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Unemployment rate trending up in recent years for returning students during the summer months

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% 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 an average for the months of May to August and are not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.

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Unemployment rate trending up in recent years for returning students during the summer months
  %
1977 12.8
1978 13.5
1979 11.6
1980 12.8
1981 11.7
1982 17.0
1983 17.6
1984 14.7
1985 13.9
1986 12.8
1987 11.7
1988 10.0
1989 9.2
1990 10.4
1991 14.3
1992 17.6
1993 18.0
1994 15.6
1995 15.5
1996 16.3
1997 19.4
1998 16.8
1999 16.2
2000 14.4
2001 14.2
2002 15.5
2003 15.3
2004 15.9
2005 15.2
2006 13.6
2007 12.6
2008 13.1
2009 18.0
2010 16.5
2011 16.7
2012 17.4
2013 16.4
2014 15.9
2015 15.8
2016 14.7
2017 13.5
2018 12.8
2019 12.7
2020 31.1
2021 15.9
2022 10.4
2023 12.7
2024 16.5
2025 17.9
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 an average for the months of May to August and are not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.
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