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Table 9-1
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 (unadjusted) — by detailed age groups
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| May 2007 | May 2008 | May 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 | 2,257.6 | 2,292.3 | 2,300.5 | 28.5 | 8.2 | 42.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 1,256.2 | 1,302.8 | 1,255.2 | 30.3 | -47.6 | -1.0 | -3.7 | -0.1 |
| Employment | 1,065.0 | 1,080.3 | 989.9 | 29.3 | -90.4 | -75.1 | -8.4 | -7.1 |
| Full-time employment | 286.8 | 290.4 | 214.0 | 21.2 | -76.4 | -72.8 | -26.3 | -25.4 |
| Part-time employment | 778.2 | 789.9 | 775.8 | 23.2 | -14.1 | -2.4 | -1.8 | -0.3 |
| Unemployment | 191.2 | 222.5 | 265.4 | 13.1 | 42.9 | 74.2 | 19.3 | 38.8 |
| Participation rate | 55.6 | 56.8 | 54.6 | 1.0 | -2.2 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 15.2 | 17.1 | 21.1 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 5.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 47.2 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 1.0 | -4.1 | -4.2 | ... | ... |
| Part-time rate | 73.1 | 73.1 | 78.4 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years 2 | ||||||||
| Population | 818.1 | 805.1 | 800.8 | 5.0 | -4.3 | -17.3 | -0.5 | -2.1 |
| Labour force | 312.7 | 304.1 | 286.2 | 12.7 | -17.9 | -26.5 | -5.9 | -8.5 |
| Employment | 245.2 | 233.8 | 204.0 | 12.0 | -29.8 | -41.2 | -12.7 | -16.8 |
| Full-time employment | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | -0.9 | 0.0 | -17.3 | 0.0 |
| Part-time employment | 240.9 | 228.6 | 199.7 | 11.2 | -28.9 | -41.2 | -12.6 | -17.1 |
| Unemployment | 67.6 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 7.5 | 12.1 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 21.7 |
| Participation rate | 38.2 | 37.8 | 35.7 | 1.5 | -2.1 | -2.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 21.6 | 23.1 | 28.8 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 7.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 30.0 | 29.0 | 25.5 | 1.5 | -3.5 | -4.5 | ... | ... |
| Part-time rate | 98.2 | 97.8 | 97.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years 2 | ||||||||
| Population | 821.8 | 836.1 | 865.0 | 15.7 | 28.9 | 43.2 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
| Labour force | 504.5 | 509.0 | 533.5 | 17.2 | 24.5 | 29.0 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| Employment | 434.5 | 432.1 | 430.0 | 17.0 | -2.1 | -4.5 | -0.5 | -1.0 |
| Full-time employment | 84.8 | 85.1 | 69.8 | 11.9 | -15.3 | -15.0 | -18.0 | -17.7 |
| Part-time employment | 349.7 | 346.9 | 360.2 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Unemployment | 70.0 | 77.0 | 103.5 | 8.3 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 34.4 | 47.9 |
| Participation rate | 61.4 | 60.9 | 61.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.9 | 15.1 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 52.9 | 51.7 | 49.7 | 1.7 | -2.0 | -3.2 | ... | ... |
| Part-time rate | 80.5 | 80.3 | 83.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years 2 | ||||||||
| Population | 617.7 | 651.1 | 634.7 | 22.7 | -16.4 | 17.0 | -2.5 | 2.8 |
| Labour force | 438.9 | 489.7 | 435.6 | 20.4 | -54.1 | -3.3 | -11.0 | -0.8 |
| Employment | 385.4 | 414.4 | 355.9 | 19.8 | -58.5 | -29.5 | -14.1 | -7.7 |
| Full-time employment | 197.8 | 200.0 | 139.9 | 15.8 | -60.1 | -57.9 | -30.0 | -29.3 |
| Part-time employment | 187.6 | 214.4 | 216.0 | 13.5 | 1.6 | 28.4 | 0.7 | 15.1 |
| Unemployment | 53.6 | 75.3 | 79.7 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 26.1 | 5.8 | 48.7 |
| Participation rate | 71.1 | 75.2 | 68.6 | 1.8 | -6.6 | -2.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.2 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 6.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.4 | 63.6 | 56.1 | 1.9 | -7.5 | -6.3 | ... | ... |
| Part-time rate | 48.7 | 51.7 | 60.7 | 2.4 | 9.0 | 12.0 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 24 3 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,091.4 | 2,080.6 | 2,091.7 | 28.5 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Labour force | 1,774.6 | 1,761.3 | 1,767.4 | 28.2 | 6.1 | -7.2 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Employment | 1,580.0 | 1,571.4 | 1,507.5 | 27.5 | -63.9 | -72.5 | -4.1 | -4.6 |
| Full-time employment | 1,227.7 | 1,210.2 | 1,123.9 | 25.9 | -86.3 | -103.8 | -7.1 | -8.5 |
| Part-time employment | 352.3 | 361.2 | 383.6 | 16.0 | 22.4 | 31.3 | 6.2 | 8.9 |
| Unemployment | 194.5 | 190.0 | 259.9 | 12.4 | 69.9 | 65.4 | 36.8 | 33.6 |
| Participation rate | 84.9 | 84.7 | 84.5 | 0.7 | -0.2 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.0 | 10.8 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 75.5 | 75.5 | 72.1 | 0.9 | -3.5 | -3.5 | ... | ... |
| Part-time rate | 22.3 | 23.0 | 25.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | ... | ... |
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.
