Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| September 2026 |
October 2026 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2026 | October 2025 to October 2026 | September to October 2026 | October 2025 to October 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 38.8 | 38.9 | ... | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Labour force | 28.2 | 28.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Employment | 26.9 | 26.8 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.7 |
| Unemployment | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Participation rate | 72.7 | 73.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -2.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 69.3 | 68.9 | 0.6 | -0.4 | -3.3 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 35.6 | 35.7 | ... | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 25.7 | 25.5 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 2.1 | -0.8 | 9.0 |
| Employment | 24.1 | 24.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Unemployment | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -13.3 | 30.0 |
| Participation rate | 72.2 | 71.4 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 5.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.8 | 5.1 | 0.6 | -0.7 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 67.7 | 67.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.3 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 27.8 | 27.9 | ... | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Labour force | 17.3 | 17.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Employment | 15.4 | 15.2 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.3 | 0.7 |
| Unemployment | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 23.5 |
| Participation rate | 62.4 | 62.0 | 0.8 | -0.4 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.0 | 12.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 55.5 | 54.4 | 0.8 | -1.1 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0292-02.
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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