Table 1 
Labour force characteristics by age group and sex, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by age group and sex, seasonally adjusted
  February
2021
March
2021
Standard error1 February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021 February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
15 years and over, both sexes              
Population 31,216.2 31,234.5 ... 18.3 255.7 0.1 0.8
Labour force 20,196.2 20,351.1 40.8 154.9 663.5 0.8 3.4
Employment 18,531.2 18,834.3 41.6 303.1 700.5 1.6 3.9
Full-time employment 15,220.5 15,395.9 50.3 175.4 309.7 1.2 2.1
Part-time employment 3,310.7 3,438.5 44.3 127.8 390.9 3.9 12.8
Unemployment 1,665.1 1,516.7 39.1 -148.4 -37.1 -8.9 -2.4
Participation rate 64.7 65.2 0.1 0.5 1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 7.5 0.2 -0.7 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 60.3 0.1 0.9 1.8 ... ...
15 to 24 years, both sexes              
Population 4,468.4 4,464.6 ... -3.8 -20.2 -0.1 -0.5
Labour force 2,803.6 2,836.0 23.6 32.4 202.1 1.2 7.7
Employment 2,324.6 2,440.0 22.1 115.4 254.3 5.0 11.6
Full-time employment 1,263.7 1,274.6 24.0 10.9 34.8 0.9 2.8
Part-time employment 1,060.9 1,165.4 25.1 104.5 219.5 9.9 23.2
Unemployment 479.0 396.0 22.4 -83.0 -52.2 -17.3 -11.6
Participation rate 62.7 63.5 0.5 0.8 4.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 17.1 14.0 0.7 -3.1 -3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 52.0 54.7 0.5 2.7 6.0 ... ...
25 years and over, both sexes              
Population 26,747.8 26,769.9 ... 22.1 275.9 0.1 1.0
Labour force 17,392.6 17,515.0 32.8 122.4 461.3 0.7 2.7
Employment 16,206.6 16,394.3 34.6 187.7 446.2 1.2 2.8
Full-time employment 13,956.8 14,121.2 44.4 164.4 274.8 1.2 2.0
Part-time employment 2,249.7 2,273.1 36.4 23.4 171.4 1.0 8.2
Unemployment 1,186.1 1,120.7 30.8 -65.4 15.1 -5.5 1.4
Participation rate 65.0 65.4 0.1 0.4 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 6.4 0.2 -0.4 -0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 60.6 61.2 0.1 0.6 1.0 ... ...
25 years and over, men              
Population 13,112.8 13,123.6 ... 10.8 140.4 0.1 1.1
Labour force 9,220.6 9,286.0 21.8 65.4 204.9 0.7 2.3
Employment 8,579.8 8,677.5 23.4 97.7 137.6 1.1 1.6
Full-time employment 7,821.8 7,923.9 29.2 102.1 61.5 1.3 0.8
Part-time employment 757.9 753.6 22.2 -4.3 76.1 -0.6 11.2
Unemployment 640.8 608.5 21.9 -32.3 67.3 -5.0 12.4
Participation rate 70.3 70.8 0.2 0.5 0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.6 0.2 -0.3 0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 65.4 66.1 0.2 0.7 0.3 ... ...
25 years and over, women              
Population 13,635.1 13,646.3 ... 11.2 135.5 0.1 1.0
Labour force 8,172.1 8,229.0 23.1 56.9 256.4 0.7 3.2
Employment 7,626.8 7,716.8 24.1 90.0 308.6 1.2 4.2
Full-time employment 6,135.0 6,197.3 32.1 62.3 213.3 1.0 3.6
Part-time employment 1,491.8 1,519.5 28.9 27.7 95.3 1.9 6.7
Unemployment 545.3 512.2 20.8 -33.1 -52.2 -6.1 -9.2
Participation rate 59.9 60.3 0.2 0.4 1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.2 0.3 -0.5 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 56.5 0.2 0.6 1.7 ... ...
25 to 54 years, both sexes              
Population 14,876.2 14,880.7 ... 4.5 26.6 0.0 0.2
Labour force 12,989.8 13,043.3 31.1 53.5 280.9 0.4 2.2
Employment 12,118.9 12,205.4 33.7 86.5 284.5 0.7 2.4
Unemployment 870.9 837.9 27.5 -33.0 -3.6 -3.8 -0.4
Participation rate 87.3 87.7 0.2 0.4 1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 ... ...
Employment rate 81.5 82.0 0.2 0.5 1.7 ... ...
25 to 54 years, men              
Population 7,436.0 7,438.3 ... 2.3 18.6 0.0 0.3
Labour force 6,772.4 6,801.6 20.0 29.2 111.2 0.4 1.7
Employment 6,306.6 6,363.0 22.4 56.4 68.7 0.9 1.1
Unemployment 465.8 438.6 19.7 -27.2 42.5 -5.8 10.7
Participation rate 91.1 91.4 0.3 0.3 1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.4 0.3 -0.5 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 84.8 85.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 ... ...
25 to 54 years, women              
Population 7,440.2 7,442.4 ... 2.2 8.0 0.0 0.1
Labour force 6,217.4 6,241.7 22.5 24.3 169.7 0.4 2.8
Employment 5,812.3 5,842.5 23.9 30.2 215.9 0.5 3.8
Unemployment 405.1 399.2 18.8 -5.9 -46.2 -1.5 -10.4
Participation rate 83.6 83.9 0.3 0.3 2.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 78.1 78.5 0.3 0.4 2.8 ... ...
55 years and over, both sexes              
Population 11,871.7 11,889.1 ... 17.4 249.2 0.1 2.1
Labour force 4,402.8 4,471.7 24.1 68.9 180.5 1.6 4.2
Employment 4,087.6 4,188.9 25.0 101.3 161.7 2.5 4.0
Unemployment 315.2 282.9 15.0 -32.3 18.9 -10.2 7.2
Participation rate 37.1 37.6 0.2 0.5 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 6.3 0.3 -0.9 0.1 ... ...
Employment rate 34.4 35.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 ... ...
55 years and over, men              
Population 5,676.8 5,685.3 ... 8.5 121.8 0.1 2.2
Labour force 2,448.1 2,484.5 16.3 36.4 93.8 1.5 3.9
Employment 2,273.2 2,314.5 16.8 41.3 68.9 1.8 3.1
Unemployment 175.0 169.9 10.8 -5.1 24.8 -2.9 17.1
Participation rate 43.1 43.7 0.3 0.6 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 6.8 0.4 -0.3 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 40.0 40.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 ... ...
55 years and over, women              
Population 6,194.9 6,203.9 ... 9.0 127.5 0.1 2.1
Labour force 1,954.7 1,987.3 16.6 32.6 86.7 1.7 4.6
Employment 1,814.5 1,874.3 16.9 59.8 92.7 3.3 5.2
Unemployment 140.2 113.0 10.0 -27.2 -5.9 -19.4 -5.0
Participation rate 31.6 32.0 0.3 0.4 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 5.7 0.5 -1.5 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 29.3 30.2 0.3 0.9 0.9 ... ...
...
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 14-10-0287-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0087).
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