Table 10 
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  March
2023
April
2023
Standard error1 March to April 2023 April 2022 to April 2023 March to April 2023 April 2022 to April 2023
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Yukon              
Population 33.6 33.8 ... 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.5
Labour force 23.8 24.5 0.3 0.7 -0.3 2.9 -1.2
Employment 23.1 23.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 2.2 0.9
Unemployment 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.2 -0.6 28.6 -40.0
Participation rate 70.8 72.5 0.9 1.7 -2.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 2.9 3.7 0.8 0.8 -2.3 ... ...
Employment rate 68.8 69.8 1.0 1.0 -0.5 ... ...
Northwest Territories              
Population 34.0 34.1 ... 0.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.3
Labour force 25.3 25.7 0.4 0.4 -1.4 1.6 -5.2
Employment 24.0 24.3 0.4 0.3 -1.3 1.3 -5.1
Unemployment 1.3 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 15.4 0.0
Participation rate 74.4 75.4 1.1 1.0 -3.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 70.6 71.3 1.2 0.7 -3.6 ... ...
Nunavut              
Population 26.0 26.0 ... 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0
Labour force 15.9 16.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.1 1.9
Employment 14.0 14.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.1 0.7
Unemployment 1.9 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 10.5 10.5
Participation rate 61.1 62.9 1.3 1.8 -0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.1 12.9 1.4 0.8 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 53.7 54.8 1.4 1.1 -0.9 ... ...
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