Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2017 |
August 2018 |
August 2019 |
Standard error1 | August 2018 to August 2019 | August 2017 to August 2018 | August 2018 to August 2019 | August 2017 to August 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 | 2,396.8 | 2,372.1 | 2,426.8 | 33.9 | 54.7 | -24.7 | 2.3 | -1.0 |
| Labour force | 1,434.6 | 1,414.7 | 1,524.5 | 34.5 | 109.8 | -19.9 | 7.8 | -1.4 |
| Employment | 1,252.4 | 1,252.8 | 1,329.8 | 33.3 | 77.0 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Full-time employment | 542.3 | 588.9 | 601.1 | 23.2 | 12.2 | 46.6 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Part-time employment | 710.2 | 663.9 | 728.7 | 27.6 | 64.8 | -46.3 | 9.8 | -6.5 |
| Unemployment | 182.2 | 162.0 | 194.7 | 14.7 | 32.7 | -20.2 | 20.2 | -11.1 |
| Participation rate | 59.9 | 59.6 | 62.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.7 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 52.3 | 52.8 | 54.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 713.9 | 715.3 | 734.0 | 5.6 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| Labour force | 278.9 | 291.7 | 303.6 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| Employment | 210.5 | 234.8 | 235.4 | 12.1 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 0.3 | 11.5 |
| Full-time employment | 50.3 | 64.6 | 66.7 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 28.4 |
| Part-time employment | 160.2 | 170.2 | 168.7 | 11.5 | -1.5 | 10.0 | -0.9 | 6.2 |
| Unemployment | 68.4 | 57.0 | 68.2 | 7.4 | 11.2 | -11.4 | 19.6 | -16.7 |
| Participation rate | 39.1 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 24.5 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | -5.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 29.5 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 1.7 | -0.7 | 3.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 897.2 | 876.0 | 894.5 | 16.3 | 18.5 | -21.2 | 2.1 | -2.4 |
| Labour force | 599.4 | 573.0 | 623.0 | 18.7 | 50.0 | -26.4 | 8.7 | -4.4 |
| Employment | 525.2 | 498.2 | 545.1 | 18.2 | 46.9 | -27.0 | 9.4 | -5.1 |
| Full-time employment | 204.7 | 214.9 | 218.7 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| Part-time employment | 320.6 | 283.4 | 326.4 | 16.3 | 43.0 | -37.2 | 15.2 | -11.6 |
| Unemployment | 74.2 | 74.8 | 78.0 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Participation rate | 66.8 | 65.4 | 69.6 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.4 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 1.6 | -0.6 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 58.5 | 56.9 | 60.9 | 1.8 | 4.0 | -1.6 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 785.6 | 780.8 | 798.4 | 28.2 | 17.6 | -4.8 | 2.3 | -0.6 |
| Labour force | 556.3 | 550.0 | 597.8 | 25.3 | 47.8 | -6.3 | 8.7 | -1.1 |
| Employment | 516.7 | 519.8 | 549.3 | 24.6 | 29.5 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Full-time employment | 287.3 | 309.4 | 315.7 | 18.3 | 6.3 | 22.1 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Part-time employment | 229.4 | 210.3 | 233.7 | 18.6 | 23.4 | -19.1 | 11.1 | -8.3 |
| Unemployment | 39.6 | 30.2 | 48.5 | 8.0 | 18.3 | -9.4 | 60.6 | -23.7 |
| Participation rate | 70.8 | 70.4 | 74.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.1 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | -1.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.8 | 66.6 | 68.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,953.1 | 1,982.6 | 1,958.1 | 33.9 | -24.5 | 29.5 | -1.2 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 1,640.6 | 1,671.5 | 1,688.4 | 32.3 | 16.9 | 30.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Employment | 1,481.6 | 1,505.3 | 1,515.4 | 31.9 | 10.1 | 23.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Full-time employment | 1,150.3 | 1,194.6 | 1,203.6 | 29.7 | 9.0 | 44.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| Part-time employment | 331.2 | 310.8 | 311.8 | 20.0 | 1.0 | -20.4 | 0.3 | -6.2 |
| Unemployment | 159.1 | 166.2 | 173.0 | 13.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Participation rate | 84.0 | 84.3 | 86.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 75.9 | 75.9 | 77.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
...
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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