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1 2017 Alberta Labour Force Profiles Youth Highlights Population Statistics Labour Force Statistics 4 th highest proportion of youth in the working age population % MB % ON % SK % AB Between , Alberta s youth population decreased by 1.7% or 8,700 Sixth lowest unemployment rate for youth 13.2% Fourth highest participation rate for youth 66.4% Fifth highest employment rate for youth 57.6% Employment by Industry Education Employment 14.0% of employees in Services- Producing sector were youth Wages 27.9% of employees in Retail Trade were Youth Women made up 63.6% of all employed youth with a university degree Youth made up 12.8% of employment in Alberta Youth earned $12.46 an hour less than the Alberta average 42.9% 57.1% Alberta Alberta Youth $30.01 $ % 63.6% 57.1% of youth were employed fulltime

2 Working Age Population Statistics 14.9% of the working age population (WAP) in Alberta was youth in Youth are defined as those aged 15 to 24. Number and percentage of youth by province, 2017 Table 1 Population (15+ years) Youth (15-24 years) Youth Proportion of WAP In Canada, 14.6% of the working age population in 2017 was youth. The proportion of youth in the working age population ranged from 12.3% in Newfoundland and Labrador to 16.3% in Manitoba of the total working age population in the ten provinces (Table 1). Alberta had the fourth highest proportion of youth in the working age population, at 14.9%, behind Manitoba s 16.3%, Ontario s 15.3%, and Saskatchewan s 15.2%. Alberta s percentage of youth in the working age population exceeded the national average by 0.3 percentage points. The youth population in Alberta decreased by 1.7%, or 8,700, between 2007 and 2017 (Table 2). This growth rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than the youth national average and was 25.1 percentage points lower than the growth of working age population in Alberta over the same period. Canada 29,901,700 4,352, % Newfoundland and Labrador 445,500 54, % Prince Edward Island 123,700 17, % Nova Scotia 792, , % New Brunswick 624,700 81, % Quebec 6,931, , % Ontario 11,684,800 1,784, % Manitoba 1,013, , % Saskatchewan 876, , % Alberta 3,428, , % British Columbia 3,979, , % Growth of youth and working age population, 2007 and 2017 Table Growth Growth Rate Canadians 26,461,700 29,901,700 3,440, % Youth in Canada 4,378,000 4,352,300-25, % Albertans 2,777,600 3,428, , % Youth in Alberta 518, ,700-8, % 1

3 Labour Force Statistics In 2017, the participation rate for Youth in Alberta made up 13.6% of the labour force and 12.8% of those employed in 2017 (Table 3). In 2017, youth accounted for less than a third, or 23.0%, of the unemployed in Alberta. Alberta s youth unemployment rate was 13.2% which was 5.4 percentage points higher than the 2017 provincial rate. Alberta s youth participation and employment rates were lower than the provincial average by 6.0 and 9.1 percentage points, respectively. The proportion of youth in Alberta who were not participating in the labour force and were not in school at 8.1%, was lower than the average for Albertans aged 15-64, at 14.1% (Table 4). Alberta youth labour force statistics, 2017 Table 3 Youth in Alberta Alberta Youth (15-24 years) Alberta (15+ years) Youth's Share Working Age Population 509,700 3,428, % Labour Force 338,500 2,481, % Employment 293,800 2,286, % Unemployment 44, , % Unemployment Rate 13.2% 7.8% Participation Rate 66.4% 72.4% Employment Rate 57.6% 66.7% 13.6% 12.8% 23.0% Labour force Employed Unemployed Participation in the labour force by student classification Table 4 Age Group In Labour Force and in School In Labour Force and Not in School Not Labour Force and in School Not Labour Force and Not in School % 45.9% 25.4% 8.1% % 82.1% 1.3% 14.1% Note: Information on student status is not collected for persons aged 65 years and over. 2

4 10.3% 8.6% 13.2% 13.5% 12.3% 11.7% 11.8% 13.2% 17.6% 16.8% Alberta s youth unemployment rate was the tied for sixth lowest among the ten provinces at 13.2% and was 1.6 percentage points above as the Canadian youth average at 11.6% (Figure 1). 6 th lowest Unemployment rate in the country Female youth had a lower unemployment rate than their male counterparts by 6.1 percentage points in 2017 (Figure 2). The unemployment rate for Alberta males 15 years and over was 1.0 percentage point higher than for females from the same age group. Youth unemployment rates in Canada and provinces, 2017 Figure 1 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC Canadian Youth: 11.6% Alberta youth unemployment rate by gender, 2017 Figure 2 20% 15% 16.1% 10% 5% 8.3% 7.3% 10.0% 0% Male Alberta Alberta Youth Female 3

