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Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2022-2023

Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2022-2023 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work

171,835 174,356 90,643 91,713 81,192 82,643

Percent with unemployment

7.6 7.9 7.9 8.3 7.1 7.4

Total with unemployment

12,977 13,724 7,200 7,628 5,777 6,095

Did not work but looked for work

2,068 2,419 1,109 1,374 959 1,045

1 to 14 weeks

807 977 410 545 397 431

15 weeks or more

1,260 1,442 698 829 562 614

Worked during the year

10,909 11,305 6,091 6,254 4,818 5,050

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

458 401 270 224 188 176

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

10,451 10,904 5,821 6,030 4,630 4,874

1 to 4 weeks

2,370 2,640 1,226 1,321 1,144 1,319

5 to 10 weeks

2,027 1,807 1,093 1,062 934 745

11 to 14 weeks

1,327 1,403 836 775 490 627

15 to 26 weeks

2,488 2,905 1,432 1,682 1,056 1,223

27 weeks or more

2,239 2,149 1,233 1,190 1,006 959

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

12.8 13.3 13.2 13.7 12.2 12.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

2,234 2,305 1,282 1,296 952 1,009

2 spells

1,099 1,068 585 560 514 508

3 spells or more

1,135 1,237 697 736 438 501

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Did not work but looked for work

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1 to 14 weeks

39.0 40.4 37.0 39.7 41.4 41.3

15 weeks or more

61.0 59.6 63.0 60.3 58.6 58.7

Worked during the year

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

4.2 3.5 4.4 3.6 3.9 3.5

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

95.8 96.5 95.6 96.4 96.1 96.5

1 to 4 weeks

21.7 23.4 20.1 21.1 23.7 26.1

5 to 10 weeks

18.6 16.0 17.9 17.0 19.4 14.8

11 to 14 weeks

12.2 12.4 13.7 12.4 10.2 12.4

15 to 26 weeks

22.8 25.7 23.5 26.9 21.9 24.2

27 weeks or more

20.5 19.0 20.2 19.0 20.9 19.0

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.5 20.4 21.1 20.7 19.8 20.0

2 spells

10.1 9.4 9.6 9.0 10.7 10.1

3 spells or more

10.4 10.9 11.4 11.8 9.1 9.9

(1) Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
(2) Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: December 18, 2024