Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2020 |
August 2021 |
August 2022 |
Standard error1 | August 2021 to August 2022 | August 2020 to August 2021 | August 2021 to August 2022 | August 2020 to August 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,532.9 | 2,481.0 | 2,551.4 | 37.2 | 70.4 | -51.9 | 2.8 | -2.0 |
| Labour force | 1,626.5 | 1,563.6 | 1,571.7 | 38.8 | 8.1 | -62.9 | 0.5 | -3.9 |
| Employment | 1,203.5 | 1,390.7 | 1,419.2 | 36.6 | 28.5 | 187.2 | 2.0 | 15.6 |
| Full-time employment | 530.9 | 580.2 | 645.6 | 25.6 | 65.4 | 49.3 | 11.3 | 9.3 |
| Part-time employment | 672.6 | 810.5 | 773.6 | 30.6 | -36.9 | 137.9 | -4.6 | 20.5 |
| Unemployment | 423.0 | 173.0 | 152.5 | 20.6 | -20.5 | -250.0 | -11.8 | -59.1 |
| Participation rate | 64.2 | 63.0 | 61.6 | 1.1 | -1.4 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 26.0 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 1.3 | -1.4 | -14.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 47.5 | 56.1 | 55.6 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 8.6 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 748.7 | 770.5 | 775.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Labour force | 307.3 | 327.9 | 340.8 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 20.6 | 3.9 | 6.7 |
| Employment | 217.6 | 274.4 | 283.0 | 13.7 | 8.6 | 56.8 | 3.1 | 26.1 |
| Full-time employment | 63.9 | 61.9 | 90.2 | 5.2 | 28.3 | -2.0 | 45.7 | -3.1 |
| Part-time employment | 153.8 | 212.6 | 192.8 | 12.9 | -19.8 | 58.8 | -9.3 | 38.2 |
| Unemployment | 89.7 | 53.4 | 57.8 | 8.8 | 4.4 | -36.3 | 8.2 | -40.5 |
| Participation rate | 41.0 | 42.6 | 43.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 29.2 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | -12.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 29.1 | 35.6 | 36.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 6.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 899.3 | 907.5 | 927.1 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
| Labour force | 643.9 | 634.2 | 621.5 | 20.0 | -12.7 | -9.7 | -2.0 | -1.5 |
| Employment | 480.7 | 575.2 | 562.1 | 19.7 | -13.1 | 94.5 | -2.3 | 19.7 |
| Full-time employment | 193.5 | 212.0 | 218.6 | 12.9 | 6.6 | 18.5 | 3.1 | 9.6 |
| Part-time employment | 287.2 | 363.3 | 343.5 | 18.3 | -19.8 | 76.1 | -5.5 | 26.5 |
| Unemployment | 163.2 | 58.9 | 59.4 | 11.8 | 0.5 | -104.3 | 0.8 | -63.9 |
| Participation rate | 71.6 | 69.9 | 67.0 | 1.8 | -2.9 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 25.3 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 0.3 | -16.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 53.5 | 63.4 | 60.6 | 2.0 | -2.8 | 9.9 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 885.0 | 802.9 | 848.4 | 31.0 | 45.5 | -82.1 | 5.7 | -9.3 |
| Labour force | 675.2 | 601.6 | 609.5 | 28.4 | 7.9 | -73.6 | 1.3 | -10.9 |
| Employment | 505.1 | 541.0 | 574.2 | 26.5 | 33.2 | 35.9 | 6.1 | 7.1 |
| Full-time employment | 273.4 | 306.4 | 336.9 | 20.7 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 10.0 | 12.1 |
| Part-time employment | 231.7 | 234.6 | 237.3 | 20.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Unemployment | 170.1 | 60.6 | 35.3 | 13.5 | -25.3 | -109.5 | -41.7 | -64.4 |
| Participation rate | 76.3 | 74.9 | 71.8 | 2.1 | -3.1 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 25.2 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 2.0 | -4.3 | -15.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 57.1 | 67.4 | 67.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 10.3 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,945.0 | 1,966.8 | 1,927.8 | 37.2 | -39.0 | 21.8 | -2.0 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 1,619.7 | 1,659.6 | 1,638.6 | 36.9 | -21.0 | 39.9 | -1.3 | 2.5 |
| Employment | 1,322.8 | 1,464.0 | 1,476.6 | 35.4 | 12.6 | 141.2 | 0.9 | 10.7 |
| Full-time employment | 996.6 | 1,152.8 | 1,147.0 | 33.2 | -5.8 | 156.2 | -0.5 | 15.7 |
| Part-time employment | 326.2 | 311.1 | 329.5 | 23.2 | 18.4 | -15.1 | 5.9 | -4.6 |
| Unemployment | 296.9 | 195.6 | 162.1 | 18.5 | -33.5 | -101.3 | -17.1 | -34.1 |
| Participation rate | 83.3 | 84.4 | 85.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 18.3 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 1.1 | -1.9 | -6.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.0 | 74.4 | 76.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 6.4 | ... | ... |
...
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.
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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