Chart 4
Unemployment rate for returning students, month of July, 1977 to 2026

% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of July and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.

Chart description


This is a column clustered chart.

Unemployment rate for returning students, month of July, 1977 to 2026
  %
1977 14.7
1978 15.3
1979 11.7
1980 13.2
1981 11.3
1982 19.0
1983 18.1
1984 14.7
1985 14.2
1986 12.9
1987 12.2
1988 10.6
1989 9.9
1990 11.5
1991 15.9
1992 18.5
1993 19.0
1994 17.3
1995 18.0
1996 17.9
1997 19.6
1998 17.2
1999 16.8
2000 15.5
2001 15.4
2002 16.1
2003 15.7
2004 16.7
2005 16.0
2006 14.7
2007 13.2
2008 13.1
2009 19.3
2010 16.3
2011 17.2
2012 16.6
2013 16.3
2014 15.1
2015 15.3
2016 16.1
2017 13.0
2018 12.0
2019 12.9
2020 28.1
2021 14.7
2022 11.2
2023 12.3
2024 17.1
2025 17.5
2026 15.1
Note(s):
Returning students are those aged 15 to 24 who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. Data are for the month of July and not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0286-01.
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