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  "id": "youth-unemployment",
  "category": "Work and income",
  "title": "Unemployment rate for young people (15 to 24), Greater Victoria",
  "geography": "Victoria census metropolitan area (Greater Victoria)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Employers and workers",
    "Provincial and federal training programs"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Out of every 100 young people aged 15 to 24 who want a job, how many cannot find one?",
  "value": 9.6,
  "display_value": "9.6%",
  "unit": "of the labour force aged 15 to 24, 2025",
  "period": "Calendar year 2025 (annual average)",
  "period_start": "2025-01-01",
  "period_end": "2025-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "Calendar year 2024",
    "previous_value": 8.0,
    "change_percent": 20.0
  },
  "trend": "worsening",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "A lower rate means fewer young people looking for work cannot find a job.",
  "trend_basis": "9.6% in 2025 against 8.0% in 2024 (annual averages). All ages 15 and over: 4.1%. B.C. ages 15 to 24: 13.4%. Canada: 13.8%.",
  "since_text": "All ages 4.1%. B.C. youth 13.4%, Canada 13.8%.",
  "compare_text": "B.C. 13.4%, Canada 13.8%",
  "caveats": [
    "Labour Force Survey annual averages. Young people in school who are not looking for work are not counted as unemployed.",
    "The survey sample for one age group in one city is small, so a change of a point or two from one year to the next can be sampling noise. Statistics Canada does not publish a margin for this annual figure.",
    "B.C. and Canada come from table 14-10-0327-01 (same survey, same definition)."
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24: Greater Victoria, B.C. and Canada",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "lines": [
        {
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          "area": "cma",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 10.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 11.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 9.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 10.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 9.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 9.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 6.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 6.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 6.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 14.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 7.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 7.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 7.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 8.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 9.6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "British Columbia",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 8.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 7.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 8.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 13.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 13.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 13.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 13.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 12.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 11.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 11.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 10.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 8.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 7.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 9.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 18.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 12.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 8.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 9.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 11.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 13.4
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Canada",
          "area": "canada",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 11.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 11.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 11.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 15.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 14.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 14.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 14.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 13.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 13.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 12.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 12.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 11.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 10.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 10.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 20.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 13.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 10.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 10.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 13.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 13.8
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Unemployment rate in Greater Victoria by age",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "15 to 24",
          "area": "cma",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 10.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 11.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 9.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 10.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 9.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 9.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 6.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 6.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 6.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 14.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 7.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 7.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 7.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 8.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 9.6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "15 and over",
          "area": "cma",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 6.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 5.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 5.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 5.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 5.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 5.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 3.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 4.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 3.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 7.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 4.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 3.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 3.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 3.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 4.1
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "period": "2011",
      "value": 10.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2012",
      "value": 11.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2013",
      "value": 9.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2014",
      "value": 10.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2015",
      "value": 9.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2016",
      "value": 9.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 6.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 6.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 6.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 14.1
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 7.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 7.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
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    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 8.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 9.6
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually (January)",
  "data_published": "2026-01-09",
  "source": {
    "name": "Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, tables 14-10-0461-01 (Greater Victoria) and 14-10-0327-01 (B.C. and Canada)",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410046101",
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    "table": "14-10-0461-01",
    "publisher_page": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/household/3701",
    "locator": "Table 14-10-0461-01: Victoria, British Columbia; Unemployment rate; Total - Gender; 15 to 24 years; 2025",
    "reads": "2025: 9.6%; 2024: 8.0%",
    "also": [
      {
        "name": "Table 14-10-0327-01: British Columbia and Canada, unemployment rate, 15 to 24 years",
        "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410032701"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T05:22:22Z",
  "licence_type": "open",
  "source_tier": 1,
  "measure_kind": "outcome",
  "better_measure": null,
  "status_rule": {
    "rule": "One rule for every measure: a change smaller than 5% of the earlier value, or smaller than the agency's own margin of error, is “About the same”; no change is calculated across a marked break in a series; homelessness estimates, prices, staffing and comparison pages are shown for context without a label.",
    "reason": "The change is 20.0% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold.",
    "threshold_percent": 5.0
  },
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      "value": 8.0,
      "text": "vs 2024: +20.0%"
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    "five_year": {
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      "years": 6,
      "value": 6.3,
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    "rule": "Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series.",
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    "why": "The change is 20.0% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold.",
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    "five_replaced": {
      "period": "2020",
      "text": "−31.9%"
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    "rung_name": "No target found",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
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        "label": "Note",
        "text": "Youth unemployment comes from the same survey. The documents read for the unemployment rate set no target for any age group.",
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        "source": null,
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      },
      {
        "kind": "none",
        "label": "No target found",
        "text": "No target for the unemployment rate, for Greater Victoria or for B.C., found in the Ministry of Jobs and Economic Growth 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan (February 2026) or in the joint statement of the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada renewing the inflation-control target (November 2026), as of November 12, 2026. The plan has no employment or unemployment measure. The joint statement says price stability supports maximum sustainable employment and sets no number for employment; its only numeric target is 2% inflation, within a range of 1% to 3%. Who could set one: the Province of B.C. or the Government of Canada.",
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        "source": {
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          "publisher": "Province of B.C.",
          "date": "February 2026",
          "url": "https://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2026/sp/pdf/ministry/jeg.pdf",
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          "refresh": "Yearly, with the provincial budget (February)",
          "licence": "Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.",
          "checked": "2026-11-12",
          "key": "jeg_sp"
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          },
          {
            "title": "Joint statement renewing the 2% inflation-control target",
            "publisher": "Government of Canada and Bank of Canada",
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        ],
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        "documents_checked": null,
        "text": "The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal."
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  },
  "decided_by": [
    {
      "body": "NONE",
      "name": "No government decides this directly",
      "note": "Employers and workers decide hiring."
    },
    {
      "body": "BOC",
      "name": "Bank of Canada",
      "decides": "Conducts monetary policy. Its law asks it to reduce swings in production, trade, prices and employment where it can.",
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          "key": "boce",
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        {
          "key": "boc21",
          "label": "Bank of Canada Act, s. 21",
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    "years": 6,
    "change": "+52.4%"
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    "text": "No target found · B.C. 13.4%",
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    "comparison": "B.C. 13.4%",
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}