Statistics Canada: Labour market and income

Description: This survey is to examine the labour market experience of completers and discontinuers of a registered apprenticeship program two years after they left the program.

Who/what was surveyed: All individuals who completed or discontinued an apprenticeship program in 1992.

Demographic detail: age, marital status at the beginning/end of the apprenticeship program, number of dependents, language most often spoken at home/at work, ethnic origin

General:
- age
- marital status at beginning/end of program
- number of dependents
- language most often spoken at home/at work
- total employment income
- ethnic origin
- province/territory
Screening:
- Type of registered apprenticeship
- Interest in/Reason for not becoming a registered apprentice
- apprenticed trade
- hours of on-the-job and in-school training
- certificate of apprenticeship and/or of qualification
- requirements of the program
- year certificate obtained
Prior to apprenticeship:
- education, training and programs taken
- main activity
- work experience
- reason for registering
- union membership
- move to register in program
During apprenticeship:
- year of registration
- type of institution
- equipment provided (adequacy)
- techniques and theory (adequacy)
- knowledge, proficiency and ability of teachers
- satisfaction with program
- provincial and interprovincial certification and assessment of exams
Since apprenticeship:
- work activity and labour force status in the 12 months after the end of the program
- reason for part-time work
- class of worker
- training or courses taken

Reference period: Data were gathered on individuals who were deemed to have completed or discontinued an apprenticeship program in 1992 according to administrative records provided by provincial governments

Responsible division: Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics