1. In 1997, Newfoundland and Labrador expanded its definition of registered apprentices to include students in pre-apprenticeship programs in community colleges and similar institutions, but discontinued this practice in 2001/2002. The figures for 2003 to 2006 may still include some pre-apprenticeship candidates carried over from previous years.
2. Changes in Prince Edward Island's information system, starting with the reporting of 2005, may affect historical comparisons. At the end of 2006, P.E.I. made some adjustments and revisions to its database, which account for the change in the carry-over of registered apprentices at the beginning of 2007. In 2007, an increase in new registrations was, to some extent, related to a demand for skilled workers outside of the province.
3. Quebec's information excludes un-regulated, voluntary trades in the non-construction sector as well as the automotive-related trades.
4. In Ontario, a clean-up of inactive clients on the database at the end of 2006 may have caused differences in the carry-over totals of active apprentices from 2006 to 2007.
5. Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. Prior to 2001, data for Nunavut were included with data for the Northwest Territories. This creates a break in series for the Northwest Territories before 2001.
Notes: The number of registered apprentices includes those still registered from the previous year (apprentices who have not yet completed and have not withdrawn from training) plus apprentices newly registered during the current year.To ensure the confidentiality of responses, a random rounding process is applied to the data. Since the total and subtotals are independently rounded, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 477-0051 and Registered Apprenticeship Information System. Last updated June 25, 2009.