Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2018 |
August 2019 |
August 2020 |
Standard error1 | August 2019 to August 2020 | August 2018 to August 2019 | August 2019 to August 2020 | August 2018 to August 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,372.1 | 2,426.8 | 2,494.7 | 34.6 | 67.9 | 54.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| Labour force | 1,414.7 | 1,524.5 | 1,597.6 | 33.9 | 73.1 | 109.8 | 4.8 | 7.8 |
| Employment | 1,252.8 | 1,329.8 | 1,178.1 | 31.8 | -151.7 | 77.0 | -11.4 | 6.1 |
| Full-time employment | 588.9 | 601.1 | 516.0 | 23.1 | -85.1 | 12.2 | -14.2 | 2.1 |
| Part-time employment | 663.9 | 728.7 | 662.1 | 26.3 | -66.6 | 64.8 | -9.1 | 9.8 |
| Unemployment | 162.0 | 194.7 | 419.5 | 17.2 | 224.8 | 32.7 | 115.5 | 20.2 |
| Participation rate | 59.6 | 62.8 | 64.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.5 | 12.8 | 26.3 | 1.1 | 13.5 | 1.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 52.8 | 54.8 | 47.2 | 1.1 | -7.6 | 2.0 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 715.3 | 734.0 | 735.2 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 18.7 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Labour force | 291.7 | 303.6 | 300.4 | 13.4 | -3.2 | 11.9 | -1.1 | 4.1 |
| Employment | 234.8 | 235.4 | 212.8 | 12.0 | -22.6 | 0.6 | -9.6 | 0.3 |
| Full-time employment | 64.6 | 66.7 | 61.3 | 5.8 | -5.4 | 2.1 | -8.1 | 3.3 |
| Part-time employment | 170.2 | 168.7 | 151.5 | 11.0 | -17.2 | -1.5 | -10.2 | -0.9 |
| Unemployment | 57.0 | 68.2 | 87.6 | 8.2 | 19.4 | 11.2 | 28.4 | 19.6 |
| Participation rate | 40.8 | 41.4 | 40.9 | 1.8 | -0.5 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 19.5 | 22.5 | 29.2 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 3.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 32.8 | 32.1 | 28.9 | 1.6 | -3.2 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 876.0 | 894.5 | 886.0 | 17.5 | -8.5 | 18.5 | -1.0 | 2.1 |
| Labour force | 573.0 | 623.0 | 631.2 | 18.8 | 8.2 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| Employment | 498.2 | 545.1 | 469.7 | 18.1 | -75.4 | 46.9 | -13.8 | 9.4 |
| Full-time employment | 214.9 | 218.7 | 187.7 | 12.6 | -31.0 | 3.8 | -14.2 | 1.8 |
| Part-time employment | 283.4 | 326.4 | 282.0 | 16.4 | -44.4 | 43.0 | -13.6 | 15.2 |
| Unemployment | 74.8 | 78.0 | 161.5 | 11.0 | 83.5 | 3.2 | 107.1 | 4.3 |
| Participation rate | 65.4 | 69.6 | 71.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.1 | 12.5 | 25.6 | 1.8 | 13.1 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 56.9 | 60.9 | 53.0 | 1.8 | -7.9 | 4.0 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 780.8 | 798.4 | 873.5 | 29.0 | 75.1 | 17.6 | 9.4 | 2.3 |
| Labour force | 550.0 | 597.8 | 666.0 | 25.8 | 68.2 | 47.8 | 11.4 | 8.7 |
| Employment | 519.8 | 549.3 | 495.7 | 24.2 | -53.6 | 29.5 | -9.8 | 5.7 |
| Full-time employment | 309.4 | 315.7 | 267.0 | 18.0 | -48.7 | 6.3 | -15.4 | 2.0 |
| Part-time employment | 210.3 | 233.7 | 228.7 | 18.2 | -5.0 | 23.4 | -2.1 | 11.1 |
| Unemployment | 30.2 | 48.5 | 170.3 | 10.4 | 121.8 | 18.3 | 251.1 | 60.6 |
| Participation rate | 70.4 | 74.9 | 76.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 4.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5 | 8.1 | 25.6 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 2.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 66.6 | 68.8 | 56.7 | 2.1 | -12.1 | 2.2 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,982.6 | 1,958.1 | 1,905.9 | 34.6 | -52.2 | -24.5 | -2.7 | -1.2 |
| Labour force | 1,671.5 | 1,688.4 | 1,582.1 | 33.8 | -106.3 | 16.9 | -6.3 | 1.0 |
| Employment | 1,505.3 | 1,515.4 | 1,286.9 | 33.8 | -228.5 | 10.1 | -15.1 | 0.7 |
| Full-time employment | 1,194.6 | 1,203.6 | 968.2 | 30.6 | -235.4 | 9.0 | -19.6 | 0.8 |
| Part-time employment | 310.8 | 311.8 | 318.7 | 20.6 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| Unemployment | 166.2 | 173.0 | 295.2 | 17.2 | 122.2 | 6.8 | 70.6 | 4.1 |
| Participation rate | 84.3 | 86.2 | 83.0 | 1.0 | -3.2 | 1.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.9 | 10.2 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 8.4 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 75.9 | 77.4 | 67.5 | 1.2 | -9.9 | 1.5 | ... | ... |
...
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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