5

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.

For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.

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 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).

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Footnote 6

This variable shows a variant of CIP which classifies fields of study into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math and computer sciences) and BHASE (non-STEM) categories and sub-categories. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.

This variant is different from the STEM variant used in the 2011 National Household Survey. For information on comparability between the two variants, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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Footnote 7

The term 'Business, humanities, health, arts, social science, and education fields' (BHASE) includes all of the non-STEM fields from the STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings variant, an alternative presentation of the Classification of Instructional Programs, 2016. This includes 'Business and administration', 'Arts and humanities', 'Social and behavioural sciences', 'Legal professions and studies', 'Health care', 'Education and teaching' and 'Trades, services, natural resources and conservation'.

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Data quality note(s) – Canada

  • 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: 5.1%.
  • 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-X2016254.

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