Table 14
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by province, unadjusted for seasonality
Population | Labour force | Employment | Full-time employment | Part-time employment | Unemployment | Participation rate |
Unemployment rate | Employment rate |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
Students1 | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||||
May 2021 | 27.0 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 44.4 | 20.0 | 35.6 |
May 2022 | 29.9 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 58.2 | 15.5 | 49.2 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||||
May 2021 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 58.6 | 24.6 | 44.1 |
May 2022 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 62.6 | 13.0 | 54.5 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||||
May 2021 | 53.9 | 27.2 | 21.0 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 6.2 | 50.5 | 22.8 | 39.0 |
May 2022 | 55.7 | 31.6 | 26.6 | 7.6 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 56.7 | 15.8 | 47.8 |
New Brunswick | |||||||||
May 2021 | 38.8 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 5.9 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 63.7 | 13.4 | 54.9 |
May 2022 | 38.8 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 1.5 | 55.7 | 6.9 | 51.8 |
Quebec | |||||||||
May 2021 | 538.4 | 298.5 | 254.4 | 40.3 | 214.1 | 44.1 | 55.4 | 14.8 | 47.3 |
May 2022 | 551.6 | 333.5 | 310.6 | 70.2 | 240.4 | 23.0 | 60.5 | 6.9 | 56.3 |
Ontario | |||||||||
May 2021 | 1,051.5 | 515.5 | 372.1 | 108.4 | 263.7 | 143.4 | 49.0 | 27.8 | 35.4 |
May 2022 | 1,003.5 | 548.7 | 469.1 | 133.6 | 335.5 | 79.6 | 54.7 | 14.5 | 46.7 |
Manitoba | |||||||||
May 2021 | 82.3 | 47.0 | 37.2 | 12.5 | 24.7 | 9.8 | 57.1 | 20.9 | 45.2 |
May 2022 | 82.1 | 49.1 | 44.4 | 8.6 | 35.7 | 4.8 | 59.8 | 9.8 | 54.1 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||||
May 2021 | 72.5 | 41.5 | 35.0 | 9.7 | 25.2 | 6.5 | 57.2 | 15.7 | 48.3 |
May 2022 | 70.7 | 40.4 | 37.0 | 11.3 | 25.7 | 3.4 | 57.1 | 8.4 | 52.3 |
Alberta | |||||||||
May 2021 | 258.9 | 122.8 | 88.5 | 26.1 | 62.3 | 34.4 | 47.4 | 28.0 | 34.2 |
May 2022 | 294.1 | 169.0 | 144.6 | 49.0 | 95.7 | 24.4 | 57.5 | 14.4 | 49.2 |
British Columbia | |||||||||
May 2021 | 299.4 | 155.9 | 118.0 | 18.9 | 99.1 | 37.9 | 52.1 | 24.3 | 39.4 |
May 2022 | 306.2 | 156.2 | 144.4 | 34.5 | 109.9 | 11.8 | 51.0 | 7.6 | 47.2 |
Other persons2 | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||||
May 2021 | 27.9 | 22.5 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 5.2 | x | 80.6 | x | 66.7 |
May 2022 | 25.1 | 19.1 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 76.1 | 15.2 | 64.5 |
Prince Edward Island | |||||||||
May 2021 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 89.6 | 12.8 | 79.2 |
May 2022 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.4 | x | x | 93.8 | x | 83.3 |
Nova Scotia | |||||||||
May 2021 | 54.9 | 45.0 | 38.1 | 30.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 82.0 | 15.1 | 69.4 |
May 2022 | 54.2 | 46.9 | 42.2 | 34.3 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 86.5 | 10.0 | 77.9 |
New Brunswick | |||||||||
May 2021 | 43.2 | 36.6 | 31.8 | 25.7 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 84.7 | 13.1 | 73.6 |
May 2022 | 44.9 | 36.6 | 32.0 | 26.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 81.5 | 12.0 | 71.3 |
Quebec | |||||||||
May 2021 | 368.2 | 323.6 | 297.6 | 232.3 | 65.3 | 26.0 | 87.9 | 8.0 | 80.8 |
May 2022 | 354.4 | 303.5 | 280.0 | 214.7 | 65.3 | 23.5 | 85.6 | 7.7 | 79.0 |
Ontario | |||||||||
May 2021 | 807.2 | 631.6 | 507.8 | 375.9 | 131.9 | 123.8 | 78.2 | 19.6 | 62.9 |
May 2022 | 850.2 | 691.3 | 617.9 | 456.2 | 161.7 | 73.4 | 81.3 | 10.6 | 72.7 |
Manitoba | |||||||||
May 2021 | 85.3 | 70.4 | 65.0 | 49.7 | 15.3 | 5.4 | 82.5 | 7.7 | 76.2 |
May 2022 | 85.5 | 70.6 | 62.2 | 45.6 | 16.6 | 8.5 | 82.6 | 12.0 | 72.7 |
Saskatchewan | |||||||||
May 2021 | 62.0 | 50.6 | 45.0 | 32.0 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 81.6 | 11.1 | 72.6 |
May 2022 | 64.5 | 55.1 | 47.6 | 34.1 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 85.4 | 13.4 | 73.8 |
Alberta | |||||||||
May 2021 | 263.9 | 214.9 | 186.0 | 137.2 | 48.8 | 28.9 | 81.4 | 13.4 | 70.5 |
May 2022 | 237.7 | 201.4 | 185.1 | 141.8 | 43.2 | x | 84.7 | x | 77.9 |
British Columbia | |||||||||
May 2021 | 300.4 | 243.0 | 216.8 | 167.7 | 49.3 | 26.2 | 80.9 | 10.8 | 72.2 |
May 2022 | 295.4 | 250.9 | 230.2 | 158.0 | 72.2 | 20.8 | 84.9 | 8.3 | 77.9 |
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0286-03.
Table note 1
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 2
Other persons are all other youths aged 15 to 24 who are not included in the student population.
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