Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| December 2020 |
January 2021 |
Standard error1 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 32.4 | 32.4 | ... | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Labour force | 23.3 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -2.9 |
| Employment | 22.1 | 21.9 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -4.4 |
| Unemployment | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 18.2 |
| Participation rate | 71.9 | 71.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | -3.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.2 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 68.2 | 67.6 | 0.8 | -0.6 | -4.0 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 33.9 | 33.9 | ... | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Labour force | 24.0 | 24.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Employment | 22.6 | 22.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Unemployment | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -26.3 |
| Participation rate | 70.8 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | -2.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 66.7 | 67.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 24.9 | 24.9 | ... | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 13.4 | 13.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.6 | -3.0 | -11.0 |
| Employment | 12.2 | 12.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -4.7 |
| Unemployment | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -30.8 | -52.6 |
| Participation rate | 54.1 | 52.3 | 0.9 | -1.8 | -7.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.3 | 7.1 | 1.2 | -2.2 | -6.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 49.0 | 48.6 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -3.5 | ... | ... |
...
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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