Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| January 2020 |
February 2020 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 29.9 | 29.9 | ... | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Labour force | 22.2 | 22.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -0.9 |
| Employment | 21.2 | 21.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 |
| Unemployment | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -18.2 | 0.0 |
| Participation rate | 74.2 | 73.6 | 0.6 | -0.6 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.0 | 4.1 | 0.5 | -0.9 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 70.9 | 70.6 | 0.7 | -0.3 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.3 | 32.3 | ... | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Labour force | 22.6 | 22.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -1.7 |
| Employment | 20.7 | 20.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -2.3 |
| Unemployment | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Participation rate | 70.0 | 70.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.4 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.1 | 64.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 26.3 | 26.4 | ... | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Labour force | 15.9 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -2.4 |
| Employment | 13.8 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Unemployment | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -22.2 |
| Participation rate | 60.3 | 60.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -3.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.0 | 13.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | -3.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 52.5 | 52.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
...
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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