5 62.2% 68.4% 63.7% 62.3% 66.7% 60.7% 66.1% 65.1% 66.4% 66.6% In 2017, Alberta s youth participation rate at 66.4% was the fourth highest among the provinces, and was 2.5 percentage points higher than the Canadian youth average of 63.9% (Figure 3). Youth participation rates in Canada and provinces, 2017 Figure 3 80% 70% 60% The participation rate for female 50% youth in Alberta was 64.9%, which was 1.3 percentage point lower than the provincial average for 40% 30% women and 2.9 percentage points lower than the participation rate 20% for male youth (Figure 4). 10% 0% NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC Canadian Youth: 63.9% Alberta youth participation rate by gender, 2017 Figure 4 90% 80% 70% 78.4% 60% 67.8% 66.2% 64.9% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Male Female Alberta Alberta Youth 4

6 51.2% 59.3% 53.1% 54.0% 59.8% 53.2% 58.4% 57.4% 57.6% 60.8% Alberta s youth employment rate at 57.6% was the fifth highest among the provinces (Figure 5). Alberta s rate was 1.1 percentage points above the average Canadian youth rate in Youth employment rates in Canada by provinces, 2017 Figure 5 70% 60% 5 th highest youth employment rate in the country In 2017, the employment rate for male youth in Alberta was 1.6 percentage points lower than the rate for female youth and 15.0 percentage points lower than the rate for males 15 years and over (Figure 6). 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC Canadian Youth: 56.5% Alberta youth employment rate by gender, 2017 Figure 6 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 71.9% 61.4% 56.9% 58.5% 0% Male Female Alberta Alberta Youth 5

7 Industry Alberta youth employment by industry, 2017 Figure 7-20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 Agriculture 8,600 Goodsproducing sector Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas Utilities Construction - 8,200 27,500 Manufacturing 9,200 Wholesale trade 7,400 Retail trade 67,500 Transportation and warehousing 7,800 Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 5,200 Servicesproducing sector Professional, scientific and technical services Business, building and other support services Educational services 10,300 10,500 14,000 Health care and social assistance 15,700 Information, culture and recreation 20,400 Accommodation and food services 59,300 Other services 16,800 Public administration 5,000 - Insufficient data Of employed youth in Alberta, 81.6% worked in the Services- Producing Sector. The three industries that employed the largest number of youth were Retail Trade, 67,500; Accommodation and Food Services, 59,300; and Construction, 27,500 (Figure 7). 578,100 employed Albertans 54,000 (9.3%) youth 1,708,800 employed Albertans 239,800 (14.0%) youth Goods-producing sector Services-producing sector 6

8 Alberta youth employment by industry and gender, 2017 Table % of youth in the Goods- Producing Sector are male Industry Male Female Male Female Goods-Producing Sector 44,200 9, % 18.0% Agriculture 6,600 2, % 23.3% Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Employed Proportion by Gender 6,900 * 84.1% * Utilities * * * * Construction 23,500 4, % 14.9% Manufacturing 7,000 2, % 22.8% Of all employed male youth in Alberta, 70.4% were employed in the Services- Producing Sector, and 19.0% were in the Retail Trade industry (Table 5). 56.2% of youth in the Services- Producing Sector are female Services-Producing Sector 105, , % 56.2% Wholesale Trade 4,600 2, % 36.5% Retail Trade 28,400 39, % 57.9% Transportation and Warehousing Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Business, building and Other Support Services 5,700 2, % 25.6% 2,200 3, % 57.7% 4,700 5, % 54.4% 6,000 4, % 42.9% Educational Services 4,400 9, % 68.6% Health Care and Social Assistance 1,900 13, % 87.9% Information, Culture and Recreation 10,000 10, % 51.0% Among employed female youth, 60.5% of them worked in three industries: Retail Trade; Accommodation and Food Services and Health Care and Social Assistance. Accommodation and Food Services * Insufficient data 24,800 34, % 58.2% Other Services 9,500 7, % 43.5% Public Administration 2,900 2, % 42.0% 7

9 Education In 2017, 22.5% of employed youth in Alberta had no degree, certificate or diploma compared to 9.2% for employed Albertans aged 15 years and over, and 38.1% of youth had high school diploma as their highest level of education compared to 21.7% of Albertans aged 15 years and over (Table 6). 22.5% of employed youth had no degree, certificate or diploma in 2017 among employed youth with a University degree Employed Alberta youth by highest level of education attained, 2017 Table 6 Education Level * Insufficient data Albertans (15+ years) Albertans (15 to 24 years) No degree, certificate or diploma 9.2% 22.5% High school graduate 21.7% 38.1% High school graduate, some post-secondary 5.6% 14.8% Postsecondary certificate or diploma Without high school diploma Postsecondary certificate or diploma With high school diploma 2.3% * 32.0% 17.1% University degree 29.1% 7.1% Total 100.0% 100.0% 36.4% were men 63.6% were women Proportion of persons 15 years and over in Alberta that completed a post-secondary education Table 7 Education Level Youth (15-24 years) Male Share Female Share No degree, certificate or diploma 66, % 44.5% High school graduate 112, % 45.6% High school graduate, some postsecondary Postsecondary certificate or diploma With high school diploma 43, % 56.3% 50, % 51.6% University degree 20, % 63.6% Among employed youth with a university degree, 63.6% were women and 36.4% were men (Table 7). For employed youth with high school diploma as their highest level of education, 54.5% were males and 45.6% were females. 8

