Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) is used for classifying instructional programs according to field of study. CIP was originally created by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the United States. It is a hierarchical classification. CIP Canada is the adaptation of this classification for use in Canada. CIP Canada 2021 is made up of 50 2-digit series, 454 4-digit subseries and 2,119 6-digit instructional program classes. The classification provides a detailed description of each instructional program class together with illustrative examples of the types of instructional programs found in that class. Illustrative examples are also provided of closely related programs that are classified elsewhere. In addition, the classification includes an introduction to CIP and an alternative structure for the aggregation of field of study data. CIP has a ten-year revision cycle.

This dataset is made available under the Statistics Canada Open Licence agreement (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/licence).

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:49 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:49 (UTC)
contains_pii non
crisis_categories Fortes pluies
criticality_level Faible
data_formats CSV; HTML; PDF
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e133360f-ae6c-4a7a-8715-850a7a3d7932
subject education_and_training
update_frequency as_needed
year_most_recent 2023-10-12 17:00:47.033000
year_start 2023-06-23 13:11:57.594000