Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2022 |
August 2023 |
August 2024 |
Standard error1 | August 2023 to August 2024 | August 2022 to August 2023 | August 2023 to August 2024 | August 2022 to August 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 | 2,554.9 | 2,627.0 | 2,856.7 | 34.9 | 229.7 | 72.1 | 8.7 | 2.8 |
| Labour force | 1,577.1 | 1,636.6 | 1,675.1 | 36.9 | 38.5 | 59.5 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| Employment | 1,433.1 | 1,437.0 | 1,399.4 | 35.8 | -37.6 | 3.9 | -2.6 | 0.3 |
| Full-time employment | 639.0 | 625.9 | 576.4 | 24.1 | -49.5 | -13.1 | -7.9 | -2.1 |
| Part-time employment | 794.2 | 811.1 | 823.0 | 29.1 | 11.9 | 16.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Unemployment | 143.9 | 199.6 | 275.7 | 14.7 | 76.1 | 55.7 | 38.1 | 38.7 |
| Participation rate | 61.7 | 62.3 | 58.6 | 1.0 | -3.7 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.1 | 12.2 | 16.5 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 56.1 | 54.7 | 49.0 | 1.1 | -5.7 | -1.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 771.1 | 813.7 | 840.4 | 6.0 | 26.7 | 42.6 | 3.3 | 5.5 |
| Labour force | 341.3 | 352.0 | 350.0 | 14.4 | -2.0 | 10.7 | -0.6 | 3.1 |
| Employment | 287.8 | 275.7 | 250.4 | 13.4 | -25.3 | -12.1 | -9.2 | -4.2 |
| Full-time employment | 88.7 | 66.3 | 62.7 | 5.1 | -3.6 | -22.4 | -5.4 | -25.3 |
| Part-time employment | 199.2 | 209.5 | 187.8 | 12.7 | -21.7 | 10.3 | -10.4 | 5.2 |
| Unemployment | 53.4 | 76.2 | 99.6 | 7.8 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 30.7 | 42.7 |
| Participation rate | 44.3 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 1.8 | -1.7 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 15.6 | 21.6 | 28.5 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 6.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 37.3 | 33.9 | 29.8 | 1.7 | -4.1 | -3.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 928.6 | 941.9 | 1,017.2 | 17.5 | 75.3 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 617.0 | 642.4 | 635.0 | 19.5 | -7.4 | 25.4 | -1.2 | 4.1 |
| Employment | 560.0 | 566.3 | 529.1 | 19.3 | -37.2 | 6.3 | -6.6 | 1.1 |
| Full-time employment | 218.2 | 227.2 | 196.6 | 12.6 | -30.6 | 9.0 | -13.5 | 4.1 |
| Part-time employment | 341.7 | 339.0 | 332.5 | 17.6 | -6.5 | -2.7 | -1.9 | -0.8 |
| Unemployment | 57.1 | 76.1 | 105.9 | 8.9 | 29.8 | 19.0 | 39.2 | 33.3 |
| Participation rate | 66.4 | 68.2 | 62.4 | 1.7 | -5.8 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.3 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 2.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.3 | 60.1 | 52.0 | 1.8 | -8.1 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 855.2 | 871.5 | 999.1 | 29.0 | 127.6 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 618.8 | 642.3 | 690.1 | 26.4 | 47.8 | 23.5 | 7.4 | 3.8 |
| Employment | 585.3 | 595.0 | 619.9 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| Full-time employment | 332.0 | 332.4 | 317.2 | 18.9 | -15.2 | 0.4 | -4.6 | 0.1 |
| Part-time employment | 253.3 | 262.6 | 302.7 | 19.0 | 40.1 | 9.3 | 15.3 | 3.7 |
| Unemployment | 33.5 | 47.3 | 70.2 | 8.5 | 22.9 | 13.8 | 48.4 | 41.2 |
| Participation rate | 72.4 | 73.7 | 69.1 | 1.8 | -4.6 | 1.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.4 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.4 | 68.3 | 62.0 | 1.9 | -6.3 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,924.2 | 2,037.0 | 2,160.9 | 34.9 | 123.9 | 112.8 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Labour force | 1,646.9 | 1,738.6 | 1,840.9 | 34.9 | 102.3 | 91.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| Employment | 1,490.4 | 1,561.5 | 1,607.9 | 34.1 | 46.4 | 71.1 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Full-time employment | 1,167.2 | 1,238.1 | 1,226.3 | 32.7 | -11.8 | 70.9 | -1.0 | 6.1 |
| Part-time employment | 323.1 | 323.4 | 381.6 | 21.8 | 58.2 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Unemployment | 156.6 | 177.1 | 233.0 | 15.1 | 55.9 | 20.5 | 31.6 | 13.1 |
| Participation rate | 85.6 | 85.4 | 85.2 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.5 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 77.5 | 76.7 | 74.4 | 1.0 | -2.2 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
...
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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