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Table 9-2
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 (unadjusted) — by province

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by province
  Population Labour force Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
Labour force Employment Full-time employment Part-time employment Unemployment
  in thousands      
Students 1  
Newfoundland and Labrador  
May 2008 34.9 16.8 12.2 4.4 7.8 4.6 48.1 27.4 35.0
May 2009 31.8 13.0 9.8 2.3 7.6 3.1 40.9 23.8 30.8
Prince Edward Island  
May 2008 9.1 6.0 4.9 1.9 3.0 1.1 65.9 18.3 53.8
May 2009 10.1 6.0 4.4 1.3 3.1 1.5 59.4 25.0 43.6
Nova Scotia  
May 2008 63.0 38.3 31.8 9.9 21.8 6.5 60.8 17.0 50.5
May 2009 56.4 31.8 25.3 6.4 18.9 6.5 56.4 20.4 44.9
New Brunswick  
May 2008 47.1 29.1 24.0 6.2 17.8 5.0 61.8 17.2 51.0
May 2009 47.2 26.8 20.4 5.8 14.7 6.4 56.8 23.9 43.2
Quebec  
May 2008 543.2 294.7 251.8 52.9 198.9 42.9 54.3 14.6 46.4
May 2009 522.7 291.8 228.4 30.4 198.0 63.4 55.8 21.7 43.7
Ontario  
May 2008 979.5 564.0 451.6 122.7 328.9 112.4 57.6 19.9 46.1
May 2009 1,003.5 537.8 402.4 88.1 314.3 135.4 53.6 25.2 40.1
Manitoba  
May 2008 74.1 48.0 41.7 11.8 29.8 6.4 64.8 13.3 56.3
May 2009 70.7 40.8 35.7 9.5 26.2 5.1 57.7 12.5 50.5
Saskatchewan  
May 2008 59.7 36.4 32.5 11.9 20.6 3.9 61.0 10.7 54.4
May 2009 58.2 35.5 31.0 8.2 22.8 4.5 61.0 12.7 53.3
Alberta  
May 2008 205.5 121.2 103.0 36.6 66.4 18.2 59.0 15.0 50.1
May 2009 221.2 129.6 111.0 31.7 79.3 18.6 58.6 14.4 50.2
British Columbia  
May 2008 276.1 148.3 126.9 32.0 94.9 21.4 53.7 14.4 46.0
May 2009 278.7 142.2 121.3 30.3 91.0 20.9 51.0 14.7 43.5
Other persons aged 15-24 2  
Newfoundland and Labrador  
May 2008 27.8 19.8 15.6 11.6 4.0 4.3 71.2 21.7 56.1
May 2009 29.4 21.6 16.1 12.6 3.6 5.5 73.5 25.5 54.8
Prince Edward Island  
May 2008 10.5 8.6 7.4 6.2 1.2 1.2 81.9 14.0 70.5
May 2009 9.7 8.7 7.2 5.9 1.3 x 89.7 x 74.2
Nova Scotia  
May 2008 58.6 48.9 41.5 30.5 10.9 7.4 83.4 15.1 70.8
May 2009 63.9 53.2 42.8 31.8 11.0 10.4 83.3 19.5 67.0
New Brunswick  
May 2008 47.8 38.4 32.4 25.0 7.4 6.0 80.3 15.6 67.8
May 2009 46.8 37.9 33.5 25.3 8.2 x 81.0 x 71.6
Quebec  
May 2008 415.7 356.4 310.0 236.7 73.4 46.3 85.7 13.0 74.6
May 2009 439.7 370.7 318.1 237.4 80.7 52.5 84.3 14.2 72.3
Ontario  
May 2008 751.9 633.4 552.9 407.1 145.8 80.5 84.2 12.7 73.5
May 2009 740.1 628.8 523.7 383.4 140.4 105.1 85.0 16.7 70.8
Manitoba  
May 2008 84.1 70.0 64.8 51.7 13.0 5.2 83.2 7.4 77.1
May 2009 89.3 76.6 70.6 54.2 16.4 6.0 85.8 7.8 79.1
Saskatchewan  
May 2008 79.6 69.1 63.7 53.4 10.4 x 86.8 x 80.0
May 2009 81.2 70.8 62.9 49.7 13.3 7.7 87.2 10.9 77.5
Alberta  
May 2008 298.0 256.2 243.1 203.5 39.5 13.1 86.0 5.1 81.6
May 2009 285.6 247.8 212.2 174.2 38.0 35.6 86.8 14.4 74.3
British Columbia  
May 2008 306.5 260.6 240.1 184.5 55.5 20.6 85.0 7.9 78.3
May 2009 305.9 251.4 220.2 149.4 70.9 31.2 82.2 12.4 72.0
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.
Other persons are all other youths aged 15 to 24 who are not included in the student population.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Table 282-0006.