Canadian Census Education Data by Major Field of Study, 1991-2001

Nova Scotia's archived Census Long Form data reports education by major field of study. It covers the period from 1991 to 2001 and is sourced from the Census of Population. The data is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia for archival purposes and is available for multiple geographic subdivisions.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical trends in higher education enrollment based on major field of study.
• Compare educational attainment across different geographic regions like counties and municipalities.
• Study the relationship between education fields and economic regions or health districts.
• Map the distribution of academic disciplines across provincial and federal electoral districts.

Strengths

• Data covers a decade-long time range from 1991 to 2001.
• Available for numerous geographic subdivisions including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts.
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license for open use.

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained or updated; users must refer to Statistics Canada for current information.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Sourced from the Census of Population (long form).

Time Range

1991-2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:30:45.728292; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, with data available for provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds