As the territory heads into the last quarter of the year and the post-tourism season, data show that there were slightly more Yukoners out of work last month than in August.

That’s according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics’ numbers released earlier this month.

They show that as of September, there were 700 unemployed workers – a similar number from this time last year but higher than the 600 people reported being out of work in August.

The Yukon traditionally experiences a spike in job numbers during the summer months, sparked in part by increased tourism.

A bureau spokesperson explained in mid-August that during the peak months of July and August, the territory sees upwards of 100,000 visitors. That stands in stark contrast to the roughly 3,000 to 4,000 people who make their way into the Yukon in January and February.

Those numbers are based on Canada Customs points of entry into the Yukon.

With that spike in warmer-weather visitors come jobs in sectors like accommodation, retail and food.

Meanwhile, on a monthly basis, the territory saw 400 fewer jobs from August to September of this year, dropping from 21,500 to 21,100.

On a grander scale, the country’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for September sat at just under six per cent, a slight drop from September 2017’s rate of 6.2 per cent.

For comparison, the Yukon’s unemployment rate for September of this year was 3.2 per cent after being recorded at 2.7 per cent for August.

The bureau pegged the territory’s seasonally adjusted labour force at 21,800 for last month, which rose by 300 compared to September of last year but dropped by the same figure compared to August.