Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| August 2023 |
August 2024 |
August 2025 |
Standard error1 | August 2024 to August 2025 | August 2023 to August 2024 | August 2024 to August 2025 | August 2023 to August 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,603.0 | 2,817.2 | 2,863.2 | 35.8 | 46.0 | 214.2 | 1.6 | 8.2 |
| Labour force | 1,623.9 | 1,651.6 | 1,698.5 | 37.8 | 46.9 | 27.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| Employment | 1,427.9 | 1,381.9 | 1,412.2 | 35.8 | 30.3 | -46.0 | 2.2 | -3.2 |
| Full-time employment | 622.2 | 569.1 | 638.0 | 23.7 | 68.9 | -53.1 | 12.1 | -8.5 |
| Part-time employment | 805.7 | 812.8 | 774.1 | 29.0 | -38.7 | 7.1 | -4.8 | 0.9 |
| Unemployment | 196.0 | 269.7 | 286.4 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 73.7 | 6.2 | 37.6 |
| Participation rate | 62.4 | 58.6 | 59.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | -3.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.1 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 54.9 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -5.8 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 821.6 | 849.7 | 860.6 | 6.0 | 10.9 | 28.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Labour force | 358.1 | 354.8 | 319.0 | 13.9 | -35.8 | -3.3 | -10.1 | -0.9 |
| Employment | 281.9 | 255.0 | 229.4 | 12.6 | -25.6 | -26.9 | -10.0 | -9.5 |
| Full-time employment | 68.1 | 64.4 | 61.8 | 4.8 | -2.6 | -3.7 | -4.0 | -5.4 |
| Part-time employment | 213.8 | 190.6 | 167.7 | 12.1 | -22.9 | -23.2 | -12.0 | -10.9 |
| Unemployment | 76.2 | 99.8 | 89.6 | 8.4 | -10.2 | 23.6 | -10.2 | 31.0 |
| Participation rate | 43.6 | 41.8 | 37.1 | 1.6 | -4.7 | -1.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 21.3 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 34.3 | 30.0 | 26.7 | 1.5 | -3.3 | -4.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 926.9 | 988.6 | 1,007.2 | 17.5 | 18.6 | 61.7 | 1.9 | 6.7 |
| Labour force | 634.4 | 618.1 | 659.6 | 19.6 | 41.5 | -16.3 | 6.7 | -2.6 |
| Employment | 559.9 | 516.1 | 544.8 | 19.1 | 28.7 | -43.8 | 5.6 | -7.8 |
| Full-time employment | 225.8 | 191.0 | 223.3 | 12.5 | 32.3 | -34.8 | 16.9 | -15.4 |
| Part-time employment | 334.1 | 325.0 | 321.5 | 16.7 | -3.5 | -9.1 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
| Unemployment | 74.5 | 102.1 | 114.8 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 27.6 | 12.4 | 37.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.4 | 62.5 | 65.5 | 1.7 | 3.0 | -5.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.7 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 4.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.4 | 52.2 | 54.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | -8.2 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 854.4 | 978.9 | 995.4 | 29.7 | 16.5 | 124.5 | 1.7 | 14.6 |
| Labour force | 631.4 | 678.7 | 719.9 | 26.9 | 41.2 | 47.3 | 6.1 | 7.5 |
| Employment | 586.2 | 610.8 | 637.9 | 25.7 | 27.1 | 24.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Full-time employment | 328.3 | 313.7 | 353.0 | 18.7 | 39.3 | -14.6 | 12.5 | -4.4 |
| Part-time employment | 257.9 | 297.1 | 284.9 | 19.5 | -12.2 | 39.2 | -4.1 | 15.2 |
| Unemployment | 45.3 | 67.9 | 82.0 | 9.2 | 14.1 | 22.6 | 20.8 | 49.9 |
| Participation rate | 73.9 | 69.3 | 72.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | -4.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.2 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.6 | 62.4 | 64.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | -6.2 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,013.3 | 2,129.9 | 2,154.3 | 35.7 | 24.4 | 116.6 | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Labour force | 1,719.4 | 1,817.0 | 1,819.2 | 35.2 | 2.2 | 97.6 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| Employment | 1,545.6 | 1,589.6 | 1,589.3 | 34.9 | -0.3 | 44.0 | -0.0 | 2.8 |
| Full-time employment | 1,227.2 | 1,212.9 | 1,176.9 | 32.5 | -36.0 | -14.3 | -3.0 | -1.2 |
| Part-time employment | 318.5 | 376.7 | 412.5 | 21.6 | 35.8 | 58.2 | 9.5 | 18.3 |
| Unemployment | 173.8 | 227.4 | 229.9 | 15.9 | 2.5 | 53.6 | 1.1 | 30.8 |
| Participation rate | 85.4 | 85.3 | 84.4 | 0.9 | -0.9 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.1 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 76.8 | 74.6 | 73.8 | 1.0 | -0.9 | -2.1 | ... | ... |
...
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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