Table 4
Registrations and certifications, Red Seal trades, 20161

Registrations and certifications, Red Seal trades, 2016
	Registrations and certifications	Share of total
	number	%
Total registrations	417,306	100.0
Total registrations in non-Red Seal trades	86,625	20.8
Total registrations in Red Seal trades	330,681	79.2
Red Seal trades with highest number of registrations (top 10)	216,876	52.0
Construction electrician	54,582	13.1
Carpenter	42,972	10.3
Automotive service technician	22,827	5.5
Plumber	20,106	4.8
Welder	16,290	3.9
Hairstylist	14,373	3.4
Steamfitter/pipefitter	14,145	3.4
Heavy duty equipment technician	11,223	2.7
Cook	10,296	2.5
Industrial mechanic (millwright)	10,062	2.4
Registrations in other Red Seal trades	113,805	27.3
Total certificates issued	55,230	100.0
Total non-Red Seal certificates issued	30,585	55.4
Total Red Seal certificates issued in Red Seal trades1	24,645	44.6
Red Seal trades with highest number of Red Seal certificates issued (top 10)1	17,406	31.5
Construction electrician	5,250	9.5
Automotive service technician	2,346	4.2
Welder	1,866	3.4
Plumber	1,647	3.0
Carpenter	1,425	2.6
Industrial mechanic (millwright)	1,407	2.5
Steamfitter/pipefitter	1,023	1.9
Truck and transport mechanic	903	1.6
Heavy duty equipment technician	798	1.4
Cook	741	1.3
Red Seal certificates issued in other Red Seal trades1	7,239	13.1

Note(s):

Provinces and territories, which provide the data for this release, make operational and administrative changes related to the training and certification of the trades within their jurisdictions. Since the first iteration of this statistical product, changes have occurred in all provinces and territories that affect historical comparisons. For further information on operational and administrative changes that have occurred over the years see the Registered Apprenticeship Information System Guide.
Sums do not add up to totals as a result of rounding.

Source(s):

CANSIM tables 477-0072 and 477-0101.

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