Chart 3
Unemployment rate for returning students, month of June, 1977 to 2025

unemployment rate (%) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 years who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of June and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.

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This is a column clustered chart.

Unemployment rate for returning students, month of June, 1977 to 2025
  unemployment rate (%)
1977 13.7
1978 15.2
1979 14.3
1980 16.3
1981 14.8
1982 18.4
1983 19.9
1984 15.1
1985 16.0
1986 14.5
1987 12.9
1988 9.3
1989 9.2
1990 10.2
1991 13.9
1992 18.9
1993 18.9
1994 15.0
1995 15.1
1996 16.7
1997 21.5
1998 18.1
1999 15.3
2000 13.2
2001 13.6
2002 14.8
2003 14.4
2004 14.3
2005 14.5
2006 11.4
2007 11.7
2008 12.3
2009 17.4
2010 15.5
2011 15.3
2012 17.0
2013 15.3
2014 15.8
2015 15.0
2016 13.5
2017 13.7
2018 13.5
2019 12.0
2020 33.1
2021 15.9
2022 10.2
2023 11.9
2024 15.8
2025 17.4
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 years who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of June and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.
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