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Table 9-1
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 (unadjusted) — by detailed age groups

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by detailed age groups
  July 2007 July 2008 July 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last year two years ago last year two years ago
  in thousands    
Students 15 to 24 years  2  
Population 2,295.9 2,336.2 2,366.7 28.5 30.5 70.8 1.3 3.1
Labour force 1,606.0 1,613.8 1,568.6 30.3 -45.2 -37.4 -2.8 -2.3
Employment 1,389.8 1,392.0 1,240.5 29.3 -151.5 -149.3 -10.9 -10.7
Full-time employment 723.2 712.9 576.8 21.2 -136.1 -146.4 -19.1 -20.2
Part-time employment 666.6 679.1 663.7 23.2 -15.4 -2.9 -2.3 -0.4
Unemployment 216.2 221.9 328.1 13.1 106.2 111.9 47.9 51.8
Participation rate 70.0 69.1 66.3 1.0 -2.8 -3.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.5 13.8 20.9 0.9 7.1 7.4 ... ...
Employment rate 60.5 59.6 52.4 1.0 -7.2 -8.1 ... ...
Part-time rate 48.0 48.8 53.5 1.3 4.7 5.5 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years  2  
Population 818.7 811.3 788.2 5.0 -23.1 -30.5 -2.8 -3.7
Labour force 433.1 428.1 378.8 12.7 -49.3 -54.3 -11.5 -12.5
Employment 329.3 327.5 254.8 12.0 -72.7 -74.5 -22.2 -22.6
Full-time employment 99.0 101.5 66.0 5.2 -35.5 -33.0 -35.0 -33.3
Part-time employment 230.3 226.0 188.7 11.2 -37.3 -41.6 -16.5 -18.1
Unemployment 103.9 100.6 124.0 7.5 23.4 20.1 23.3 19.3
Participation rate 52.9 52.8 48.1 1.5 -4.7 -4.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 24.0 23.5 32.7 1.9 9.2 8.7 ... ...
Employment rate 40.2 40.4 32.3 1.5 -8.1 -7.9 ... ...
Part-time rate 69.9 69.0 74.1 1.6 5.1 4.1 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years  2  
Population 844.9 871.8 906.9 15.7 35.1 62.0 4.0 7.3
Labour force 667.6 666.3 673.2 17.2 6.9 5.6 1.0 0.8
Employment 584.3 581.1 538.3 17.0 -42.8 -46.0 -7.4 -7.9
Full-time employment 287.8 292.7 227.9 11.9 -64.8 -59.9 -22.1 -20.8
Part-time employment 296.5 288.4 310.4 14.6 22.0 13.9 7.6 4.7
Unemployment 83.3 85.2 135.0 8.3 49.8 51.7 58.5 62.1
Participation rate 79.0 76.4 74.2 1.6 -2.2 -4.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.5 12.8 20.1 1.4 7.3 7.6 ... ...
Employment rate 69.2 66.7 59.4 1.7 -7.3 -9.8 ... ...
Part-time rate 50.7 49.6 57.7 1.9 8.0 6.9 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years  2  
Population 632.4 653.1 671.7 22.7 18.6 39.3 2.8 6.2
Labour force 505.3 519.4 516.5 20.4 -2.9 11.2 -0.6 2.2
Employment 476.3 483.3 447.4 19.8 -35.9 -28.9 -7.4 -6.1
Full-time employment 336.4 318.6 282.9 15.8 -35.7 -53.5 -11.2 -15.9
Part-time employment 139.9 164.7 164.6 13.5 -0.1 24.7 -0.1 17.7
Unemployment 29.1 36.1 69.1 6.5 33.0 40.0 91.4 137.5
Participation rate 79.9 79.5 76.9 1.8 -2.6 -3.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 7.0 13.4 1.3 6.4 7.6 ... ...
Employment rate 75.3 74.0 66.6 1.9 -7.4 -8.7 ... ...
Part-time rate 29.4 34.1 36.8 2.4 2.7 7.4 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 24 3  
Population 2,058.1 2,040.6 2,029.4 28.5 -11.2 -28.7 -0.5 -1.4
Labour force 1,769.1 1,754.7 1,741.4 28.2 -13.3 -27.7 -0.8 -1.6
Employment 1,603.9 1,585.9 1,508.0 27.5 -77.9 -95.9 -4.9 -6.0
Full-time employment 1,330.1 1,286.7 1,191.8 25.9 -94.9 -138.3 -7.4 -10.4
Part-time employment 273.9 299.2 316.2 16.0 17.0 42.3 5.7 15.4
Unemployment 165.1 168.7 233.4 12.4 64.7 68.3 38.4 41.4
Participation rate 86.0 86.0 85.8 0.7 -0.2 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.3 9.6 13.4 0.7 3.8 4.1 ... ...
Employment rate 77.9 77.7 74.3 0.9 -3.4 -3.6 ... ...
Part-time rate 17.1 18.9 21.0 0.9 2.1 3.9 ... ...
Average standard error of change over the year (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
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.