28. Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma?

29. Has this person completed a college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma? (Other than certificates or diplomas reported in Question 28.)

30. Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree?

This means that only respondents born before May 10, 1996 should answer questions 27 to 55.

Education
Questions 27 to 33 tell us about the education, training and recent school attendance of residents of Canada. Governments use this information to develop training and other programs to meet the changing needs of our workforce and of specific groups such as immigrants, Aboriginal peoples and youth.

Question 28 -- Registered apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma
Include trades certificates and diplomas in Question 28, even if they were obtained from a college, CEGEP, or other non-university institution. These trades certificates or diplomas should not be reported again in Question 29.

For persons:

Persons who have a trade certificate or diploma may or may not also have apprenticeship or Journeyperson training.

In Quebec, persons who have a DEP/DVS (diplôme d'études professionnelles or diploma of vocational studies) should report the diploma in question 28, even if they received this diploma from a secondary school.

Do not include training certificates from an employer, unless they are apprenticeship or trades certificates recognized by the federal, provincial or territorial government.

Persons who received certificates or diplomas outside Canada should report them in the category equivalent to that of the system of the province or territory in which they now live.

Question 29 -- College, CEGEP, and non-university certificate or diploma
Do not include trades certificates or diplomas, even if they were obtained from a college, CEGEP, or other non-university institution. Report this type of training in question 28.

Report certificates or diplomas from a community college (both university transfer and semi-professional career programs), CEGEP (both general and technical), institute of technology, or any other school other than a university.

Mark the regular program length for any college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificates or diplomas completed, and not the time it actually took to complete.

In Quebec, diplomas for the general CEGEP program should be reported under the category 'yes, certificate or diploma from a program of 1 to 2 years'.

In Quebec, diplomas for the technical CEGEP program should be reported under the category 'yes, certificate or diploma from a program of more than 2 years'.

For persons who received their certificate or diploma from correspondence courses, online courses, or through part-time classes, mark the regular length of the program, and not the time it actually took to complete.

Include all college or other post-secondary certificates from institutions other than universities, whether or not a high school diploma was required for entrance. These include non-university teachers' colleges and police colleges.

Teacher qualifications received from a university faculty of education or an institution that was associated with an accredited university should be reported in Question 30, as a university certificate, diploma or degree.

For persons who received a university certificate, diploma or degree from a university college, or a bachelor's degree or an applied degree from a degree-granting college, mark the appropriate university category in question 30.

Do not include training certificates from an employer.

Persons who received certificates, diplomas or degrees outside Canada should report them in the category equivalent to that of the system of the province or territory in which they now live.

Report completed qualifications obtained only from educational institutions accredited by a province, territory or their international equivalents.

Question 30 -- University certificate, diploma or degree
Persons should mark all university certificates, diplomas or degrees that they completed.

Include university certificates, diplomas or degrees granted by university colleges and bachelor's degrees or applied degrees from degree-granting colleges.

For persons who have a non-degree teaching certificate awarded by a provincial or territorial department of education for a program at an approved institution associated with a university, and where a bachelor's degree was not required to enroll in the program, mark the circle 'yes, university certificate or diploma below bachelor level'.

For persons who earned their teaching qualifications at an accredited university's faculty of education, mark the circle 'yes, bachelor's degree'.

'University certificates or diplomas', either below the bachelor level or above the bachelor level, are awarded for non-degree programs of study completed through a university. They are often connected with professional associations in fields such as accounting, banking, insurance or public administration.

Persons who received their certificates, diplomas or degrees outside Canada should report them in the category equivalent to that of the system of the province or territory in which they now live.

Report completed qualifications obtained only from educational institutions accredited by a province, territory or their international equivalents.