Table 14 
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by province, unadjusted for seasonality 

Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by province, unadjusted for seasonality
  Population Labour force Employment  Full-time employment Part-time employment Unemployment Participation
rate
Unemployment rate Employment
rate
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousandsthousandsthousands %%%
Students1                  
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
August 2024 33.3 21.7 18.9 10.7 8.2 2.9 65.2 13.4 56.8
August 2025 30.1 19.5 17.6 9.2 8.4 1.9 64.8 9.7 58.5
Prince Edward Island                  
August 2024 14.1 10.4 9.7 5.6 4.1 0.8 73.8 7.7 68.8
August 2025 11.6 8.9 8.2 5.7 2.4 0.7 76.7 7.9 70.7
Nova Scotia                  
August 2024 63.9 38.3 33.1 19.9 13.3 5.1 59.9 13.3 51.8
August 2025 62.6 42.0 36.5 20.3 16.2 5.5 67.1 13.1 58.3
New Brunswick                  
August 2024 46.2 29.2 26.4 13.7 12.7 2.8 63.2 9.6 57.1
August 2025 50.7 33.9 27.5 17.1 10.4 6.3 66.9 18.6 54.2
Quebec                  
August 2024 615.7 401.6 359.5 131.9 227.6 42.1 65.2 10.5 58.4
August 2025 630.4 430.9 376.0 138.8 237.3 54.8 68.4 12.7 59.6
Ontario                  
August 2024 1,213.2 676.2 544.8 218.7 326.1 131.4 55.7 19.4 44.9
August 2025 1,194.3 679.4 548.6 256.4 292.1 130.8 56.9 19.3 45.9
Manitoba                  
August 2024 89.2 55.6 46.2 20.3 25.9 9.4 62.3 16.9 51.8
August 2025 93.2 54.6 46.0 20.8 25.2 8.5 58.6 15.6 49.4
Saskatchewan                  
August 2024 74.6 43.3 38.3 18.5 19.8 5.0 58.0 11.5 51.3
August 2025 78.4 45.9 40.3 19.4 20.9 5.5 58.5 12.0 51.4
Alberta                  
August 2024 325.1 185.8 150.9 74.2 76.7 34.9 57.2 18.8 46.4
August 2025 341.3 192.9 152.3 85.4 66.9 40.6 56.5 21.0 44.6
British Columbia                  
August 2024 342.0 189.5 154.1 55.7 98.4 35.4 55.4 18.7 45.1
August 2025 370.6 190.6 159.1 64.8 94.3 31.5 51.4 16.5 42.9
Other persons2                  
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
August 2024 24.3 19.7 17.5 15.1 2.4 2.3 81.1 11.7 72.0
August 2025 27.5 22.3 19.5 14.3 5.2 2.9 81.1 13.0 70.9
Prince Edward Island                  
August 2024 10.4 9.2 8.5 7.2 x 0.7 88.5 7.6 81.7
August 2025 12.5 11.4 10.2 9.3 x 1.2 91.2 10.5 81.6
Nova Scotia                  
August 2024 55.2 48.7 41.3 33.8 7.4 7.4 88.2 15.2 74.8
August 2025 54.5 46.5 39.4 31.5 8.0 7.1 85.3 15.3 72.3
New Brunswick                  
August 2024 46.2 38.7 36.0 30.1 5.9 x 83.8 x 77.9
August 2025 42.1 36.4 32.5 26.1 6.3 4.0 86.5 11.0 77.2
Quebec                  
August 2024 370.9 330.6 294.6 243.9 50.7 36.0 89.1 10.9 79.4
August 2025 380.8 340.3 308.9 244.0 64.8 31.4 89.4 9.2 81.1
Ontario                  
August 2024 855.2 722.9 610.1 443.8 166.3 112.7 84.5 15.6 71.3
August 2025 885.6 731.6 621.2 428.8 192.4 110.3 82.6 15.1 70.1
Manitoba                  
August 2024 100.8 88.4 81.3 63.9 17.4 7.1 87.7 8.0 80.7
August 2025 96.3 85.1 75.9 61.2 14.6 9.1 88.4 10.7 78.8
Saskatchewan                  
August 2024 72.1 63.5 56.3 47.6 8.7 7.3 88.1 11.5 78.1
August 2025 72.6 60.8 55.6 47.3 8.3 5.3 83.7 8.7 76.6
Alberta                  
August 2024 271.0 231.4 208.8 161.4 47.4 22.6 85.4 9.8 77.0
August 2025 278.6 239.0 208.4 162.1 46.3 30.6 85.8 12.8 74.8
British Columbia                  
August 2024 323.9 263.9 235.2 166.1 69.1 28.6 81.5 10.8 72.6
August 2025 303.9 245.9 217.7 152.2 65.4 28.2 80.9 11.5 71.6
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