Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2016 |
August 2017 |
August 2018 |
Standard error1 | August 2017 to August 2018 | August 2016 to August 2017 | August 2017 to August 2018 | August 2016 to August 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Students 15 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,390.8 | 2,396.8 | 2,372.1 | 32.6 | -24.7 | 6.0 | -1.0 | 0.3 |
| Labour force | 1,422.2 | 1,434.6 | 1,414.7 | 34.3 | -19.9 | 12.4 | -1.4 | 0.9 |
| Employment | 1,216.9 | 1,252.4 | 1,252.8 | 33.0 | 0.4 | 35.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Full-time employment | 543.9 | 542.3 | 588.9 | 22.2 | 46.6 | -1.6 | 8.6 | -0.3 |
| Part-time employment | 673.0 | 710.2 | 663.9 | 27.7 | -46.3 | 37.2 | -6.5 | 5.5 |
| Unemployment | 205.3 | 182.2 | 162.0 | 15.3 | -20.2 | -23.1 | -11.1 | -11.3 |
| Participation rate | 59.5 | 59.9 | 59.6 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 14.4 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 1.1 | -1.2 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 50.9 | 52.3 | 52.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 733.1 | 713.9 | 715.3 | 5.4 | 1.4 | -19.2 | 0.2 | -2.6 |
| Labour force | 274.2 | 278.9 | 291.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.7 |
| Employment | 199.3 | 210.5 | 234.8 | 11.9 | 24.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 5.6 |
| Full-time employment | 50.1 | 50.3 | 64.6 | 4.3 | 14.3 | 0.2 | 28.4 | 0.4 |
| Part-time employment | 149.2 | 160.2 | 170.2 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 |
| Unemployment | 74.9 | 68.4 | 57.0 | 7.8 | -11.4 | -6.5 | -16.7 | -8.7 |
| Participation rate | 37.4 | 39.1 | 40.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 27.3 | 24.5 | 19.5 | 2.7 | -5.0 | -2.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 27.2 | 29.5 | 32.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 893.9 | 897.2 | 876.0 | 16.4 | -21.2 | 3.3 | -2.4 | 0.4 |
| Labour force | 596.7 | 599.4 | 573.0 | 18.6 | -26.4 | 2.7 | -4.4 | 0.5 |
| Employment | 513.7 | 525.2 | 498.2 | 18.3 | -27.0 | 11.5 | -5.1 | 2.2 |
| Full-time employment | 198.4 | 204.7 | 214.9 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 3.2 |
| Part-time employment | 315.3 | 320.6 | 283.4 | 16.8 | -37.2 | 5.3 | -11.6 | 1.7 |
| Unemployment | 83.0 | 74.2 | 74.8 | 9.5 | 0.6 | -8.8 | 0.8 | -10.6 |
| Participation rate | 66.8 | 66.8 | 65.4 | 1.7 | -1.4 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.9 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 57.5 | 58.5 | 56.9 | 1.8 | -1.6 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 763.8 | 785.6 | 780.8 | 27.2 | -4.8 | 21.8 | -0.6 | 2.9 |
| Labour force | 551.3 | 556.3 | 550.0 | 25.2 | -6.3 | 5.0 | -1.1 | 0.9 |
| Employment | 503.9 | 516.7 | 519.8 | 24.0 | 3.1 | 12.8 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Full-time employment | 295.4 | 287.3 | 309.4 | 17.5 | 22.1 | -8.1 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| Part-time employment | 208.6 | 229.4 | 210.3 | 18.0 | -19.1 | 20.8 | -8.3 | 10.0 |
| Unemployment | 47.4 | 39.6 | 30.2 | 8.6 | -9.4 | -7.8 | -23.7 | -16.5 |
| Participation rate | 72.2 | 70.8 | 70.4 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.6 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | -1.6 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 66.0 | 65.8 | 66.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,989.5 | 1,953.1 | 1,982.6 | 32.6 | 29.5 | -36.4 | 1.5 | -1.8 |
| Labour force | 1,682.3 | 1,640.6 | 1,671.5 | 32.2 | 30.9 | -41.7 | 1.9 | -2.5 |
| Employment | 1,492.3 | 1,481.6 | 1,505.3 | 31.0 | 23.7 | -10.7 | 1.6 | -0.7 |
| Full-time employment | 1,179.0 | 1,150.3 | 1,194.6 | 28.5 | 44.3 | -28.7 | 3.9 | -2.4 |
| Part-time employment | 313.4 | 331.2 | 310.8 | 19.5 | -20.4 | 17.8 | -6.2 | 5.7 |
| Unemployment | 189.9 | 159.1 | 166.2 | 14.1 | 7.1 | -30.8 | 4.5 | -16.2 |
| Participation rate | 84.6 | 84.0 | 84.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -1.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 75.0 | 75.9 | 75.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
...
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 14-10-0286-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0006).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change over the year. See 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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