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  • 1. Overqualification (based on skill level C and D) by visible minority, selected sociodemographic characteristics and the census year: Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts
    Table: 98-10-0650-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Persons in private households in occupied private dwellings, 2021, 2016 and 2011 censuses — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree and location of study (24), Gender (3a), Age (15A), First official language spoken (5), Immigrant and generation status (10), Occupation - (NOC) 2016 - Skill-level category (1), Census year (3), Visible minority (15)
    Description: Overqualification (based on skill level C and D) by visible minority and selected characteristics (age group, gender, first official language spoken, immigrant status, period of immigration, generation status and highest certificate, diploma or degree), for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Canada, geographical regions of Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 2. Most prevalent jobs of young bachelor’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200002
    Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions made by people over their lifetime. Understanding the potential outcomes associated with specific postsecondary academic programs may help inform young people, but most of the available information focuses on earnings. While important, earnings say little about what postsecondary graduates are likely to do in their career, which may factor heavily in their decision-making process. This article presents the most prevalent jobs held by graduates of Canadian bachelor’s degree programs aged 25 to 34 using the 2021 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2023-12-21
  • 3. Occupation by major field of study (detailed, 4-digit): Canada, provinces and territories
    Table: 98-10-0404-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Occupation - Unit group - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 (821A), Age (2), Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (500), Gender (3)
    Description: Detailed occupational distribution by detailed field of study, for provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 4. Highest level of education by Indigenous identity and labour force status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more
    Table: 98-10-0425-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7), Statistics (3), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Registered or Treaty Indian status (3), Indigenous identity (9)
    Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of Indigenous populations by educational characteristics, for census divisions and large municipalities.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 5. Labour force status by visible minority, highest level of education and immigrant status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions with a population 5,000 or more
    Table: 98-10-0436-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (7), Statistics (3), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Immigrant status (4), Visible minority (15)
    Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of visible minority groups by educational characteristics, for census divisions and large municipalities.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 6. Labour force status by period of immigration, admission category, highest level of education and location of study, for immigrants since 1980: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts
    Table: 98-10-0441-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part, Census agglomeration part
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Immigrant population admitted between 1980 and 2021 in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Period of immigration (7), Location of study (5), Admission category and applicant type (7)
    Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of immigrants by educational characteristics, with admission category (for example, economic immigrant, family-class or refugee).
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 7. Labour force status by immigrant status and period of immigration, highest level of education, major field of study and location of study: Canada, provinces and territories
    Table: 98-10-0442-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8), Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 (63), Location of study (5), Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
    Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates of immigrants (with period of immigration) by educational characteristics.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
  • 8. Education and earnings of Canadian-born Black populations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100009
    Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this study examines educational attainment and earnings of the Canadian-born Black population, focusing on three groups: i) those with at least one African-born parent (African-origin); ii) those with at least one Caribbean-born parent (Caribbean-origin); and iii) those whose parents were both born in Canada (Canadian-origin).
    Release date: 2023-08-22
  • 9. Canadian-born Black populations: Educational attainment and earnings
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023048
    Description: This infographic analyzes three different Canadian-born Black populations: those with at least one parent born in Africa, those with at least one parent born in the Caribbean, and those with both parents born in Canada. It looks at how educational attainment differs between the three different Canadian-born Black populations, and how education along with other factors contributes to earnings differences between the different Black populations and between Black and non-Indigenous non-racialized populations.
    Release date: 2023-08-22
  • 10. Labour force status by highest level of education: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions
    Table: 98-10-0400-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census division, Census subdivision
    Frequency: Occasional
    Universe: Population aged 15 years and over in private households, 2021 Census — 25% Sample data
    Variable list: Highest certificate, diploma or degree (16), Statistics (3), Gender (3), Age (15A), Labour force status (8)
    Description: Employment, unemployment and labour force participation rates by highest certificate, diploma or degree, for census divisions and municipalities.
    Release date: 2023-06-21
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  • 1. Most prevalent jobs of young bachelor’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200002
    Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions made by people over their lifetime. Understanding the potential outcomes associated with specific postsecondary academic programs may help inform young people, but most of the available information focuses on earnings. While important, earnings say little about what postsecondary graduates are likely to do in their career, which may factor heavily in their decision-making process. This article presents the most prevalent jobs held by graduates of Canadian bachelor’s degree programs aged 25 to 34 using the 2021 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2023-12-21
  • 2. Education and earnings of Canadian-born Black populations
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202300100009
    Description: Using data from the 2021 Census, this study examines educational attainment and earnings of the Canadian-born Black population, focusing on three groups: i) those with at least one African-born parent (African-origin); ii) those with at least one Caribbean-born parent (Caribbean-origin); and iii) those whose parents were both born in Canada (Canadian-origin).
    Release date: 2023-08-22
  • 3. Canadian-born Black populations: Educational attainment and earnings
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023048
    Description: This infographic analyzes three different Canadian-born Black populations: those with at least one parent born in Africa, those with at least one parent born in the Caribbean, and those with both parents born in Canada. It looks at how educational attainment differs between the three different Canadian-born Black populations, and how education along with other factors contributes to earnings differences between the different Black populations and between Black and non-Indigenous non-racialized populations.
    Release date: 2023-08-22
  • 4. Job quality of racialized Canadians with a bachelor's degree
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023013
    Description: The infographic uses data from the integrated file of the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2016 Census and the T1 Family File to compare the job quality of racialized graduates with a bachelor's degree with that of non-racialized and non-Indigenous graduates two years after graduation. Job quality indicators include employment income, unionization rate, and employer pension plan coverage rate.
    Release date: 2023-02-27
  • 5. Study: Overqualification among 2012 and 2013 bachelor's graduates Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202126431583
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-09-21
  • 6. Overqualification among 2012 and 2013 bachelor's graduates
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2021004
    Description:

    Using a new database created by integrating information from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with 2016 Census data, this article examines the extent to which 2012 and 2013 graduates with a bachelor's degree who did not go back to school full time after graduating held a job requiring a high school diploma at most when they entered the labour market in 2016. The overqualification rate is examined according to several characteristics, such as sex, field of study, province, graduation year, belonging to a group designated as a visible minority and immigration status.

    Release date: 2021-09-21
  • 7. Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202000100002
    Description:

    Using integrated 2006 and 2016 census data, this study examines the education and labour market integration outcomes of a recent cohort of young Black Canadians. Specifically, this study examines the link between the characteristics of the youth and their families when they were living with their parents (in 2006), and their education and labour market outcomes 10 years later (in 2016).

    Release date: 2020-02-25
  • 8. A socioeconomic portrait of Canada’s Black population Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202005622503
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-02-25
  • 9. Are young bachelor’s degree holders finding jobs that match their studies?
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2016025
    Description:

    This Census in Brief article examines the jobs of young bachelor’s degree holders and identifies how field of study is associated with occupational outcomes. It shows how graduates from a given field of study are distributed across broad occupational groups and how overqualification rates differ by field.

    Release date: 2017-11-29
  • 10. Changes in the occupational profile of young men and women in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201400111915
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Between 1991 and 2011, the proportion of employed people aged 25 to 34 with a university degree rose from 19% to 40% among women, and from 17% to 27% among men. Given the increase in the proportion of university graduates, did the occupational profile of young workers change over the period? This article examines long-term changes in the occupation profiles of young men and women, for both those who did and did not have a university degree. Changes in the share of women employed in these occupations are also examined.

    Release date: 2014-04-02
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