Table 10 
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  January
2026
February
2026
Standard error1 January to February 2026 February 2025 to February 2026 January to February 2026 February 2025 to February 2026
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Yukon              
Population 37.5 37.6 ... 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.9
Labour force 27.9 28.0 0.2 0.1 -0.5 0.4 -1.8
Employment 26.9 26.9 0.2 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -1.5
Unemployment 1.0 1.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 10.0 -8.3
Participation rate 74.4 74.5 0.5 0.1 -2.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.6 3.9 0.4 0.3 -0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 71.7 71.5 0.6 -0.2 -2.5 ... ...
Northwest Territories              
Population 35.3 35.3 ... 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.7
Labour force 23.8 24.4 0.3 0.6 -0.1 2.5 -0.4
Employment 22.6 23.1 0.3 0.5 -0.3 2.2 -1.3
Unemployment 1.2 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 8.3 30.0
Participation rate 67.4 69.1 0.8 1.7 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.3 0.6 0.3 1.2 ... ...
Employment rate 64.0 65.4 0.7 1.4 -2.0 ... ...
Nunavut              
Population 27.2 27.2 ... 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.9
Labour force 16.7 16.4 0.2 -0.3 0.9 -1.8 5.8
Employment 14.4 14.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 2.1
Unemployment 2.3 1.8 0.1 -0.5 0.6 -21.7 50.0
Participation rate 61.5 60.2 0.7 -1.3 2.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.8 10.8 0.8 -3.0 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 53.1 53.7 0.8 0.6 0.1 ... ...
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