Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| July 2024 |
July 2025 |
July 2026 |
Standard error1 | July 2025 to July 2026 | July 2024 to July 2025 | July 2025 to July 2026 | July 2024 to July 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Students 15 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,742.0 | 2,819.2 | 2,718.4 | 36.7 | -100.8 | 77.2 | -3.6 | 2.8 |
| Labour force | 1,701.5 | 1,730.9 | 1,678.5 | 38.1 | -52.4 | 29.4 | -3.0 | 1.7 |
| Employment | 1,411.1 | 1,428.4 | 1,424.4 | 35.4 | -4.0 | 17.3 | -0.3 | 1.2 |
| Full-time employment | 623.9 | 635.9 | 638.2 | 24.0 | 2.3 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Part-time employment | 787.2 | 792.6 | 786.2 | 28.5 | -6.4 | 5.4 | -0.8 | 0.7 |
| Unemployment | 290.4 | 302.5 | 254.2 | 17.2 | -48.3 | 12.1 | -16.0 | 4.2 |
| Participation rate | 62.1 | 61.4 | 61.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 17.1 | 17.5 | 15.1 | 1.0 | -2.4 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 51.5 | 50.7 | 52.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 842.4 | 859.7 | 857.9 | 6.3 | -1.8 | 17.3 | -0.2 | 2.1 |
| Labour force | 353.9 | 344.7 | 329.3 | 13.4 | -15.4 | -9.2 | -4.5 | -2.6 |
| Employment | 242.8 | 236.6 | 235.5 | 12.0 | -1.1 | -6.2 | -0.5 | -2.6 |
| Full-time employment | 59.7 | 55.2 | 60.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | -4.5 | 10.1 | -7.5 |
| Part-time employment | 183.1 | 181.3 | 174.7 | 11.2 | -6.6 | -1.8 | -3.6 | -1.0 |
| Unemployment | 111.0 | 108.1 | 93.8 | 8.9 | -14.3 | -2.9 | -13.2 | -2.6 |
| Participation rate | 42.0 | 40.1 | 38.4 | 1.6 | -1.7 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 31.4 | 31.4 | 28.5 | 2.7 | -2.9 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 28.8 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 971.0 | 997.4 | 974.1 | 17.7 | -23.3 | 26.4 | -2.3 | 2.7 |
| Labour force | 643.9 | 660.0 | 665.6 | 19.9 | 5.6 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Employment | 531.9 | 541.1 | 548.1 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Full-time employment | 214.4 | 210.3 | 231.3 | 12.1 | 21.0 | -4.1 | 10.0 | -1.9 |
| Part-time employment | 317.5 | 330.7 | 316.8 | 17.0 | -13.9 | 13.2 | -4.2 | 4.2 |
| Unemployment | 111.9 | 118.9 | 117.4 | 10.6 | -1.5 | 7.0 | -1.3 | 6.3 |
| Participation rate | 66.3 | 66.2 | 68.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 17.4 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 1.7 | -0.4 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 54.8 | 54.3 | 56.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 928.7 | 962.1 | 886.4 | 30.3 | -75.7 | 33.4 | -7.9 | 3.6 |
| Labour force | 703.7 | 726.2 | 683.7 | 27.2 | -42.5 | 22.5 | -5.9 | 3.2 |
| Employment | 636.3 | 650.8 | 640.8 | 25.8 | -10.0 | 14.5 | -1.5 | 2.3 |
| Full-time employment | 349.8 | 370.3 | 346.1 | 19.5 | -24.2 | 20.5 | -6.5 | 5.9 |
| Part-time employment | 286.5 | 280.5 | 294.6 | 19.4 | 14.1 | -6.0 | 5.0 | -2.1 |
| Unemployment | 67.4 | 75.5 | 43.0 | 10.1 | -32.5 | 8.1 | -43.0 | 12.0 |
| Participation rate | 75.8 | 75.5 | 77.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.6 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 1.4 | -4.1 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.5 | 67.6 | 72.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,178.6 | 2,197.8 | 2,232.1 | 36.6 | 34.3 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Labour force | 1,833.5 | 1,854.0 | 1,885.9 | 35.7 | 31.9 | 20.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Employment | 1,616.3 | 1,616.7 | 1,671.2 | 34.6 | 54.5 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Full-time employment | 1,245.8 | 1,192.5 | 1,284.2 | 32.1 | 91.7 | -53.3 | 7.7 | -4.3 |
| Part-time employment | 370.5 | 424.2 | 387.1 | 23.4 | -37.1 | 53.7 | -8.7 | 14.5 |
| Unemployment | 217.2 | 237.3 | 214.7 | 16.2 | -22.6 | 20.1 | -9.5 | 9.3 |
| Participation rate | 84.2 | 84.4 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.8 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 74.2 | 73.6 | 74.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0286-02.
Table note 1
Average standard error of change over the year. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Students are persons aged 15 to 24 who attended school full-time in March and who are planning to return to school in the fall.
Table note 3
Other persons are all other youths aged 15 to 24 who are not included in the student population.
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