Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario District Health Councils (DHC), Ontario Public Health Units (PHU), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Ontario rates are presented for two different geographic levels: DHCs are more relevant for health system analysis; and PHUs are more relevant for health status measures.

Table 2.5: Youth unemployment rate (labour force age 15 to 24), by Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996-1999
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
0	Canada	15.3	16.2	15.1	14.0
10	Newfoundland	28.0	26.3	27.8	26.8
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	21.2	18.0	19.1	20.0
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	32.5	37.6	36.1	28.9
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	33.6	30.2	32.1	30.6
1004	Health and Community Services Western Region	33.0	33.4	34.1	35.3
1005	Grenfell Regional Health Services Board	--	--	52.5	--
1006	Health Labrador Corporation	34.8	--	--	--
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
11	Prince Edward Island	17.3	17.6	17.2	17.8
1101	Urban Health Region	15.3	11.5	14.1	14.2
1102	Rural Health Region	19.9	23.0	19.7	21.8
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
12	Nova Scotia	17.6	20.9	19.2	18.1
1201	Zone 1	19.7	20.8	24.4	19.8
1202	Zone 2	18.7	22.3	19.6	16.2
1203	Zone 3	14.4	18.0	18.2	18.7
1204	Zone 4	22.6	26.7	20.7	18.3
1205	Zone 5	33.9	32.6	36.2	35.1
1206	Zone 6	12.3	17.2	13.9	14.2
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
13	New Brunswick	18.4	20.4	18.2	16.3
1301	Region 1	17.2	18.7	14.9	14.6
1302	Region 2	17.5	19.8	16.6	13.9
1303	Region 3	16.8	17.4	16.9	14.3
1304	Region 4	14.4	17.4	12.2	12.3
1305	Region 5	22.3	27.9	25.4	22.9
1306	Region 6	20.0	27.0	27.8	25.2
1307	Region 7	34.7	28.8	32.4	31.1
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
24	Quebec	18.2	19.3	17.5	15.8
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	18.0	19.7	22.7	16.1
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	21.7	24.3	27.1	24.2
2403	Région de Québec	20.4	20.7	17.7	16.7
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	18.1	19.5	17.1	16.2
2405	Région de l’Estrie	14.2	15.8	17.2	14.4
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	18.4	19.3	18.5	13.7
2407	Région de l’Outaouais	14.5	22.2	15.5	13.1
2408	Région de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue	16.4	19.5	23.0	23.2
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	23.1	29.4	29.4	28.4
2410	Région du Nord-du-Québec	--	--	--	--
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	--	39.5	31.7	--
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	14.4	14.8	12.2	12.9
2413	Région de Laval	17.6	18.7	13.4	14.3
2414	Région de Lanaudière	22.6	17.9	20.8	16.8
2415	Région des Laurentides	19.3	18.1	14.2	12.0
2416	Région de la Montérégie	17.3	18.6	14.9	16.5
2417	Région du Nunavik	--	--	--	--
2418	Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James	...	...	...	...
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
35	Ontario (DHC)	14.9	16.4	14.4	13.1
3501	Champlain District Health Council	13.0	16.7	13.4	12.4
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	16.3	23.1	18.3	14.2
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	19.3	18.3	15.8	14.5
3504	Toronto District Health Council	14.0	15.6	14.9	14.0
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	13.4	12.7	14.9	13.0
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	14.8	16.1	11.2	9.9
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	14.2	13.7	11.5	11.0
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	11.6	16.2	14.8	12.7
3509	Niagara District Health Council	14.4	15.7	13.3	12.6
3510	Grand River DHC	19.0	19.0	14.6	15.0
3511	Thames Valley DHC	15.0	17.0	11.7	14.0
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	15.3	17.3	15.6	13.7
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	8.9	14.2	12.6	10.6
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	18.9	19.4	17.3	19.3
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	20.9	21.4	23.1	19.2
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	19.6	17.0	19.9	13.9
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
35	Ontario (PHU)	14.9	16.4	14.4	13.1
3526	Algoma Public Health Unit	20.9	21.1	25.9	22.3
3527	Brant Public Health Unit	22.5	16.5	--	--
3530	Durham Public Health Unit	19.3	15.9	17.1	15.3
3531	Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3533	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit	10.0	15.7	14.6	16.3
3534	Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit	15.8	21.4	14.0	16.4
3535	Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit	23.5	25.3	12.5	10.2
3536	Halton Public Health Unit	8.7	12.6	6.4	8.2
3537	Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit	11.6	16.2	14.8	12.7
3538	Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit	20.9	25.7	24.6	13.2
3539	Huron Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3540	Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit	23.1	--	21.5	--
3541	Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit	14.2	23.2	20.8	15.9
