Employment Income Statistics (7), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (11), Location of Study (5), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11C), Age at Immigration (8), 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
Geography Geographic index Canada Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick Quebec / Québec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique Yukon Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest Nunavut St. John's Halifax Moncton Saint John Saguenay Québec Sherbrooke Trois-Rivières Montréal Ottawa - Gatineau Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part) Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario) Kingston Belleville Peterborough Oshawa Toronto Hamilton St. Catharines - Niagara Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo Brantford Guelph London Windsor Barrie Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury Thunder Bay Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Kelowna Abbotsford - Mission Vancouver Victoria
Location of study (5)Footnote 1 Total - Location of study No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree Location of study inside Canada Location of study outside Canada
Immigrant status and period of immigration (11C)Footnote 2 Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration Non-immigrants and Immigrants Non-immigrants Immigrants Before 1981 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2001 to 2005 2006 to 2010 2011 to 2014
Age at immigration (8)Footnote 3 Total - Age at immigration Non-immigrants Immigrants 0 to 14 years 15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 years and over
Class of worker (3)Footnote 4 Total - Class of worker Employee Self-employed
Sex and age (24) Total - Sex and age 15 to 24 years 25 to 64 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over Male 15 to 24 years 25 to 64 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over Female 15 to 24 years 25 to 64 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over
This table details employment income statistics , highest certificate, diploma or degree , location of study , immigrant status and period of immigration , age at immigration , 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
Highest certificate, diploma or degree (11)
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 - Highest certificate, diploma or degreeFootnote 6
9,536,620 9,280,830 53,221 65,414 8,731,175 54,515 66,659
No certificate, diploma or degree
778,840 745,665 37,251 43,676 672,220 38,761 45,426
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateFootnote 7
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma
1,050,755 1,022,400 49,542 58,239 948,440 51,467 60,341
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationFootnote 8
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationFootnote 9
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above
University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor levelFootnote 10
938,985 908,150 81,308 101,228 858,655 81,664 100,291
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.
'Immigrant status' refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.
'Period of immigration' refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.
Non-permanent residents and immigrants who landed between 2015 and 2016 are included in the 'Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration'. The categories for 'Non-permanent residents' and period of immigration '2015 to 2016' are not presented elsewhere in this table with income as they may not have a complete year of applicable income. The income data for the 2016 Census of Population are for the year 2015.
'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.
Non-permanent residents are included in 'Total - Age at immigration.' 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.
Class of worker refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over is an employee or is self-employed.
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).
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.
'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.
'Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' includes trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.
'Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' also includes Journeyperson's designations.
Footnote 10
'University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level' includes the categories 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'
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Data quality note(s) – Canada
Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.