Table 12
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| July 2018 |
July 2019 |
July 2020 |
Standard error1 | July 2019 to July 2020 | July 2018 to July 2019 | July 2019 to July 2020 | July 2018 to July 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Students 15 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,363.0 | 2,393.4 | 2,476.6 | 34.6 | 83.2 | 30.4 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Labour force | 1,476.4 | 1,544.2 | 1,612.0 | 33.9 | 67.8 | 67.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Employment | 1,287.6 | 1,338.4 | 1,166.6 | 31.8 | -171.8 | 50.8 | -12.8 | 3.9 |
| Full-time employment | 600.6 | 603.9 | 515.0 | 23.1 | -88.9 | 3.3 | -14.7 | 0.5 |
| Part-time employment | 687.0 | 734.5 | 651.6 | 26.3 | -82.9 | 47.5 | -11.3 | 6.9 |
| Unemployment | 188.8 | 205.8 | 445.4 | 17.2 | 239.6 | 17.0 | 116.4 | 9.0 |
| Participation rate | 62.5 | 64.5 | 65.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.8 | 13.3 | 27.6 | 1.1 | 14.3 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 54.5 | 55.9 | 47.1 | 1.1 | -8.8 | 1.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 717.1 | 731.6 | 735.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 316.2 | 319.1 | 312.0 | 13.4 | -7.1 | 2.9 | -2.2 | 0.9 |
| Employment | 240.2 | 235.8 | 203.9 | 12.0 | -31.9 | -4.4 | -13.5 | -1.8 |
| Full-time employment | 59.7 | 63.1 | 63.5 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Part-time employment | 180.5 | 172.8 | 140.5 | 11.0 | -32.3 | -7.7 | -18.7 | -4.3 |
| Unemployment | 75.9 | 83.3 | 108.1 | 8.2 | 24.8 | 7.4 | 29.8 | 9.7 |
| Participation rate | 44.1 | 43.6 | 42.4 | 1.8 | -1.2 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 24.0 | 26.1 | 34.6 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 2.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 33.5 | 32.2 | 27.7 | 1.6 | -4.5 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 843.4 | 888.8 | 892.2 | 17.5 | 3.4 | 45.4 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Labour force | 574.6 | 647.7 | 645.6 | 18.8 | -2.1 | 73.1 | -0.3 | 12.7 |
| Employment | 500.5 | 566.1 | 480.3 | 18.1 | -85.8 | 65.6 | -15.2 | 13.1 |
| Full-time employment | 216.3 | 233.8 | 180.0 | 12.6 | -53.8 | 17.5 | -23.0 | 8.1 |
| Part-time employment | 284.2 | 332.3 | 300.3 | 16.4 | -32.0 | 48.1 | -9.6 | 16.9 |
| Unemployment | 74.1 | 81.6 | 165.2 | 11.0 | 83.6 | 7.5 | 102.5 | 10.1 |
| Participation rate | 68.1 | 72.9 | 72.4 | 1.8 | -0.5 | 4.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.9 | 12.6 | 25.6 | 1.8 | 13.0 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 59.3 | 63.7 | 53.8 | 1.8 | -9.9 | 4.4 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 802.6 | 773.1 | 848.5 | 29.0 | 75.4 | -29.5 | 9.8 | -3.7 |
| Labour force | 585.6 | 577.3 | 654.4 | 25.8 | 77.1 | -8.3 | 13.4 | -1.4 |
| Employment | 546.8 | 536.5 | 482.3 | 24.2 | -54.2 | -10.3 | -10.1 | -1.9 |
| Full-time employment | 324.5 | 307.1 | 271.5 | 18.0 | -35.6 | -17.4 | -11.6 | -5.4 |
| Part-time employment | 222.3 | 229.4 | 210.8 | 18.2 | -18.6 | 7.1 | -8.1 | 3.2 |
| Unemployment | 38.8 | 40.8 | 172.1 | 10.4 | 131.3 | 2.0 | 321.8 | 5.2 |
| Participation rate | 73.0 | 74.7 | 77.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.6 | 7.1 | 26.3 | 1.7 | 19.2 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.1 | 69.4 | 56.8 | 2.1 | -12.6 | 1.3 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 1,990.2 | 1,988.0 | 1,924.8 | 34.6 | -63.2 | -2.2 | -3.2 | -0.1 |
| Labour force | 1,694.7 | 1,691.3 | 1,589.0 | 33.8 | -102.3 | -3.4 | -6.0 | -0.2 |
| Employment | 1,526.1 | 1,510.9 | 1,263.7 | 33.8 | -247.2 | -15.2 | -16.4 | -1.0 |
| Full-time employment | 1,177.2 | 1,174.6 | 928.6 | 30.6 | -246.0 | -2.6 | -20.9 | -0.2 |
| Part-time employment | 348.9 | 336.2 | 335.1 | 20.6 | -1.1 | -12.7 | -0.3 | -3.6 |
| Unemployment | 168.6 | 180.3 | 325.3 | 17.2 | 145.0 | 11.7 | 80.4 | 6.9 |
| Participation rate | 85.2 | 85.1 | 82.6 | 1.0 | -2.5 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.9 | 10.7 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 9.8 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 76.7 | 76.0 | 65.7 | 1.2 | -10.3 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0286-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0006).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change over the year. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
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.
Table note 3
Other persons are all other youths aged 15 to 24 who are not included in the student population.
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