Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| April 2020 |
May 2020 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2020 | May 2019 to May 2020 | April to May 2020 | May 2019 to May 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 30.1 | 30.1 | ... | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Labour force | 21.3 | 20.9 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.8 | -1.9 | -7.9 |
| Employment | 20.8 | 20.1 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -1.8 | -3.4 | -8.2 |
| Unemployment | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 |
| Participation rate | 70.8 | 69.4 | 0.6 | -1.4 | -7.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 69.1 | 66.8 | 0.7 | -2.3 | -6.9 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.4 | 32.5 | ... | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Labour force | 22.5 | 22.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -3.5 |
| Employment | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 0.0 | -3.8 |
| Unemployment | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -10.0 | 0.0 |
| Participation rate | 69.4 | 68.6 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -2.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.9 | 8.1 | 0.7 | -0.8 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.3 | 63.1 | 0.7 | -0.2 | -2.6 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 26.4 | 26.5 | ... | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Labour force | 15.4 | 14.3 | 0.2 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -7.1 | -11.2 |
| Employment | 12.6 | 11.9 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -2.2 | -5.6 | -15.6 |
| Unemployment | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -11.1 | 20.0 |
| Participation rate | 58.2 | 54.0 | 0.7 | -4.2 | -8.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 17.7 | 16.6 | 0.8 | -1.1 | 4.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 47.9 | 45.0 | 0.6 | -2.9 | -9.4 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0292-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0100).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between 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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