Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| May 2016 |
May 2017 |
May 2018 |
Standard error1 | May 2017 to May 2018 | May 2016 to May 2017 | May 2017 to May 2018 | May 2016 to May 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Students 15 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,326.9 | 2,332.5 | 2,318.5 | 31.1 | -14.0 | 5.6 | -0.6 | 0.2 |
| Labour force | 1,236.2 | 1,256.5 | 1,233.1 | 32.6 | -23.4 | 20.3 | -1.9 | 1.6 |
| Employment | 1,022.2 | 1,045.7 | 1,033.6 | 31.5 | -12.1 | 23.5 | -1.2 | 2.3 |
| Full-time employment | 265.7 | 255.8 | 275.7 | 21.5 | 19.9 | -9.9 | 7.8 | -3.7 |
| Part-time employment | 756.5 | 789.9 | 757.9 | 26.4 | -32.0 | 33.4 | -4.1 | 4.4 |
| Unemployment | 213.9 | 210.8 | 199.5 | 15.1 | -11.3 | -3.1 | -5.4 | -1.4 |
| Participation rate | 53.1 | 53.9 | 53.2 | 1.1 | -0.7 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 1.0 | -0.6 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 43.9 | 44.8 | 44.6 | 1.1 | -0.2 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 729.5 | 716.9 | 711.3 | 5.3 | -5.6 | -12.6 | -0.8 | -1.7 |
| Labour force | 217.0 | 225.8 | 236.1 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Employment | 153.5 | 159.4 | 177.0 | 11.7 | 17.6 | 5.9 | 11.0 | 3.8 |
| Full-time employment | 4.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -1.8 | 30.8 | -40.9 |
| Part-time employment | 149.1 | 156.7 | 173.6 | 11.0 | 16.9 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 5.1 |
| Unemployment | 63.5 | 66.4 | 59.1 | 7.8 | -7.3 | 2.9 | -11.0 | 4.6 |
| Participation rate | 29.7 | 31.5 | 33.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 29.3 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 2.8 | -4.4 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 21.0 | 22.2 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 862.7 | 876.8 | 837.0 | 16.2 | -39.8 | 14.1 | -4.5 | 1.6 |
| Labour force | 512.1 | 528.5 | 489.2 | 18.1 | -39.3 | 16.4 | -7.4 | 3.2 |
| Employment | 431.8 | 450.9 | 417.8 | 18.0 | -33.1 | 19.1 | -7.3 | 4.4 |
| Full-time employment | 78.1 | 78.0 | 87.5 | 12.0 | 9.5 | -0.1 | 12.2 | -0.1 |
| Part-time employment | 353.7 | 372.9 | 330.3 | 16.3 | -42.6 | 19.2 | -11.4 | 5.4 |
| Unemployment | 80.4 | 77.6 | 71.4 | 9.7 | -6.2 | -2.8 | -8.0 | -3.5 |
| Participation rate | 59.4 | 60.3 | 58.4 | 1.7 | -1.9 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 15.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 1.6 | -0.1 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 50.1 | 51.4 | 49.9 | 1.8 | -1.5 | 1.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 734.7 | 738.8 | 770.2 | 25.9 | 31.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| Labour force | 507.1 | 502.3 | 507.8 | 23.9 | 5.5 | -4.8 | 1.1 | -0.9 |
| Employment | 437.0 | 435.4 | 438.8 | 22.9 | 3.4 | -1.6 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| Full-time employment | 183.2 | 175.1 | 184.7 | 17.1 | 9.6 | -8.1 | 5.5 | -4.4 |
| Part-time employment | 253.8 | 260.3 | 254.0 | 16.9 | -6.3 | 6.5 | -2.4 | 2.6 |
| Unemployment | 70.1 | 66.9 | 69.0 | 8.4 | 2.1 | -3.2 | 3.1 | -4.6 |
| Participation rate | 69.0 | 68.0 | 65.9 | 1.9 | -2.1 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.8 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 59.5 | 58.9 | 57.0 | 2.0 | -1.9 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,063.6 | 2,020.6 | 2,030.1 | 31.1 | 9.5 | -43.0 | 0.5 | -2.1 |
| Labour force | 1,694.6 | 1,699.6 | 1,677.7 | 30.4 | -21.9 | 5.0 | -1.3 | 0.3 |
| Employment | 1,482.6 | 1,519.2 | 1,504.6 | 29.3 | -14.6 | 36.6 | -1.0 | 2.5 |
| Full-time employment | 1,077.1 | 1,096.7 | 1,102.5 | 27.6 | 5.8 | 19.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Part-time employment | 405.5 | 422.4 | 402.0 | 19.6 | -20.4 | 16.9 | -4.8 | 4.2 |
| Unemployment | 212.0 | 180.5 | 173.2 | 14.4 | -7.3 | -31.5 | -4.0 | -14.9 |
| Participation rate | 82.1 | 84.1 | 82.6 | 0.9 | -1.5 | 2.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.5 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 71.8 | 75.2 | 74.1 | 1.0 | -1.1 | 3.3 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0286-01 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0006).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change over the year. See "Sampling Errors" in the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Students are persons aged 15 to 24 who attended school full-time in March and who are planning to return to school in the fall.
Table note 3
Other persons are all other youths aged 15 to 24 who are not included in the student population.
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