Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| April 2021 |
May 2021 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2021 | May 2020 to May 2021 | April to May 2021 | May 2020 to May 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 32.5 | 32.5 | ... | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Labour force | 23.8 | 23.7 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 1.3 | -0.4 | 5.8 |
| Employment | 22.4 | 22.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.3 | 2.8 |
| Unemployment | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 60.0 |
| Participation rate | 73.2 | 72.9 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 3.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.9 | 68.0 | 0.8 | -0.9 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 34.0 | 34.0 | ... | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Labour force | 25.0 | 24.9 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 5.1 |
| Employment | 23.4 | 23.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| Unemployment | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -31.3 | -42.1 |
| Participation rate | 73.5 | 73.2 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 3.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.4 | 4.4 | 0.8 | -2.0 | -3.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.8 | 70.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 6.3 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 25.0 | 25.0 | ... | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 12.9 | 12.6 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -5.3 |
| Employment | 12.1 | 11.9 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.9 | -1.7 | 8.2 |
| Unemployment | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -1.5 | -12.5 | -68.2 |
| Participation rate | 51.5 | 50.4 | 0.9 | -1.1 | -3.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.2 | 5.4 | 1.2 | -0.8 | -11.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 48.3 | 47.7 | 0.9 | -0.6 | 2.7 | ... | ... |
...
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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