Table 13
Students and other persons aged 15 to 24 by detailed age group, unadjusted for seasonality
| May 2020 |
May 2021 |
May 2022 |
Standard error1 | May 2021 to May 2022 | May 2020 to May 2021 | May 2021 to May 2022 | May 2020 to May 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2,465.1 | 2,433.9 | 2,444.9 | 38.6 | 11.0 | -31.2 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Labour force | 1,137.4 | 1,251.6 | 1,375.3 | 39.5 | 123.7 | 114.2 | 9.9 | 10.0 |
| Employment | 682.2 | 962.1 | 1,218.1 | 36.3 | 256.0 | 279.9 | 26.6 | 41.0 |
| Full-time employment | 214.8 | 233.2 | 327.0 | 25.7 | 93.8 | 18.4 | 40.2 | 8.6 |
| Part-time employment | 467.5 | 729.0 | 891.1 | 29.7 | 162.1 | 261.5 | 22.2 | 55.9 |
| Unemployment | 455.1 | 289.5 | 157.2 | 23.2 | -132.3 | -165.6 | -45.7 | -36.4 |
| Participation rate | 46.1 | 51.4 | 56.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 40.0 | 23.1 | 11.4 | 1.4 | -11.7 | -16.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 27.7 | 39.5 | 49.8 | 1.2 | 10.3 | 11.8 | ... | ... |
| Students 15 to 16 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 744.3 | 762.4 | 764.2 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 18.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Labour force | 201.6 | 220.3 | 268.9 | 15.3 | 48.6 | 18.7 | 22.1 | 9.3 |
| Employment | 123.3 | 162.3 | 222.9 | 13.4 | 60.6 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 31.6 |
| Full-time employment | 17.3 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 4.5 | -15.5 | 250.0 | -89.6 |
| Part-time employment | 106.0 | 160.4 | 216.6 | 12.4 | 56.2 | 54.4 | 35.0 | 51.3 |
| Unemployment | 78.4 | 58.0 | 45.9 | 9.7 | -12.1 | -20.4 | -20.9 | -26.0 |
| Participation rate | 27.1 | 28.9 | 35.2 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 38.9 | 26.3 | 17.1 | 3.1 | -9.2 | -12.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 16.6 | 21.3 | 29.2 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 4.7 | ... | ... |
| Students 17 to 19 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 910.4 | 881.1 | 869.5 | 18.6 | -11.6 | -29.3 | -1.3 | -3.2 |
| Labour force | 460.7 | 499.9 | 513.5 | 20.4 | 13.6 | 39.2 | 2.7 | 8.5 |
| Employment | 282.8 | 396.5 | 457.0 | 19.8 | 60.5 | 113.7 | 15.3 | 40.2 |
| Full-time employment | 72.0 | 65.5 | 76.5 | 13.1 | 11.0 | -6.5 | 16.8 | -9.0 |
| Part-time employment | 210.8 | 331.0 | 380.5 | 18.4 | 49.5 | 120.2 | 15.0 | 57.0 |
| Unemployment | 177.9 | 103.4 | 56.6 | 13.3 | -46.8 | -74.5 | -45.3 | -41.9 |
| Participation rate | 50.6 | 56.7 | 59.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 6.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 38.6 | 20.7 | 11.0 | 2.1 | -9.7 | -17.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 31.1 | 45.0 | 52.6 | 2.0 | 7.6 | 13.9 | ... | ... |
| Students 20 to 24 years2 | ||||||||
| Population | 810.4 | 790.4 | 811.2 | 32.3 | 20.8 | -20.0 | 2.6 | -2.5 |
| Labour force | 475.0 | 531.4 | 592.9 | 28.8 | 61.5 | 56.4 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| Employment | 276.2 | 403.3 | 538.2 | 26.0 | 134.9 | 127.1 | 33.4 | 46.0 |
| Full-time employment | 125.5 | 165.8 | 244.3 | 19.9 | 78.5 | 40.3 | 47.3 | 32.1 |
| Part-time employment | 150.7 | 237.6 | 293.9 | 19.3 | 56.3 | 86.9 | 23.7 | 57.7 |
| Unemployment | 198.8 | 128.1 | 54.7 | 15.8 | -73.4 | -70.7 | -57.3 | -35.6 |
| Participation rate | 58.6 | 67.2 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 8.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 41.9 | 24.1 | 9.2 | 2.4 | -14.9 | -17.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 34.1 | 51.0 | 66.3 | 2.4 | 15.3 | 16.9 | ... | ... |
| Other persons aged 15 to 243 | ||||||||
| Population | 2,014.5 | 2,022.4 | 2,021.8 | 38.7 | -0.6 | 7.9 | -0.0 | 0.4 |
| Labour force | 1,516.9 | 1,646.9 | 1,684.2 | 38.1 | 37.3 | 130.0 | 2.3 | 8.6 |
| Employment | 1,137.3 | 1,414.5 | 1,521.4 | 36.5 | 106.9 | 277.2 | 7.6 | 24.4 |
| Full-time employment | 874.1 | 1,070.8 | 1,129.0 | 34.1 | 58.2 | 196.7 | 5.4 | 22.5 |
| Part-time employment | 263.2 | 343.7 | 392.5 | 23.8 | 48.8 | 80.5 | 14.2 | 30.6 |
| Unemployment | 379.6 | 232.4 | 162.7 | 21.3 | -69.7 | -147.2 | -30.0 | -38.8 |
| Participation rate | 75.3 | 81.4 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 6.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 25.0 | 14.1 | 9.7 | 1.2 | -4.5 | -10.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 56.5 | 69.9 | 75.2 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 13.5 | ... | ... |
...
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.
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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