Table D.1.1
Number of registered apprentices, Canada, provinces and territories, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2006 to 2009

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Table D.1.1
Number of registered apprentices, Canada, provinces and territories, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2006 to 2009
  CanadaNote 1 Newfoundland and LabradorNote 2 Prince Edward
IslandNote 3
Nova Scotia New Brunswick QuebecNote 1,Note 4 OntarioNote 5 Manitoba Saskatchewan AlbertaNote 6 British ColumbiaNote 1 Yukon Northwest TerritoriesNote 7 NunavutNote 7
number
1995 163,374 1,956 411 4,110 4,725 33,147 61,869 3,234 4,593 29,337 19,197 240 552 ...
2000 199,074 7,803 444 4,824 4,329 37,179 66,675 5,343 6,969 43,428 21,297 288 489 ...
2005 293,838 9,309 636 5,352 4,227 65,358 102,189 6,705 7,227 60,957 30,996 363 399 123
2006 328,167 7,806 612 5,400 4,386 67,959 112,185 7,251 7,917 73,494 40,197 426 411 132
2007 358,557 5,739 864 5,292 4,548 70,029 120,192 8,139 9,081 85,209 48,417 468 405 177
2008 390,705 5,910 741 5,778 4,953 73,134 132,627 9,273 10,599 93,399 53,103 513 453 219
2009 409,038 6,966 864 6,249 5,163 79,890 146,859 9,852 11,427 88,224 52,320 549 474 198
... not applicable
1. Revisions to some provincial data (Quebec, 1991 through 2005, and British Columbia, 2005) have resulted in revisions to estimates at the Canada level.
2. Starting in 2003, a change occurred in the reporting of Newfoundland and Labrador's information concerning newly registered apprentices and cancellations and suspensions.
3. Changes in Prince Edward Island's information system, starting with the reporting of 2005, may affect historical comparisons. At the end of 2006, the province made some adjustments and revisions to its database that 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. In 2008, technical issues with the information system and reporting of data following the redesign of the Registered Apprenticeship Information System survey caused a number of apprentices not to be reported.
4. Changes to Emploi-Quebec legislation that were introduced in 2008 and 2009 have affected the number of registered apprentices. The province's overall reporting includes non-construction unregulated voluntary trades, but still excludes the automotive trades.
5. A clean-up of inactive clients on the Ontario database at the end of 2006 may have caused differences in the carry-over totals of active apprentices from 2006 to 2007.
6. For 2008, Alberta incorrectly included the "Industrial warehousing" trade with the "Partsperson" and "Partsperson (material)" trades, and excluded the "Construction craft worker" trade. The province also reported a large number of apprentices who did not continue, a result of implementing a series of cancellations and suspensions of inactive apprentices.
7. Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. Prior to 2001, data for Nunavut were included with information from the Northwest Territories. This creates a break in series for the Northwest Territories in 2001.
Notes: In 2008, the Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS) underwent a major survey redesign.
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, all counts are randomly rounded to a multiple of 3. Since the total and subtotals are independently rounded, the total values may not match the sum of the individual values.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS), CANSIM Table 477-0053, Registered apprenticeship training, registrations, by age groups, sex and major trade groups, annual (number)(replacing CANSIM Table 477-0051, which has been terminated), published September 19, 2011.
Updated December 14, 2011.
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