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Category | Total | Age | Sex | |||||||||
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2022 | 2023 | 16 to 24 years |
25 to 54 years |
55 years and over |
Men | Women | ||||||
2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
Total not in the labor force |
99,686 | 99,826 | 16,864 | 17,210 | 22,325 | 21,400 | 60,497 | 61,215 | 41,197 | 41,599 | 58,490 | 58,227 |
Do not want a job now(1) |
94,047 | 94,496 | 15,292 | 15,574 | 19,865 | 19,172 | 58,891 | 59,749 | 38,506 | 39,072 | 55,541 | 55,424 |
Want a job(1) |
5,639 | 5,330 | 1,573 | 1,636 | 2,460 | 2,228 | 1,606 | 1,466 | 2,691 | 2,527 | 2,948 | 2,803 |
Did not search for work in previous year |
3,500 | 3,277 | 929 | 943 | 1,405 | 1,280 | 1,166 | 1,054 | 1,636 | 1,514 | 1,864 | 1,763 |
Searched for work in previous year, |
2,139 | 2,053 | 644 | 693 | 1,055 | 948 | 440 | 412 | 1,055 | 1,013 | 1,084 | 1,040 |
Not available to work now |
656 | 595 | 239 | 253 | 320 | 252 | 97 | 90 | 273 | 261 | 382 | 333 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) |
1,484 | 1,458 | 405 | 440 | 735 | 696 | 343 | 322 | 782 | 752 | 702 | 706 |
Discouraged over job |
407 | 370 | 97 | 101 | 204 | 186 | 106 | 83 | 254 | 226 | 153 | 144 |
Reasons other than discouragement |
1,077 | 1,088 | 308 | 339 | 531 | 510 | 237 | 239 | 528 | 526 | 549 | 562 |
Family responsibilities |
171 | 151 | 23 | 17 | 112 | 102 | 36 | 31 | 58 | 56 | 114 | 95 |
In school or training |
132 | 146 | 106 | 115 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 71 | 66 | 75 |
Ill health or disability |
140 | 124 | 17 | 16 | 67 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 67 | 55 | 73 | 69 |
Other(5) |
633 | 667 | 161 | 191 | 329 | 327 | 143 | 149 | 337 | 344 | 296 | 323 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024