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

Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  March
2026
April
2026
Standard error1 March to April 2026 April 2025 to April 2026 March to April 2026 April 2025 to April 2026
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Yukon              
Population 37.7 37.9 ... 0.2 0.9 0.5 2.4
Labour force 28.3 28.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.1
Employment 27.2 27.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7 -0.4
Unemployment 1.1 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.4 36.4 36.4
Participation rate 75.1 75.2 0.5 0.1 -1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 5.3 0.4 1.4 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 72.1 71.2 0.6 -0.9 -2.0 ... ...
Northwest Territories              
Population 35.4 35.4 ... 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.7
Labour force 24.5 25.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 2.4 2.4
Employment 23.0 23.4 0.3 0.4 -0.2 1.7 -0.8
Unemployment 1.5 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.8 13.3 88.9
Participation rate 69.2 70.9 0.8 1.7 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.8 0.6 0.7 3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 65.0 66.1 0.7 1.1 -1.7 ... ...
Nunavut              
Population 27.3 27.3 ... 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.9
Labour force 16.8 17.1 0.2 0.3 1.5 1.8 9.6
Employment 14.8 15.0 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.4 4.2
Unemployment 2.0 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 66.7
Participation rate 61.7 62.5 0.7 0.8 4.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.1 12.0 0.8 -0.1 4.2 ... ...
Employment rate 54.2 55.0 0.8 0.8 1.3 ... ...
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