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Category | Total | Age | Sex | |||||||||
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2019 | 2020 | 16 to 24 years | 25 to 54 years | 55 years and over | Men | Women | ||||||
2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
Total not in the labor force | 95,636 | 99,587 | 16,656 | 17,278 | 22,102 | 23,416 | 56,879 | 58,893 | 38,667 | 40,718 | 56,970 | 58,869 |
Do not want a job now(1) | 90,593 | 92,464 | 15,153 | 15,364 | 20,023 | 20,052 | 55,417 | 57,048 | 36,252 | 37,256 | 54,341 | 55,208 |
Want a job(1) | 5,043 | 7,123 | 1,503 | 1,914 | 2,078 | 3,363 | 1,462 | 1,846 | 2,415 | 3,462 | 2,629 | 3,661 |
Did not search for work in previous year | 3,084 | 4,588 | 883 | 1,176 | 1,157 | 2,068 | 1,045 | 1,344 | 1,430 | 2,166 | 1,654 | 2,423 |
Searched for work in previous year, | 1,959 | 2,535 | 620 | 739 | 921 | 1,295 | 418 | 501 | 984 | 1,296 | 975 | 1,239 |
Not available to work now | 556 | 572 | 229 | 193 | 252 | 299 | 75 | 80 | 242 | 241 | 314 | 331 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) | 1,403 | 1,962 | 391 | 545 | 669 | 996 | 343 | 421 | 742 | 1,055 | 661 | 907 |
Discouraged over job | 382 | 574 | 86 | 136 | 193 | 301 | 103 | 137 | 239 | 343 | 143 | 231 |
Reasons other than discouragement | 1,021 | 1,388 | 306 | 409 | 476 | 694 | 240 | 285 | 503 | 712 | 519 | 676 |
Family responsibilities | 156 | 124 | 21 | 18 | 103 | 84 | 32 | 22 | 44 | 40 | 112 | 84 |
In school or training | 146 | 141 | 116 | 110 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 68 | 70 | 73 |
Ill health or disability | 135 | 123 | 14 | 14 | 63 | 57 | 58 | 52 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 55 |
Other(5) | 584 | 1,000 | 155 | 267 | 283 | 524 | 147 | 209 | 310 | 536 | 274 | 464 |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021