Variant of CIP 2011 - Primary groupings
Status: This standard was replaced by the 'Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings' as of January 18, 2016.
This variant of CIP has been developed jointly by Statistics Canada and the National Center for Education Statistics.
The variant is comprised of thirteen 'primary groupings' that are a convenient and useful basis for summarizing and analysing more detailed classes. It is recommended that this variant be used for the presentation or analysis of highly aggregated data.
Two general observations about the primary groupings should be kept in mind:
1. Groupings are based on field of study and are independent of the level at which the study was undertaken. Series 21. Pre-technology education/pre-industrial arts programs and seriesCAN 53. High school/secondary diploma and certificate programs are exceptions to this rule; these two series are included in the Other category.
2. Primary groupings comprise entire series, with one exception: series 30. Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies has been split into its constituent subseries. Those subseries have then been grouped with the closest equivalent series.
This variant must be used for the presentation or analysis of highly aggregated data.
The primary groupings are as follows:
Classification structure
Code | Primary grouping |
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00Personal improvement and leisure | Personal improvement and leisure |
01Education | Education |
02Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies | Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies |
03Humanities | Humanities |
04Social and behavioural sciences and law | Social and behavioural sciences and law |
05Business, management and public administration | Business, management and public administration |
06Physical and life sciences and technologies | Physical and life sciences and technologies |
07Mathematics, computer and information sciences | Mathematics, computer and information sciences |
08Architecture, engineering, and related technologies | Architecture, engineering, and related technologies |
09Agriculture, natural resources and conservation | Agriculture, natural resources and conservation |
10Health and related fields | Health and related fields |
11Personal, protective and transportation services | Personal, protective and transportation services |
12Other | Other |
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