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

Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  February
2026
March
2026
Standard error1 February to March 2026 March 2025 to March 2026 February to March 2026 March 2025 to March 2026
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Yukon              
Population 37.6 37.7 ... 0.1 0.8 0.3 2.2
Labour force 28.0 28.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.4
Employment 26.9 27.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.7
Unemployment 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -8.3
Participation rate 74.5 75.1 0.5 0.6 -1.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.9 0.4 0.0 -0.4 ... ...
Employment rate 71.5 72.1 0.6 0.6 -1.1 ... ...
Northwest Territories              
Population 35.3 35.4 ... 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.7
Labour force 24.4 24.5 0.3 0.1 -0.3 0.4 -1.2
Employment 23.1 23.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.9 -0.4 -3.8
Unemployment 1.3 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 15.4 66.7
Participation rate 69.1 69.2 0.8 0.1 -2.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 6.1 0.6 0.8 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 65.4 65.0 0.7 -0.4 -3.7 ... ...
Nunavut              
Population 27.2 27.3 ... 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.9
Labour force 16.4 16.8 0.2 0.4 1.3 2.4 8.4
Employment 14.6 14.8 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.4 3.5
Unemployment 1.8 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 11.1 81.8
Participation rate 60.2 61.7 0.7 1.5 4.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 12.1 0.8 1.3 4.8 ... ...
Employment rate 53.7 54.2 0.8 0.5 0.6 ... ...
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