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Feb. 2023 |
Feb. 2024 |
16 to 24 years |
25 to 54 years |
55 years and over |
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Total not in the labor force |
99,934 | 100,426 | 17,518 | 17,762 | 21,467 | 21,018 | 60,949 | 61,646 | 41,689 | 42,221 | 58,245 | 58,205 |
Do not want a job now(1) |
94,947 | 94,880 | 16,174 | 16,070 | 19,206 | 18,750 | 59,567 | 60,060 | 39,175 | 39,600 | 55,772 | 55,280 |
Want a job(1) |
4,987 | 5,546 | 1,344 | 1,691 | 2,260 | 2,269 | 1,382 | 1,586 | 2,514 | 2,621 | 2,472 | 2,925 |
Did not search for work in previous year |
3,104 | 3,308 | 802 | 887 | 1,322 | 1,301 | 980 | 1,120 | 1,557 | 1,545 | 1,547 | 1,763 |
Searched for work in previous year(2), |
1,883 | 2,238 | 542 | 805 | 939 | 967 | 402 | 466 | 957 | 1,076 | 925 | 1,162 |
Not available to work now |
463 | 679 | 203 | 250 | 208 | 319 | 53 | 110 | 187 | 284 | 276 | 395 |
Marginally attached (available to work now)(3) |
1,420 | 1,559 | 339 | 554 | 731 | 649 | 350 | 357 | 771 | 792 | 649 | 767 |
Discouraged over job prospects(4) |
361 | 425 | 59 | 144 | 199 | 172 | 103 | 108 | 202 | 245 | 159 | 180 |
Reasons other than discouragement |
1,059 | 1,135 | 280 | 410 | 532 | 477 | 247 | 248 | 569 | 548 | 490 | 587 |
Family responsibilities |
143 | 129 | 8 | 15 | 104 | 84 | 31 | 29 | 76 | 65 | 68 | 64 |
In school or training |
112 | 190 | 94 | 152 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 72 | 44 | 118 |
Ill health or disability |
138 | 156 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 58 | 77 |
Other(5) |
665 | 661 | 170 | 224 | 348 | 290 | 147 | 147 | 345 | 332 | 320 | 328 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024