Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| December 2018 |
January 2019 |
Standard error1 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 29.6 | ... | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 22.4 | 22.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -1.3 | 1.4 |
| Employment | 21.4 | 21.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.5 |
| Unemployment | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -11.1 | 14.3 |
| Participation rate | 75.9 | 74.7 | 0.7 | -1.2 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 72.5 | 72.0 | 0.8 | -0.5 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.3 | 32.4 | ... | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Labour force | 23.0 | 22.7 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -1.3 | -0.9 |
| Employment | 21.3 | 20.8 | 0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -2.3 | -0.5 |
| Unemployment | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 11.8 | -5.0 |
| Participation rate | 71.2 | 70.1 | 0.8 | -1.1 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.4 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.9 | 64.2 | 0.8 | -1.7 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 25.6 | 25.6 | ... | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| Labour force | 16.6 | 16.5 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -0.6 | 6.5 |
| Employment | 14.1 | 14.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Unemployment | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -4.0 | 14.3 |
| Participation rate | 65.0 | 64.2 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 1.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 15.1 | 14.6 | 0.9 | -0.5 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 55.2 | 54.8 | 0.7 | -0.4 | 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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