2016 Census topic: Education

The 2016 Census of Population Program offers a wide range of analysis, data, reference and geographical information according to topics (subjects) that paint a portrait of Canada and its population.

  Data products

• Census Profile, 2016 Census
• Education Highlight Tables, 2016 Census
• Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
• Data tables, 2016 Census – Education
• Census Program Data Viewer, 2016 Census
• Census Profile Standard Error Supplement, Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions (CDs) and aggregate dissemination areas (ADAs), 2016 Census

Related Statistics Canada data tables

• Gender Results Framework indicators
  • High school completion rate by sex, age group and selected demographic characteristics
  • Postsecondary qualification holders aged 25 years and over by highest certificate, diploma or degree, STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings for major field of study, sex and selected demographic characteristics
• Education Indicators in Canada
  • Immigrants and non-permanent residents among school-age population, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs)
  • Visible minorities, among the school-age population, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs)
  • Proportion of the school-age population (aged 5 to 24) with non-official home language, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs)
  • School-age population with Aboriginal identity, in and out of census metropolitan areas (CMAs)
  • School-age population by living arrangements and age group
  • School-age population by work activity of parents and age group
  • School-age population with Aboriginal identity by living arrangements and age group
  • School-age population with Aboriginal identity by work activity of parents and age group
  • Distribution of earners, by highest certificate, diploma or degree and earnings/employment income
  • Average earnings or employment income, by age group and highest certificate, diploma or degree (x 1,000)

  Analytical products

• The Daily as reported on November 29, 2017
• Census in Brief
  • Does education pay? A comparison of earnings by level of education in Canada and its provinces and territories
  • Are young bachelor's degree holders finding jobs that match their studies?
  • Is field of study a factor in the earnings of young bachelor's degree holders?
• Insights on Canadian Society
  • Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada
  • Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market successes and challenges for children of immigrant parents
  • Results from the 2016 Census: Is field of study a factor in the payoff of a graduate degree?
• Infographic
  • Canada's educational portrait, 2016 Census of Population

  Reference material

• 2016 Census Dictionary: Education
• Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016
• Release and Concepts Overview, 2016 Census of Population: Education
• Guide to the Census of Population, 2016

  Geography

• Thematic maps – Education
• GeoSearch