{
  "id": "employment-rate",
  "category": "Work and income",
  "title": "Employment rate in Greater Victoria",
  "geography": "Victoria census metropolitan area (Greater Victoria)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Market and economy-wide factors",
    "Federal and provincial economic policy"
  ],
  "plain_question": "What share of people aged 15 and over have a job?",
  "value": 61.4,
  "display_value": "61.4%",
  "unit": "% of people 15 and over with a job (3-month average, seasonally adjusted)",
  "period": "3 months to October 2026",
  "period_start": "2025-10-01",
  "period_end": "2026-10-01",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "October 2025",
    "previous_value": 63.4,
    "change_percent": -2.0,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "trend": "roughly_flat",
  "significance": {
    "significant": false,
    "margin": 4.1,
    "text": "Statistics Canada's standard error of the year-over-year change is 2.1 points, so the 95% margin is about 4.1 points; the -2.0-point change is smaller than that."
  },
  "trend_basis": "61.4% in the three months to October 2026 against 63.4% a year earlier (-2.0 points; 95% survey margin about 4.1 points).",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "A higher share means more people have work.",
  "since_text": "Ages 25 to 54, yearly average: 87.7% in 2025 (86.9% in 2024).",
  "caveats": [
    "This comes from the Labour Force Survey, a sample survey. The standard error of the year-over-year change is 2.1 points, as Statistics Canada publishes it, so changes smaller than about 4.1 points may be sampling noise.",
    "The rate for everyone 15 and over falls as the population ages, because more people are retired. The 25 to 54 line, from the yearly table 14-10-0461-01, is less affected by that.",
    "The area is the Victoria census metropolitan area, which is larger than the City of Victoria.",
    "The B.C. and Canada lines are the same measure from the same Statistics Canada table (yearly averages from table 14-10-0327-01 on the longer views). They are comparisons, not goals: no government has set an employment-rate target for Greater Victoria. Places with an older population tend to have a lower rate for everyone 15 and over."
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Employment rate, three-month average",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "lines": [
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          "area": "cma",
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              "period": "2021-11",
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              "period": "2021-12",
              "value": 60.4
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              "period": "2022-01",
              "value": 61.4
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            {
              "period": "2022-02",
              "value": 61.7
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            {
              "period": "2022-03",
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            {
              "period": "2022-04",
              "value": 62.3
            },
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              "period": "2022-05",
              "value": 61.8
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            {
              "period": "2022-06",
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            {
              "period": "2022-07",
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            {
              "period": "2022-08",
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            {
              "period": "2022-09",
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            {
              "period": "2022-10",
              "value": 60.6
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              "period": "2022-11",
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              "period": "2022-12",
              "value": 61.1
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              "period": "2023-01",
              "value": 60.7
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            {
              "period": "2023-02",
              "value": 60.4
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            {
              "period": "2023-03",
              "value": 60.4
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            {
              "period": "2023-04",
              "value": 60.0
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              "period": "2023-05",
              "value": 59.7
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            {
              "period": "2023-06",
              "value": 59.8
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            {
              "period": "2023-07",
              "value": 60.6
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            {
              "period": "2023-08",
              "value": 62.0
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              "period": "2023-09",
              "value": 63.0
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            {
              "period": "2023-10",
              "value": 64.1
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              "period": "2023-11",
              "value": 63.9
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            {
              "period": "2023-12",
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              "period": "2024-01",
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            {
              "period": "2024-02",
              "value": 63.5
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            {
              "period": "2024-03",
              "value": 63.6
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            {
              "period": "2024-04",
              "value": 63.9
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            {
              "period": "2024-05",
              "value": 65.0
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              "period": "2024-06",
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              "period": "2024-07",
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              "period": "2024-08",
              "value": 65.9
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              "period": "2024-09",
              "value": 65.3
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              "period": "2024-10",
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              "period": "2024-11",
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              "period": "2024-12",
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              "period": "2025-01",
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              "period": "2025-02",
              "value": 65.3
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              "period": "2025-03",
              "value": 65.0
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              "period": "2025-05",
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              "period": "2025-08",
              "value": 63.3
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            {
              "period": "2025-09",
              "value": 63.3
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              "period": "2025-10",
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              "period": "2025-11",
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              "period": "2025-12",
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            {
              "period": "2026-01",
              "value": 62.9
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            {
              "period": "2026-02",
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            {
              "period": "2026-03",
              "value": 62.7
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              "period": "2026-04",
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              "period": "2026-05",
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              "period": "2026-07",
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              "period": "2026-09",
              "value": 60.2
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              "period": "2026-10",
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        {
          "name": "B.C.",
          "area": "bc",
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              "value": 61.8
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              "period": "2021-11",
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              "period": "2022-01",
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              "period": "2022-03",
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              "period": "2022-05",
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              "period": "2022-06",
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              "period": "2022-07",
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              "period": "2022-08",
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              "period": "2022-09",
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              "period": "2022-11",
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              "period": "2022-12",
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              "period": "2023-01",
              "value": 62.6
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              "period": "2023-02",
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              "period": "2023-03",
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              "period": "2023-05",
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              "period": "2024-01",
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              "period": "2024-02",
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              "period": "2024-03",
              "value": 62.3
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              "period": "2024-05",
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              "period": "2024-11",
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            {
              "period": "2024-12",
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              "period": "2025-01",
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            {
              "period": "2025-02",
              "value": 61.1
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            {
              "period": "2025-03",
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              "value": 61.1
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              "period": "2025-05",
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            {
              "period": "2025-06",
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            {
              "period": "2025-07",
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            {
              "period": "2025-08",
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              "period": "2025-09",
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            {
              "period": "2025-10",
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              "period": "2025-11",
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            {
              "period": "2025-12",