10 Full-time and Part-time Employment Full-time and part-time employment by gender, 2017 Table % 42.9% Albertans (15 to 24 years) Albertans (15+ years) Employed Share Employed Share Both Sexes 293, % 2,286, % Full-Time 167, % 1,865, % The proportion of youth employed in part-time positions was 42.9%, more than double the proportion for Albertans 15 years and older, at 18.4% (Table 8). The proportion of female youth in part-time employment was 51.7%, which was 17.4 percentage points higher than the proportion for male youth. Part-Time 125, % 421, % Male 149, % 1,247, % Full-Time 98, % 1,116, % Part-Time 51, % 130, % Female 144, % 1,039, % Full-Time 69, % 748, % Part-Time 74, % 290, % The proportion of youth in Alberta who looked for full-time work but worked part-time due to business conditions, or could not find full-time employment, was 10.5%, which was 1.2 percentage points lower than the provincial average of 11.7% (Table 9). Reasons for part-time employment, 2017 Table 9 Reason for working part-time Albertans (15 to 24 years) Albertans (15+ years) Going to school 67.7% 23.9% Personal preference 6.8% 26.0% Business conditions, did not look for full-time work in last month 8.3% 11.7% Could not find full-time work, did not look for full-time work in last month 3.1% 2.8% Business conditions, looked for full-time work in last month 5.0% 6.6% Could not find full-time work, looked for full-time work in last month 5.5% 5.1% Other reasons 3.7% 23.9% Total 100.0% 100.0% 9

11 Wages Overall, youth in Alberta earned less per hour than the provincial average at each level of education (Table 10). The average hourly wage paid to youth was $12.46 less than the provincial average hourly wage in $30.01 Average hourly wages by highest level of education attained, 2017 Table 10 Educational Level Alberta Alberta Youth Less than high school $21.03 $14.69 High school graduate $24.34 $17.19 Some post-secondary $23.43 $16.36 Post-secondary certificate or diploma without high school completion Post-secondary certificate or diploma with high school completion $30.32 * $31.32 $20.64 University degree $36.84 $22.81 All Education Levels $30.01 $17.55 $17.55 * Insufficient data Average hourly wage Average hourly wages of alberta youth by highest level education attained and gender, 2017 Table 11 Educational Level Youth Male Female Less than high school $14.69 $15.33 $13.96 High school graduate $17.19 $18.67 $15.42 $18.45 $16.63 The average hourly wage paid to male youth was higher at all levels of education than the wage paid to female youth in 2017; except for those with a university degree; were on average women earned $2.62 more an hour (Table 11). The highest wage gap between male and female occurred at the Post-secondary certificate or diploma at $3.90. Some post-secondary $16.36 $16.74 $16.07 Post-secondary certificate or diploma $20.66 $22.67 $18.77 University degree $22.81 $21.14 $23.76 All Education Levels $17.55 $18.45 $

12 Appendix All of the following definitions are from the Guide to the Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada. Employment Rate: The number of persons employed expressed as a percentage of working age population (WAP). Industry: The general nature of the business carried out by the establishment for whom the respondent works (main job only). Working Age Population: Those persons 15+ years except persons living on Indian reserves, inmates of institutions, and regular members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Average Hourly Wage: Based on hourly wage before taxes and other deductions, and include tips and commissions. Only persons who are an employee are included in the average. Youth: Those persons 15 to 24 years. Labour Force: The labour force is the portion of the civilian, non-institutional population 15 years of age and over who, during the survey reference week, were employed or unemployed. The reference week is defined as the week, usually containing the 15th day of the month, in which information is collected for the Labour Force Survey. Participation Rate: The total labour force expressed as a percentage of the population aged 15 years and over. This measure represents the proportion of the said population that is either employed or actively seeking employment. Call us or visit our w ebsite for more information or to find the follow ing publications: Annual Alberta Labour Market Review Monthly Alberta Labour Force Statistics Highlights and Packages Alberta s Occupational Demand and Supply Outlook Alberta Labour Force Profiles Alberta Industry Profiles (See Labour Market Information) In Edmonton: Long distance: Government of Alberta Published: March 2018 ISBN ISSN

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