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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 2008 July 2009 July 2010 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 2,336.2 2,366.7 2,408.3 28.8 41.6 72.1 1.8 3.1
Labour force 1,613.8 1,568.6 1,558.7 29.9 -9.9 -55.1 -0.6 -3.4
Employment 1,392.0 1,240.5 1,296.6 28.9 56.1 -95.4 4.5 -6.9
Full-time employment 712.9 576.8 612.3 20.3 35.5 -100.6 6.2 -14.1
Part-time employment 679.1 663.7 684.3 23.5 20.6 5.2 3.1 0.8
Unemployment 221.9 328.1 262.1 14.7 -66.0 40.2 -20.1 18.1
Participation rate 69.1 66.3 64.7 1.0 -1.6 -4.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 13.8 20.9 16.8 1.0 -4.1 3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 59.6 52.4 53.8 1.0 1.4 -5.8 ... ...
Part-time rate 48.8 53.5 52.8 1.4 -0.7 4.0 ... ...
Students 15 to 16 years  2  
Population 811.3 788.2 795.4 5.2 7.2 -15.9 0.9 -2.0
Labour force 428.1 378.8 354.0 12.3 -24.8 -74.1 -6.5 -17.3
Employment 327.5 254.8 254.2 11.5 -0.6 -73.3 -0.2 -22.4
Full-time employment 101.5 66.0 64.4 5.0 -1.6 -37.1 -2.4 -36.6
Part-time employment 226.0 188.7 189.8 10.9 1.1 -36.2 0.6 -16.0
Unemployment 100.6 124.0 99.8 7.9 -24.2 -0.8 -19.5 -0.8
Participation rate 52.8 48.1 44.5 1.5 -3.6 -8.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 23.5 32.7 28.2 2.1 -4.5 4.7 ... ...
Employment rate 40.4 32.3 32.0 1.4 -0.3 -8.4 ... ...
Part-time rate 69.0 74.1 74.7 1.7 0.6 5.7 ... ...
Students 17 to 19 years  2  
Population 871.8 906.9 909.2 15.5 2.3 37.4 0.3 4.3
Labour force 666.3 673.2 669.8 17.1 -3.4 3.5 -0.5 0.5
Employment 581.1 538.3 547.6 16.9 9.3 -33.5 1.7 -5.8
Full-time employment 292.7 227.9 247.4 11.0 19.5 -45.3 8.6 -15.5
Part-time employment 288.4 310.4 300.1 14.7 -10.3 11.7 -3.3 4.1
Unemployment 85.2 135.0 122.2 9.2 -12.8 37.0 -9.5 43.4
Participation rate 76.4 74.2 73.7 1.6 -0.5 -2.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.8 20.1 18.2 1.5 -1.9 5.4 ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 59.4 60.2 1.6 0.8 -6.5 ... ...
Part-time rate 49.6 57.7 54.8 1.8 -2.9 5.2 ... ...
Students 20 to 24 years  2  
Population 653.1 671.7 703.7 22.9 32.0 50.6 4.8 7.7
Labour force 519.4 516.5 534.9 20.6 18.4 15.5 3.6 3.0
Employment 483.3 447.4 494.8 19.8 47.4 11.5 10.6 2.4
Full-time employment 318.6 282.9 300.5 15.7 17.6 -18.1 6.2 -5.7
Part-time employment 164.7 164.6 194.4 13.8 29.8 29.7 18.1 18.0
Unemployment 36.1 69.1 40.0 7.9 -29.1 3.9 -42.1 10.8
Participation rate 79.5 76.9 76.0 1.8 -0.9 -3.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 13.4 7.5 1.5 -5.9 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 74.0 66.6 70.3 2.0 3.7 -3.7 ... ...
Part-time rate 34.1 36.8 39.3 2.5 2.5 5.2 ... ...
Other persons aged 15 to 24 3  
Population 2,040.6 2,029.4 1,999.1 28.8 -30.3 -41.5 -1.5 -2.0
Labour force 1,754.7 1,741.4 1,720.1 27.9 -21.3 -34.6 -1.2 -2.0
Employment 1,585.9 1,508.0 1,500.1 27.1 -7.9 -85.8 -0.5 -5.4
Full-time employment 1,286.7 1,191.8 1,157.4 25.8 -34.4 -129.3 -2.9 -10.0
Part-time employment 299.2 316.2 342.7 17.0 26.5 43.5 8.4 14.5
Unemployment 168.7 233.4 220.0 13.9 -13.4 51.3 -5.7 30.4
Participation rate 86.0 85.8 86.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 13.4 12.8 0.8 -0.6 3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 77.7 74.3 75.0 0.9 0.7 -2.7 ... ...
Part-time rate 18.9 21.0 22.8 1.0 1.9 4.0 ... ...
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.