Data tables, 2016 Census
First Official Language Spoken (7), Mobility Status 5 Years Ago (9), Place of Residence 5 Years Ago (15), Language Used Most Often at Work (8), Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 (51), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (15) and Age (6B) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2015, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data
About this variable: Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 (51)
Definition
Occupation (based on the National Occupational Classification [NOC] 2016)
'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.
Values
- Total - Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Footnote 1
- a.Management
- 00 Senior management occupations
- 01-05 Specialized middle management occupations
- 06 Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services
- 07-09 Middle management occupations in trades, transportation, production and utilities
- b.Professional
- 11 Professional occupations in business and finance
- 21 Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences
- 30 Professional occupations in nursing
- 31 Professional occupations in health (except nursing)
- 40 Professional occupations in education services
- 41 Professional occupations in law and social, community and government services
- 51 Professional occupations in art and culture
- c.Technical and paraprofessional
- 22 Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences
- 32 Technical occupations in health
- 42 Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
- 43 Occupations in front-line public protection services
- 52 Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- d.Administration and administrative support
- 12 Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations
- 13 Finance, insurance and related business administrative occupations
- 14 Office support occupations
- 15 Distribution, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations
- e.Sales
- 62 Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales occupations
- 64 Sales representatives and salespersons - Wholesale and retail trade
- 66 Sales support occupations
- f.Personal and customer information services
- 34 Assisting occupations in support of health services
- 44 Care providers and educational, legal and public protection support occupations
- 63 Service supervisors and specialized service occupations
- 65 Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations
- 67 Service support and other service occupations, n.e.c.
- g.Industrial, construction and equipment operation trades
- 72 Industrial, electrical and construction trades
- 73 Maintenance and equipment operation trades
- h.Workers and labourers in transport and construction
- 74 Other installers, repairers and servicers and material handlers
- 75 Transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations
- 76 Trades helpers, construction labourers and related occupations
- i.Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations
- 82 Supervisors and technical occupations in natural resources, agriculture and related production
- 84 Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production
- 86 Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers
- j.Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
- 92 Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators
- 94 Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers
- 95 Assemblers in manufacturing
- 96 Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Refers to the kind of work performed by persons aged 15 years and over as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job. The occupation data are produced according to the NOC 2016.
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