Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2021 |
August 2022 |
August 2023 |
Standard error1 | August 2022 to August 2023 | August 2021 to August 2022 | August 2022 to August 2023 | August 2021 to August 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,470.2 | 2,554.9 | 2,627.0 | 35.4 | 72.1 | 84.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| Labour force | 1,558.5 | 1,577.1 | 1,636.6 | 37.4 | 59.5 | 18.6 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Employment | 1,381.3 | 1,433.1 | 1,437.0 | 36.0 | 3.9 | 51.8 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Full-time employment | 572.7 | 639.0 | 625.9 | 24.1 | -13.1 | 66.3 | -2.1 | 11.6 |
| Part-time employment | 808.6 | 794.2 | 811.1 | 29.4 | 16.9 | -14.4 | 2.1 | -1.8 |
| Unemployment | 177.2 | 143.9 | 199.6 | 15.5 | 55.7 | -33.3 | 38.7 | -18.8 |
| Participation rate | 63.1 | 61.7 | 62.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.4 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 | -2.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 55.9 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 1.1 | -1.4 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 769.6 | 771.1 | 813.7 | 5.6 | 42.6 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Labour force | 328.5 | 341.3 | 352.0 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Employment | 273.0 | 287.8 | 275.7 | 13.8 | -12.1 | 14.8 | -4.2 | 5.4 |
| Full-time employment | 57.2 | 88.7 | 66.3 | 5.4 | -22.4 | 31.5 | -25.3 | 55.1 |
| Part-time employment | 215.8 | 199.2 | 209.5 | 13.3 | 10.3 | -16.6 | 5.2 | -7.7 |
| Unemployment | 55.5 | 53.4 | 76.2 | 7.7 | 22.8 | -2.1 | 42.7 | -3.8 |
| Participation rate | 42.7 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 1.9 | -1.0 | 1.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 16.9 | 15.6 | 21.6 | 2.3 | 6.0 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 35.5 | 37.3 | 33.9 | 1.8 | -3.4 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 898.7 | 928.6 | 941.9 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 29.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| Labour force | 637.2 | 617.0 | 642.4 | 19.0 | 25.4 | -20.2 | 4.1 | -3.2 |
| Employment | 573.0 | 560.0 | 566.3 | 19.0 | 6.3 | -13.0 | 1.1 | -2.3 |
| Full-time employment | 211.8 | 218.2 | 227.2 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| Part-time employment | 361.3 | 341.7 | 339.0 | 17.5 | -2.7 | -19.6 | -0.8 | -5.4 |
| Unemployment | 64.2 | 57.1 | 76.1 | 9.0 | 19.0 | -7.1 | 33.3 | -11.1 |
| Participation rate | 70.9 | 66.4 | 68.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | -4.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.1 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.8 | 60.3 | 60.1 | 1.8 | -0.2 | -3.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 801.8 | 855.2 | 871.5 | 29.4 | 16.3 | 53.4 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
| Labour force | 592.8 | 618.8 | 642.3 | 26.7 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Employment | 535.2 | 585.3 | 595.0 | 25.6 | 9.7 | 50.1 | 1.7 | 9.4 |
| Full-time employment | 303.7 | 332.0 | 332.4 | 19.5 | 0.4 | 28.3 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| Part-time employment | 231.5 | 253.3 | 262.6 | 19.2 | 9.3 | 21.8 | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| Unemployment | 57.6 | 33.5 | 47.3 | 9.6 | 13.8 | -24.1 | 41.2 | -41.8 |
| Participation rate | 73.9 | 72.4 | 73.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | -4.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 66.7 | 68.4 | 68.3 | 2.0 | -0.1 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,977.6 | 1,924.2 | 2,037.0 | 35.4 | 112.8 | -53.4 | 5.9 | -2.7 |
| Labour force | 1,672.9 | 1,646.9 | 1,738.6 | 34.4 | 91.7 | -26.0 | 5.6 | -1.6 |
| Employment | 1,477.7 | 1,490.4 | 1,561.5 | 33.6 | 71.1 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Full-time employment | 1,156.2 | 1,167.2 | 1,238.1 | 32.3 | 70.9 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Part-time employment | 321.4 | 323.1 | 323.4 | 21.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Unemployment | 195.3 | 156.6 | 177.1 | 14.6 | 20.5 | -38.7 | 13.1 | -19.8 |
| Participation rate | 84.6 | 85.6 | 85.4 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -2.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 74.7 | 77.5 | 76.7 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 2.7 | ... | ... |
...
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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