Field of studies and location of postsecondary studies of healthcare professionals, by occupation and first official language spoken: Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, Canada outside Quebec and New Brunswick, provinces and territories, economic regions

• Geography name: Canada

• Geographic area type: Country

• Geographic area type abbreviation: Country

• Geographic level: Country

• Province or territory abbreviation: ...

• Dissemination Geography Unique Identifier (DGUID): 2021A000011124

• Alternative geographic code: 01

• Province or territory geocode: 01

• Long-form total non-response rate: 4.3

• Data quality flag: 20000

• Data quality note: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated reserves or settlements.

First official language spoken

First official language spoken refers to the first official language (English or French) spoken by the person.

Occupation (based on the National Occupational Classification [NOC] 2021 Version 1.0)

Occupation refers to the kind of work performed in a job, a job being all the tasks carried out by a particular worker to complete his or her duties. An occupation is a set of jobs that are sufficiently similar in work performed.

Kind of work is described in terms of tasks, duties and responsibilities, often including factors such as materials processed or used, the industrial processes used, the equipment used, and the products or services provided. Occupations are generally homogeneous with respect to skill type and skill level.

Occupation applies to the contribution of labour to that part of economic activity that is within the production boundary defined for the System of National Accounts.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021.

Location of study

In the Census of Population, 'Location of study' refers to the province, territory or country of the institution from which a person obtained their highest certificate, diploma or degree.

Location of study refers to the location of the institution granting the certificate, diploma or degree, not the location of the person at the time they obtained the qualification or were attending the institution. The geographic location is specified according to boundaries current at the time the data are collected, not the boundaries at the time of study.

This variable indicates the province or territory (in Canada) or country (outside Canada) of the institution from which the highest postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree was obtained. It is only reported for individuals who had completed a certificate, diploma or degree above the high (secondary) school level.

This variable is reported for persons aged 15 years and over in private households.

For information on classification and data quality for this variable, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2021, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2021013.

Major field of study (based on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021)

Field of study refers to the discipline or area of learning or training associated with a particular course or program of study.

This 'Major field of study' variable refers to the predominant discipline or area of learning or training of a person's highest completed postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree, classified according to the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021.

This variable can be used either independently or in conjunction with the 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree' variable. When the latter is used with 'Major field of study,' it should be noted that different fields of study will be more common for different types of postsecondary qualifications. At the detailed program level, some programs are only offered at certain levels of education.

There was an explicit instruction in the questionnaire which instructed respondents to be as specific as possible in indicating a subfield or subcategory of specialization within a broad discipline or area of training.

This variable is reported for persons aged 15 years and over in private households.