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

  1. Total - Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 Footnote 1
  2. a.Management
  3. 00 Senior management occupations
  4. 01-05 Specialized middle management occupations
  5. 06 Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services
  6. 07-09 Middle management occupations in trades, transportation, production and utilities
  7. b.Professional
  8. 11 Professional occupations in business and finance
  9. 21 Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences
  10. 30 Professional occupations in nursing
  11. 31 Professional occupations in health (except nursing)
  12. 40 Professional occupations in education services
  13. 41 Professional occupations in law and social, community and government services
  14. 51 Professional occupations in art and culture
  15. c.Technical and paraprofessional
  16. 22 Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences
  17. 32 Technical occupations in health
  18. 42 Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
  19. 43 Occupations in front-line public protection services
  20. 52 Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
  21. d.Administration and administrative support
  22. 12 Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations
  23. 13 Finance, insurance and related business administrative occupations
  24. 14 Office support occupations
  25. 15 Distribution, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations
  26. e.Sales
  27. 62 Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales occupations
  28. 64 Sales representatives and salespersons - Wholesale and retail trade
  29. 66 Sales support occupations
  30. f.Personal and customer information services
  31. 34 Assisting occupations in support of health services
  32. 44 Care providers and educational, legal and public protection support occupations
  33. 63 Service supervisors and specialized service occupations
  34. 65 Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations
  35. 67 Service support and other service occupations, n.e.c.
  36. g.Industrial, construction and equipment operation trades
  37. 72 Industrial, electrical and construction trades
  38. 73 Maintenance and equipment operation trades
  39. h.Workers and labourers in transport and construction
  40. 74 Other installers, repairers and servicers and material handlers
  41. 75 Transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations
  42. 76 Trades helpers, construction labourers and related occupations
  43. i.Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations
  44. 82 Supervisors and technical occupations in natural resources, agriculture and related production
  45. 84 Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production
  46. 86 Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers
  47. j.Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
  48. 92 Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators
  49. 94 Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers
  50. 95 Assemblers in manufacturing
  51. 96 Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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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