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            {
              "period": "2026-01",
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            {
              "period": "2026-02",
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            {
              "period": "2026-03",
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              "period": "2026-04",
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              "period": "2026-05",
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              "period": "2026-09",
              "value": 60.8
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            {
              "period": "2026-10",
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          "name": "Canada",
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            {
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            {
              "period": "2023-06",
              "value": 62.3
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            {
              "period": "2023-07",
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            {
              "period": "2023-08",
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            {
              "period": "2023-09",
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            {
              "period": "2023-10",
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            {
              "period": "2023-11",
              "value": 62.1
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              "period": "2023-12",
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              "period": "2024-01",
              "value": 61.9
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              "period": "2024-02",
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            {
              "period": "2024-03",
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            {
              "period": "2024-04",
              "value": 61.6
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            {
              "period": "2024-05",
              "value": 61.6
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            {
              "period": "2024-06",
              "value": 61.4
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            {
              "period": "2024-07",
              "value": 61.3
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            {
              "period": "2024-08",
              "value": 61.2
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            {
              "period": "2024-09",
              "value": 61.1
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            {
              "period": "2024-10",
              "value": 61.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2024-11",
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            {
              "period": "2024-12",
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            {
              "period": "2025-01",
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            {
              "period": "2025-02",
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            {
              "period": "2025-03",
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            {
              "period": "2025-04",
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            {
              "period": "2025-05",
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            {
              "period": "2025-06",
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            {
              "period": "2025-07",
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            {
              "period": "2025-08",
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            {
              "period": "2025-09",
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            {
              "period": "2025-10",
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            {
              "period": "2025-11",
              "value": 60.8
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            {
              "period": "2025-12",
              "value": 60.9
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            {
              "period": "2026-01",
              "value": 60.9
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            {
              "period": "2026-02",
              "value": 60.8
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            {
              "period": "2026-03",
              "value": 60.7
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            {
              "period": "2026-04",
              "value": 60.6
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            {
              "period": "2026-05",
              "value": 60.6
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            {
              "period": "2026-06",
              "value": 60.7
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            {
              "period": "2026-07",
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            {
              "period": "2026-08",
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            {
              "period": "2026-09",
              "value": 60.8
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            {
              "period": "2026-10",
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      ],
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                "period": "2013",
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              {
                "period": "2014",
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              {
                "period": "2015",
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              {
                "period": "2016",
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              {
                "period": "2017",
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              {
                "period": "2018",
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              {
                "period": "2019",
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              {
                "period": "2020",
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              {
                "period": "2021",
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                "period": "2022",
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              {
                "period": "2023",
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              {
                "period": "2024",
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              {
                "period": "2025",
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            ]
          },
          {
            "name": "B.C. (yearly average)",
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                "period": "2011",
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              {
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              {
                "period": "2014",
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              {
                "period": "2015",
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              {
                "period": "2017",
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              {
                "period": "2018",
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              {
                "period": "2019",
                "value": 63.3
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              {
                "period": "2020",
                "value": 58.6
              },
              {
                "period": "2021",
                "value": 61.6
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              {
                "period": "2022",
                "value": 62.5
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              {
                "period": "2023",
                "value": 62.4
              },
              {
                "period": "2024",
                "value": 61.6
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              {
                "period": "2025",
                "value": 60.9
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            ]
          },
          {
            "name": "Canada (yearly average)",
            "area": "canada",
            "series": [
              {
                "period": "2011",
                "value": 61.7
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              {
                "period": "2012",
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              },
              {
                "period": "2013",
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              },
              {
                "period": "2014",
                "value": 61.5
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              {
                "period": "2015",
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              {
                "period": "2016",
                "value": 61.1
              },
              {
                "period": "2017",
                "value": 61.7
              },
              {
                "period": "2018",
                "value": 61.9
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              {
                "period": "2019",
                "value": 62.3
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              {
                "period": "2020",
                "value": 58.1
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              {
                "period": "2021",
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              {
                "period": "2022",
                "value": 62.0
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              {
                "period": "2023",
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              {
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              {
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        ],
        "title": "Employment rate, yearly average, ages 15 and over",
        "note": "Yearly averages from Statistics Canada tables 14-10-0461-01 (Greater Victoria) and 14-10-0327-01 (B.C. and Canada), not seasonally adjusted, as annual averages need no adjustment, 2011 to 2025. The 5-year view shows each month",
        "monthly_note": "Three-month moving average, each month. The 10-year and All views show yearly averages",
        "source": {
          "name": "Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, annual: employment rate, Victoria",
          "table": "14-10-0461-01",
          "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410046101",
          "dataset_url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/f7f8ba11-2fd8-4221-a434-3fdcd16c610a",
          "licence": {
            "name": "Open Government Licence - Canada",
            "url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada"
          },
          "attribution": "Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0461-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "title": "Employment rate by age group, Greater Victoria, yearly average (%)",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
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              "period": "2016",
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            {
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