Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| August 2020 |
September 2020 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 2020 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 30.3 | 30.3 | ... | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 21.3 | 21.0 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -1.6 | -1.4 | -7.1 |
| Employment | 19.6 | 19.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2.3 | 0.5 | -10.5 |
| Unemployment | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -23.5 | 116.7 |
| Participation rate | 70.3 | 69.3 | 0.7 | -1.0 | -6.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 | -1.8 | 3.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.7 | 65.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -8.8 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.6 | 32.6 | ... | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Labour force | 22.4 | 22.3 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -1.5 | -0.4 | -6.3 |
| Employment | 19.8 | 20.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -1.7 | 1.5 | -7.8 |
| Unemployment | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -19.2 | 5.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.7 | 68.4 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -5.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.6 | 9.4 | 0.7 | -2.2 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.7 | 61.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -5.8 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 26.7 | 26.7 | ... | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 0.0 | -5.5 |
| Employment | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -7.8 |
| Unemployment | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| Participation rate | 57.9 | 57.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | -4.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 16.1 | 16.0 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 2.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 48.5 | 48.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -5.0 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0292-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0100).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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