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Unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24 (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Young and older workers by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 10.9 (Canada).

Lowest: 8 to 8.7 %
Group 2: 8.7 to 10.1 %
Group 3: 10.1 to 10.7 %
Group 4: 10.7 to 12.7 %
Highest: 12.7 to 13 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Labour Force Survey annual averages for the ten provinces; the territories are surveyed separately.


1	Ontario	13
2	Newfoundland and Labrador	12.7
3	New Brunswick	11.3
4	Alberta	10.7
5	British Columbia	10.4
6	Nova Scotia	10.1
7	Prince Edward Island	9.6
8	Manitoba	8.7
9	Saskatchewan	8.2
10	Quebec	8

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01: Labour force characteristics by gender and detailed age group, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by unemployment rate at ages 20 to 24 (%) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0327-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-unemployment-rate-at-ages-20-to-24/

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