2006 Census Topic-based tabulations
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Industry - North American Industry Classification System 2002 (23), Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (60), Class of Worker (6) and Sex (3) for the Labour Force 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Occupation - National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (60)
Definition
Occupation (based on the National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 [NOC-S 2006])
Part A - Plain language definition
Kind of work done by persons aged 15 and over. Occupation is based on the type of job the person holds and the description of his or her duties. The 2006 Census data on occupation are classified according to the National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (NOC-S 2006). For comparisons with data from the 1991 and 1996 censuses, the variable Occupation (historical) should be used.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the kind of work persons were doing during the reference week, as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job. If the person did not have a job during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to enumeration (May 16, 2006), the data relate to the job of longest duration since January 1, 2005. Persons with two or more jobs were to report the information for the job at which they worked the most hours.
The 2006 Census occupation data are classified according to the National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006 (NOC-S 2006). This classification is composed of four levels of aggregation. There are 10 broad occupational categories containing 47 major groups that are further subdivided into 140 minor groups. At the most detailed level, there are 520 occupation unit groups. Occupation unit groups are formed on the basis of the education, training, or skill level required to enter the job, as well as the kind of work performed, as determined by the tasks, duties and responsibilities of the occupation.
For information on the NOC-S 2006, see the National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006, Catalogue No. 12-583-XIE.
Values
- Total labour force
- Occupation - Not applicable Footnote 2
- All occupations Footnote 3
- A Management occupations
- A0 Senior management occupations
- A1 Specialist managers
- A2 Managers in retail trade, food and accommodation services
- A3 Other managers, n.e.c.
- B Business, finance and administrative occupations
- B0 Professional occupations in business and finance
- B1 Finance and insurance administrative occupations
- B2 Secretaries
- B3 Administrative and regulatory occupations
- B4 Clerical supervisors
- B5 Clerical occupations
- C Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
- C0 Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences
- C1 Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences
- D Health occupations
- D0 Professional occupations in health
- D1 Nurse supervisors and registered nurses
- D2 Technical and related occupations in health
- D3 Assisting occupations in support of health services
- E Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion
- E0 Judges, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, ministers of religion, and policy and program officers
- E1 Teachers and professors
- E2 Paralegals, social services workers and occupations in education and religion, n.e.c.
- F Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- F0 Professional occupations in art and culture
- F1 Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- G Sales and service occupations
- G0 Sales and service supervisors
- G1 Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers
- G2 Retail salespersons and sales clerks
- G3 Cashiers
- G4 Chefs and cooks
- G5 Occupations in food and beverage service
- G6 Occupations in protective services
- G7 Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport
- G8 Childcare and home support workers
- G9 Sales and service occupations, n.e.c.
- H Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- H0 Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation
- H1 Construction trades
- H2 Stationary engineers, power station operators and electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
- H3 Machinists, metal forming, shaping and erecting occupations
- H4 Mechanics
- H5 Other trades, n.e.c.
- H6 Heavy equipment and crane operators, including drillers
- H7 Transportation equipment operators and related workers, excluding labourers
- H8 Trades helpers, construction, and transportation labourers and related occupations
- I Occupations unique to primary industry
- I0 Occupations unique to agriculture, excluding labourers
- I1 Occupations unique to forestry operations, mining, oil and gas extraction, and fishing, excluding labourers
- I2 Primary production labourers
- J Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities
- J0 Supervisors in manufacturing
- J1 Machine operators in manufacturing
- J2 Assemblers in manufacturing
- J3 Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities
Footnotes
- Footnote 2
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Unemployed persons 15 years and over who have never worked for pay or in self-employment or who had last worked prior to January 1, 2005 only.
- Footnote 3
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Refers to the experienced labour force population: includes persons who were employed and persons who were unemployed who worked for pay or in self-employment since January 1, 2005.