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Description for Chart C.2.3

Percentage of 15- to 19-year-olds not in education and their employment rate, 2008
  Employment rate of 15- to 19-year-olds not in education 15- to 19-year-olds not in education
percent
Alberta 72.9 25.5
British Columbia 71.5 20.7
Manitoba 71.0 22.4
Yukon 70.3 33.7
Saskatchewan 68.7 23.3
New Brunswick 66.2 13.9
Prince Edward Island 64.6 17.5
Nova Scotia 63.4 21.6
Canada 63.3 19.6
Quebec 59.1 22.5
Northwest Territories 57.9 25.2
Ontario 56.6 15.9
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 55.8 15.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 53.2 15.6
Nunavut 26.0 32.3
Note: The employment rate was calculated by dividing the percentage of employed 15- to 19-year-olds who were not in education by the total percentage of 15- to 19-year-olds not in education and multiplying by 100.
Data source: Table C.2.1.