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May 2024 |
May 2025 |
16 to 24 years |
25 to 54 years |
55 years and over |
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Total not in the labor force |
100,672 | 103,169 | 17,335 | 17,926 | 21,112 | 21,765 | 62,225 | 63,477 | 42,191 | 43,102 | 58,481 | 60,067 |
Do not want a job now(1) |
94,413 | 96,602 | 14,955 | 15,299 | 18,739 | 19,524 | 60,718 | 61,778 | 39,096 | 39,954 | 55,317 | 56,648 |
Want a job(1) |
6,259 | 6,567 | 2,380 | 2,627 | 2,373 | 2,241 | 1,506 | 1,699 | 3,096 | 3,148 | 3,163 | 3,419 |
Did not search for work in previous year |
3,742 | 3,957 | 1,408 | 1,444 | 1,245 | 1,305 | 1,090 | 1,209 | 1,761 | 1,821 | 1,981 | 2,136 |
Searched for work in previous year(2), |
2,517 | 2,610 | 972 | 1,183 | 1,128 | 936 | 416 | 490 | 1,335 | 1,327 | 1,182 | 1,282 |
Not available to work now |
1,036 | 1,109 | 515 | 672 | 413 | 328 | 108 | 109 | 539 | 545 | 497 | 564 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) |
1,481 | 1,500 | 457 | 511 | 715 | 609 | 309 | 381 | 796 | 782 | 685 | 718 |
Discouraged over job prospects(4) |
445 | 352 | 99 | 78 | 252 | 167 | 94 | 108 | 273 | 197 | 172 | 155 |
Reasons other than discouragement |
1,036 | 1,148 | 358 | 433 | 463 | 442 | 215 | 273 | 523 | 585 | 513 | 563 |
Family responsibilities |
171 | 155 | 24 | 48 | 107 | 60 | 41 | 47 | 34 | 39 | 137 | 116 |
In school or training |
198 | 220 | 174 | 187 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 97 | 86 | 123 |
Ill health or disability |
122 | 155 | 16 | 10 | 54 | 86 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 99 | 57 | 56 |
Other(5) |
546 | 618 | 144 | 188 | 280 | 263 | 122 | 167 | 313 | 349 | 233 | 269 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: June 06, 2025