Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| August 2018 |
September 2018 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 29.5 | 29.5 | ... | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Labour force | 22.1 | 21.8 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -1.4 | 1.4 |
| Employment | 21.5 | 21.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -1.9 | 1.4 |
| Unemployment | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| Participation rate | 74.9 | 73.9 | 0.7 | -1.0 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 2.7 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 72.9 | 71.5 | 0.8 | -1.4 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.5 | 32.4 | ... | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| Labour force | 23.5 | 23.4 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.9 |
| Employment | 21.9 | 22.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| Unemployment | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -31.3 | -31.3 |
| Participation rate | 72.3 | 72.2 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.8 | 4.7 | 0.7 | -2.1 | -2.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 67.4 | 68.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 25.1 | 25.3 | ... | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| Labour force | 15.9 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Employment | 13.5 | 13.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Unemployment | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Participation rate | 63.1 | 63.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 14.8 | 14.5 | 0.9 | -0.3 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 53.8 | 54.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0292-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0100).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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