Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| May 2022 |
May 2023 |
May 2024 |
Standard error1 | May 2023 to May 2024 | May 2022 to May 2023 | May 2023 to May 2024 | May 2022 to May 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,444.0 | 2,480.4 | 2,666.8 | 34.3 | 186.4 | 36.4 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 1,381.3 | 1,372.0 | 1,430.2 | 37.1 | 58.2 | -9.3 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Employment | 1,223.4 | 1,168.8 | 1,186.4 | 35.9 | 17.6 | -54.6 | 1.5 | -4.5 |
| Full-time employment | 323.8 | 261.1 | 276.0 | 24.1 | 14.9 | -62.7 | 5.7 | -19.4 |
| Part-time employment | 899.6 | 907.6 | 910.3 | 28.6 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Unemployment | 157.9 | 203.2 | 243.8 | 14.2 | 40.6 | 45.3 | 20.0 | 28.7 |
| Participation rate | 56.5 | 55.3 | 53.6 | 1.1 | -1.7 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.4 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 50.1 | 47.1 | 44.5 | 1.1 | -2.6 | -3.0 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 767.3 | 799.2 | 828.3 | 5.9 | 29.1 | 31.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Labour force | 272.5 | 289.6 | 255.7 | 14.5 | -33.9 | 17.1 | -11.7 | 6.3 |
| Employment | 228.8 | 223.6 | 197.0 | 13.8 | -26.6 | -5.2 | -11.9 | -2.3 |
| Full-time employment | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 5.2 | -2.3 | -0.4 | -51.1 | -8.2 |
| Part-time employment | 223.9 | 219.1 | 194.8 | 13.1 | -24.3 | -4.8 | -11.1 | -2.1 |
| Unemployment | 43.7 | 66.0 | 58.6 | 7.4 | -7.4 | 22.3 | -11.2 | 51.0 |
| Participation rate | 35.5 | 36.2 | 30.9 | 1.8 | -5.3 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 16.0 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 6.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 29.8 | 28.0 | 23.8 | 1.7 | -4.2 | -1.8 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 863.6 | 913.1 | 949.8 | 17.0 | 36.7 | 49.5 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| Labour force | 509.8 | 529.0 | 552.6 | 19.1 | 23.6 | 19.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Employment | 455.0 | 454.5 | 447.6 | 18.7 | -6.9 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -0.1 |
| Full-time employment | 72.9 | 62.4 | 70.2 | 12.4 | 7.8 | -10.5 | 12.5 | -14.4 |
| Part-time employment | 382.1 | 392.1 | 377.3 | 17.0 | -14.8 | 10.0 | -3.8 | 2.6 |
| Unemployment | 54.8 | 74.5 | 105.1 | 8.3 | 30.6 | 19.7 | 41.1 | 35.9 |
| Participation rate | 59.0 | 57.9 | 58.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.7 | 14.1 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 3.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 52.7 | 49.8 | 47.1 | 1.7 | -2.7 | -2.9 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 813.1 | 768.2 | 888.7 | 28.7 | 120.5 | -44.9 | 15.7 | -5.5 |
| Labour force | 599.0 | 553.3 | 621.9 | 26.1 | 68.6 | -45.7 | 12.4 | -7.6 |
| Employment | 539.6 | 490.6 | 541.8 | 25.3 | 51.2 | -49.0 | 10.4 | -9.1 |
| Full-time employment | 246.0 | 194.2 | 203.6 | 19.3 | 9.4 | -51.8 | 4.8 | -21.1 |
| Part-time employment | 293.6 | 296.4 | 338.2 | 18.5 | 41.8 | 2.8 | 14.1 | 1.0 |
| Unemployment | 59.4 | 62.7 | 80.1 | 8.4 | 17.4 | 3.3 | 27.8 | 5.6 |
| Participation rate | 73.7 | 72.0 | 70.0 | 1.7 | -2.0 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.9 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 66.4 | 63.9 | 61.0 | 1.9 | -2.9 | -2.5 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,022.8 | 2,113.0 | 2,254.0 | 34.3 | 141.0 | 90.2 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| Labour force | 1,706.8 | 1,756.7 | 1,841.3 | 33.8 | 84.6 | 49.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 |
| Employment | 1,548.3 | 1,591.2 | 1,627.1 | 33.1 | 35.9 | 42.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Full-time employment | 1,168.5 | 1,171.0 | 1,169.7 | 31.3 | -1.3 | 2.5 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
| Part-time employment | 379.7 | 420.3 | 457.4 | 20.4 | 37.1 | 40.6 | 8.8 | 10.7 |
| Unemployment | 158.6 | 165.4 | 214.2 | 14.0 | 48.8 | 6.8 | 29.5 | 4.3 |
| Participation rate | 84.4 | 83.1 | 81.7 | 0.9 | -1.4 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.3 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 76.5 | 75.3 | 72.2 | 1.0 | -3.1 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
...
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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