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May 2023 |
May 2024 |
16 to 24 years |
25 to 54 years |
55 years and over |
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Total not in the labor force |
99,916 | 100,672 | 17,432 | 17,335 | 21,299 | 21,112 | 61,185 | 62,225 | 41,618 | 42,191 | 58,298 | 58,481 |
Do not want a job now(1) |
93,912 | 94,413 | 15,118 | 14,955 | 19,036 | 18,739 | 59,759 | 60,718 | 38,716 | 39,096 | 55,196 | 55,317 |
Want a job(1) |
6,004 | 6,259 | 2,314 | 2,380 | 2,264 | 2,373 | 1,426 | 1,506 | 2,902 | 3,096 | 3,101 | 3,163 |
Did not search for work in previous year |
3,720 | 3,742 | 1,337 | 1,408 | 1,353 | 1,245 | 1,030 | 1,090 | 1,801 | 1,761 | 1,919 | 1,981 |
Searched for work in previous year(2), |
2,284 | 2,517 | 977 | 972 | 911 | 1,128 | 396 | 416 | 1,102 | 1,335 | 1,182 | 1,182 |
Not available to work now |
807 | 1,036 | 505 | 515 | 233 | 413 | 68 | 108 | 336 | 539 | 471 | 497 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) |
1,477 | 1,481 | 472 | 457 | 677 | 715 | 328 | 309 | 766 | 796 | 711 | 685 |
Discouraged over job prospects(4) |
396 | 445 | 95 | 99 | 191 | 252 | 111 | 94 | 232 | 273 | 165 | 172 |
Reasons other than discouragement |
1,080 | 1,036 | 377 | 358 | 486 | 463 | 217 | 215 | 534 | 523 | 547 | 513 |
Family responsibilities |
146 | 171 | 10 | 24 | 118 | 107 | 17 | 41 | 60 | 34 | 86 | 137 |
In school or training |
240 | 198 | 197 | 174 | 43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 112 | 135 | 86 |
Ill health or disability |
110 | 122 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 65 | 58 | 57 |
Other(5) |
584 | 546 | 161 | 144 | 274 | 280 | 149 | 122 | 317 | 313 | 267 | 233 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: June 07, 2024