Canada. High Unemployment Rate for Students

Unemployment rate for students was one of the highest in the summer of 2009.

From May to August, the Labour Force Survey collects labour market information about young people aged 15 to 24 who were attending school full time in March and intend to return to school in the fall. The published estimates are not seasonally adjusted; therefore, comparisons can only be made on a year-over-year basis.

In August, employment was down 128,000 (-9.5%) among students aged 15 to 24 compared with August 2008, the fastest year-over-year rate of decline for a month of August since 1983.

The unemployment rate reached 16.4% for students in August, up 5.0 percentage points compared with the same month last year. This was the highest August unemployment rate for these students since comparable data became available in 1977.

The 2009 summer labour market was one of the most challenging for students. The average unemployment rate for the summer was 19.2%, the second highest rate since comparable data became available in 1977. In addition to a high unemployment rate, the average number of hours worked during the summer by students was the lowest since 1977, at 23.4 hours per week.

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