Infographic 2
Unemployment rate trending up across all major age groups

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Unemployment rate trending up across all major age groups"

The infographic contains 4 charts.

The title of the first chart is "Total (15 years and older)"

This is a line chart.

The vertical axis shows the percent, from 4% to 8%, by increments of 2.

The horizontal axis shows the months January 2022, January 2023, January 2024, and June 2024.

There is one line in this chart to show the unemployment rate and a line to show the 2017 to 2019 average.

The unemployment rate is 6.5% for January 2022, 5.0% for January 2023, 5.7% for January 2024 and 6.4% for June 2024.

The 2017 to 2019 average is 6.0%.

The title of the second chart is "Youth (15 to 24 years old)"

This is a line chart.

The vertical axis shows the percent, from 8% to 14%, by increments of 2.

The horizontal axis shows the months January 2022, January 2023, January 2024, and June 2024.

There is one line in this chart to show the unemployment rate and a line to show the 2017 to 2019 average.

The unemployment rate is 12.5% for January 2022, 9.7% for January 2023, 10.8% for January 2024 and 13.5% for June 2024.

The 2017 to 2019 average is 10.9%.

The title of the third chart is "Core-age (25 to 54 years old)"

This is a line chart.

The vertical axis shows the percent, from 3% to 7%, by increments of 2.

The horizontal axis shows the months January 2022, January 2023, January 2024, and June 2024.

There is one line in this chart to show the unemployment rate and a line to show the 2017 to 2019 average.

The unemployment rate is 5.2% for January 2022, 4.2% for January 2023, 5.1% for January 2024 and 5.3% for June 2024.

The 2017 to 2019 average is 5.1%.

The title of the fourth chart is "People 55 years and older"

This is a line chart.

The vertical axis shows the percent, from 3% to 7%, by increments of 2.

The horizontal axis shows the months January 2022, January 2023, January 2024, and June 2024.

There is one line in this chart to show the unemployment rate and a line to show the 2017 to 2019 average.

The unemployment rate is 6.4% for January 2022, 4.4% for January 2023, 4.2% for January 2024 and 4.9% for June 2024.

The 2017 to 2019 average is 5.4%.

Source(s): Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.