Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2019 |
August 2020 |
August 2021 |
Standard error1 | August 2020 to August 2021 | August 2019 to August 2020 | August 2020 to August 2021 | August 2019 to August 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,483.3 | 2,532.9 | 2,481.0 | 37.3 | -51.9 | 49.6 | -2.0 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 1,564.4 | 1,626.5 | 1,563.6 | 38.1 | -62.9 | 62.1 | -3.9 | 4.0 |
| Employment | 1,364.6 | 1,203.5 | 1,390.7 | 34.9 | 187.2 | -161.1 | 15.6 | -11.8 |
| Full-time employment | 618.1 | 530.9 | 580.2 | 25.4 | 49.3 | -87.2 | 9.3 | -14.1 |
| Part-time employment | 746.5 | 672.6 | 810.5 | 28.4 | 137.9 | -73.9 | 20.5 | -9.9 |
| Unemployment | 199.8 | 423.0 | 173.0 | 22.8 | -250.0 | 223.2 | -59.1 | 111.7 |
| Participation rate | 63.0 | 64.2 | 63.0 | 1.1 | -1.2 | 1.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.8 | 26.0 | 11.1 | 1.4 | -14.9 | 13.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 55.0 | 47.5 | 56.1 | 1.2 | 8.6 | -7.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 751.1 | 748.7 | 770.5 | 6.0 | 21.8 | -2.4 | 2.9 | -0.3 |
| Labour force | 311.0 | 307.3 | 327.9 | 14.4 | 20.6 | -3.7 | 6.7 | -1.2 |
| Employment | 241.9 | 217.6 | 274.4 | 12.6 | 56.8 | -24.3 | 26.1 | -10.0 |
| Full-time employment | 68.6 | 63.9 | 61.9 | 6.2 | -2.0 | -4.7 | -3.1 | -6.9 |
| Part-time employment | 173.4 | 153.8 | 212.6 | 11.5 | 58.8 | -19.6 | 38.2 | -11.3 |
| Unemployment | 69.1 | 89.7 | 53.4 | 9.3 | -36.3 | 20.6 | -40.5 | 29.8 |
| Participation rate | 41.4 | 41.0 | 42.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 22.2 | 29.2 | 16.3 | 3.0 | -12.9 | 7.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 32.2 | 29.1 | 35.6 | 1.7 | 6.5 | -3.1 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 922.2 | 899.3 | 907.5 | 18.4 | 8.2 | -22.9 | 0.9 | -2.5 |
| Labour force | 644.4 | 643.9 | 634.2 | 20.4 | -9.7 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -0.1 |
| Employment | 563.8 | 480.7 | 575.2 | 19.2 | 94.5 | -83.1 | 19.7 | -14.7 |
| Full-time employment | 227.7 | 193.5 | 212.0 | 13.0 | 18.5 | -34.2 | 9.6 | -15.0 |
| Part-time employment | 336.1 | 287.2 | 363.3 | 17.6 | 76.1 | -48.9 | 26.5 | -14.5 |
| Unemployment | 80.7 | 163.2 | 58.9 | 13.5 | -104.3 | 82.5 | -63.9 | 102.2 |
| Participation rate | 69.9 | 71.6 | 69.9 | 1.9 | -1.7 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.5 | 25.3 | 9.3 | 2.1 | -16.0 | 12.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.1 | 53.5 | 63.4 | 1.9 | 9.9 | -7.6 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 810.0 | 885.0 | 802.9 | 31.3 | -82.1 | 75.0 | -9.3 | 9.3 |
| Labour force | 608.9 | 675.2 | 601.6 | 28.4 | -73.6 | 66.3 | -10.9 | 10.9 |
| Employment | 558.9 | 505.1 | 541.0 | 25.8 | 35.9 | -53.8 | 7.1 | -9.6 |
| Full-time employment | 321.8 | 273.4 | 306.4 | 19.3 | 33.0 | -48.4 | 12.1 | -15.0 |
| Part-time employment | 237.1 | 231.7 | 234.6 | 19.3 | 2.9 | -5.4 | 1.3 | -2.3 |
| Unemployment | 50.0 | 170.1 | 60.6 | 14.9 | -109.5 | 120.1 | -64.4 | 240.2 |
| Participation rate | 75.2 | 76.3 | 74.9 | 2.1 | -1.4 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.2 | 25.2 | 10.1 | 2.2 | -15.1 | 17.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 69.0 | 57.1 | 67.4 | 2.3 | 10.3 | -11.9 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,006.7 | 1,945.0 | 1,966.8 | 37.3 | 21.8 | -61.7 | 1.1 | -3.1 |
| Labour force | 1,732.3 | 1,619.7 | 1,659.6 | 36.8 | 39.9 | -112.6 | 2.5 | -6.5 |
| Employment | 1,555.4 | 1,322.8 | 1,464.0 | 35.3 | 141.2 | -232.6 | 10.7 | -15.0 |
| Full-time employment | 1,237.1 | 996.6 | 1,152.8 | 32.8 | 156.2 | -240.5 | 15.7 | -19.4 |
| Part-time employment | 318.2 | 326.2 | 311.1 | 22.8 | -15.1 | 8.0 | -4.6 | 2.5 |
| Unemployment | 176.9 | 296.9 | 195.6 | 20.3 | -101.3 | 120.0 | -34.1 | 67.8 |
| Participation rate | 86.3 | 83.3 | 84.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | -3.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.2 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 1.2 | -6.5 | 8.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 77.5 | 68.0 | 74.4 | 1.3 | 6.4 | -9.5 | ... | ... |
...
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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