Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| May 2017 |
May 2018 |
May 2019 |
Standard error1 | May 2018 to May 2019 | May 2017 to May 2018 | May 2018 to May 2019 | May 2017 to May 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,332.5 | 2,318.5 | 2,370.3 | 32.6 | 51.8 | -14.0 | 2.2 | -0.6 |
| Labour force | 1,256.5 | 1,233.1 | 1,278.4 | 34.3 | 45.3 | -23.4 | 3.7 | -1.9 |
| Employment | 1,045.7 | 1,033.6 | 1,102.0 | 33.0 | 68.4 | -12.1 | 6.6 | -1.2 |
| Full-time employment | 255.8 | 275.7 | 266.7 | 22.2 | -9.0 | 19.9 | -3.3 | 7.8 |
| Part-time employment | 789.9 | 757.9 | 835.2 | 27.7 | 77.3 | -32.0 | 10.2 | -4.1 |
| Unemployment | 210.8 | 199.5 | 176.4 | 15.3 | -23.1 | -11.3 | -11.6 | -5.4 |
| Participation rate | 53.9 | 53.2 | 53.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 16.8 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 1.1 | -2.4 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 44.8 | 44.6 | 46.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 716.9 | 711.3 | 728.8 | 5.4 | 17.5 | -5.6 | 2.5 | -0.8 |
| Labour force | 225.8 | 236.1 | 226.3 | 12.9 | -9.8 | 10.3 | -4.2 | 4.6 |
| Employment | 159.4 | 177.0 | 177.5 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 0.3 | 11.0 |
| Full-time employment | 2.6 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 64.7 | 30.8 |
| Part-time employment | 156.7 | 173.6 | 171.9 | 11.1 | -1.7 | 16.9 | -1.0 | 10.8 |
| Unemployment | 66.4 | 59.1 | 48.8 | 7.8 | -10.3 | -7.3 | -17.4 | -11.0 |
| Participation rate | 31.5 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 1.8 | -2.1 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 29.4 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 2.7 | -3.4 | -4.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 22.2 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 1.6 | -0.5 | 2.7 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 876.8 | 837.0 | 893.9 | 16.4 | 56.9 | -39.8 | 6.8 | -4.5 |
| Labour force | 528.5 | 489.2 | 523.6 | 18.6 | 34.4 | -39.3 | 7.0 | -7.4 |
| Employment | 450.9 | 417.8 | 453.2 | 18.3 | 35.4 | -33.1 | 8.5 | -7.3 |
| Full-time employment | 78.0 | 87.5 | 81.2 | 12.3 | -6.3 | 9.5 | -7.2 | 12.2 |
| Part-time employment | 372.9 | 330.3 | 372.1 | 16.8 | 41.8 | -42.6 | 12.7 | -11.4 |
| Unemployment | 77.6 | 71.4 | 70.3 | 9.5 | -1.1 | -6.2 | -1.5 | -8.0 |
| Participation rate | 60.3 | 58.4 | 58.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 1.6 | -1.2 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 51.4 | 49.9 | 50.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 738.8 | 770.2 | 747.6 | 27.2 | -22.6 | 31.4 | -2.9 | 4.3 |
| Labour force | 502.3 | 507.8 | 528.5 | 25.2 | 20.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.1 |
| Employment | 435.4 | 438.8 | 471.2 | 24.0 | 32.4 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Full-time employment | 175.1 | 184.7 | 180.0 | 17.5 | -4.7 | 9.6 | -2.5 | 5.5 |
| Part-time employment | 260.3 | 254.0 | 291.2 | 18.0 | 37.2 | -6.3 | 14.6 | -2.4 |
| Unemployment | 66.9 | 69.0 | 57.3 | 8.6 | -11.7 | 2.1 | -17.0 | 3.1 |
| Participation rate | 68.0 | 65.9 | 70.7 | 2.0 | 4.8 | -2.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.3 | 13.6 | 10.8 | 1.5 | -2.8 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 58.9 | 57.0 | 63.0 | 2.1 | 6.0 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,020.6 | 2,030.1 | 2,001.8 | 32.6 | -28.3 | 9.5 | -1.4 | 0.5 |
| Labour force | 1,699.6 | 1,677.7 | 1,663.6 | 32.2 | -14.1 | -21.9 | -0.8 | -1.3 |
| Employment | 1,519.2 | 1,504.6 | 1,500.0 | 31.0 | -4.6 | -14.6 | -0.3 | -1.0 |
| Full-time employment | 1,096.7 | 1,102.5 | 1,105.8 | 28.5 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Part-time employment | 422.4 | 402.0 | 394.2 | 19.5 | -7.8 | -20.4 | -1.9 | -4.8 |
| Unemployment | 180.5 | 173.2 | 163.5 | 14.1 | -9.7 | -7.3 | -5.6 | -4.0 |
| Participation rate | 84.1 | 82.6 | 83.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 0.8 | -0.5 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 75.2 | 74.1 | 74.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
...
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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