3542	Lambton Public Health Unit	19.8	17.0	13.9	--
3543	Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit	--	20.1	--	13.1
3544	Middlesex-London Public Health Unit	14.7	17.6	11.2	14.4
3545	Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3546	Niagara Public Health Unit	14.4	15.7	13.3	12.6
3547	North Bay Public Health Unit	21.8	--	--	18.9
3549	Northwestern Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3551	Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit	10.8	15.5	12.9	11.3
3552	Oxford Public Health Unit	--	17.4	--	--
3553	Peel Public Health Unit	16.7	17.1	12.8	10.4
3554	Perth Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3555	Peterborough Public Health Unit	14.9	19.0	--	17.2
3556	Porcupine Public Health Unit	24.8	29.7	--	--
3557	Renfrew Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3558	Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit	20.8	21.2	14.0	16.1
3560	Simcoe Public Health Unit	17.1	15.5	14.7	13.9
3561	Sudbury Public Health Unit	19.2	18.2	22.8	19.1
3562	Thunder Bay Public Health Unit	18.8	17.6	21.1	13.9
3563	Timiskaming Public Health Unit	--	--	--	--
3565	Waterloo Public Health Unit	15.1	13.9	11.7	10.5
3566	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit	12.7	13.4	11.0	11.9
3568	Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit	11.7	18.5	14.7	14.5
3570	York Public Health Unit	11.6	11.0	15.0	12.5
3595	City of Toronto Public Health Unit	14.0	15.6	14.9	14.0
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
46	Manitoba	11.9	11.5	10.4	10.1
4610	Winnipeg	13.1	12.9	10.7	10.1
4615	Brandon	12.3	9.5	13.8	14.2
4620	North Eastman	--	14.3	--	--
4625	South Eastman	9.8	--	--	--
4630	Interlake	13.5	11.7	13.2	9.1
4640	Central	6.9	6.9	--	8.6
4650	Marquette	--	--	--	--
4655	South Westman	--	--	--	--
4660	Parkland	--	--	--	--
4670	Norman	--	--	--	--
4680	Burntwood	--	--	--	--
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
47	Saskatchewan	11.9	10.2	10.7	11.8
4701	Weyburn (A) Service Area	--	--	10.5	10.3
4702	Moose Jaw (B) Service Area	13.2	11.7	--	11.8
4703	Swift Current (C) Service Area	--	--	--	--
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	11.8	10.7	10.0	11.2
4705	Yorkton (E) Service Area	12.8	13.8	11.9	14.7
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	12.6	9.9	11.2	11.4
4707	Rosetown (G) Service Area	--	--	--	--
4708	Melfort (H) Service Area	18.1	--	--	18.1
4709	Prince Albert (I) Service Area	14.4	15.6	15.0	16.1
4710	North Battleford (J) Service Area	--	--	12.2	10.8
4711	Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area	46.1	--	--	--
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
48	Alberta	11.6	10.9	10.2	11.9
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	--	12.6	9.7	8.9
4802	Palliser Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4803	Headwaters Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	11.8	12.3	9.2	11.4
4805	Health Authority ...5	--	--	--	--
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	14.8	--	9.4	13.3
4807	East Central Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4808	WestView Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4809	Crossroads Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4810	Capital Health Authority	14.0	11.5	11.2	13.3
4811	Aspen Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4813	Mistahia Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4814	Peace Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4815	Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4816	Northern Lights Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
4817	Northwestern Regional Health Authority	--	--	--	--
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
59	British Columbia	14.2	15.2	17.3	14.3
5901	East Kootenay	12.8	--	--	--
5902	West Kootenay-Boundary	14.7	--	--	--
5903	North Okanagan	16.9	--	--	--
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	15.3	20.7	15.9	16.8
5905	Thompson	15.3	--	18.5	24.4
5906	Fraser Valley	15.3	15.0	17.6	12.1
5907	South Fraser Valley	12.8	15.0	18.9	14.6
5908	Simon Fraser	8.3	11.1	13.1	7.2
5909	Coast Garibaldi	--	--	--	--
5910	Central Vancouver Island	18.1	20.0	18.5	19.0
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	--	22.4	28.1	21.2
5912	Cariboo	--	--	28.0	--
5913	North West	16.5	--	--	--
5914	Peace Liard	--	--	--	--
5915	Northern Interior	19.4	19.7	25.4	19.9
5916	Vancouver	13.1	13.9	12.9	11.3
5917	Burnaby	16.2	16.4	18.7	14.8
5918	North Shore	--	--	--	--
5919	Richmond	16.1	11.6	24.6	11.1
5920	Capital	12.9	15.3	16.4	12.2
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	14.0	13.3	15.7	11.2
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	11.2	13.1	15.3	10.2
		1996	1997	1998	1999
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
60	Yukon Territory	...	...	...	...
6001	Yukon Territory	...	...	...	...
61	Northwest Territories	...	...	...	...
6101	Northwest Territories	...	...	...	...
62	Nunavut	...	...	...	...
6201	Nunavut	...	...	...	...

-- Suppressed due to high variability
… Not applicable

Source: Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada (special tabulations)