Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| January 2021 |
February 2021 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,631.5 | 3,634.5 | ... | 3.0 | 40.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 2,397.7 | 2,410.3 | 20.2 | 12.6 | 19.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Employment | 2,169.1 | 2,232.1 | 21.7 | 63.0 | -42.7 | 2.9 | -1.9 |
| Unemployment | 228.6 | 178.2 | 17.3 | -50.4 | 62.0 | -22.0 | 53.4 |
| Participation rate | 66.0 | 66.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.5 | 7.4 | 0.7 | -2.1 | 2.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 59.7 | 61.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | -1.9 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,540.0 | 5,546.4 | ... | 6.4 | 74.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 3,683.1 | 3,628.7 | 30.0 | -54.4 | -20.6 | -1.5 | -0.6 |
| Employment | 3,247.8 | 3,251.6 | 28.9 | 3.8 | -198.7 | 0.1 | -5.8 |
| Unemployment | 435.3 | 377.1 | 23.2 | -58.2 | 178.1 | -13.4 | 89.5 |
| Participation rate | 66.5 | 65.4 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.8 | 10.4 | 0.6 | -1.4 | 4.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 58.6 | 58.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -4.5 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,340.4 | 2,341.2 | ... | 0.8 | 20.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Labour force | 1,597.5 | 1,591.6 | 16.9 | -5.9 | 20.6 | -0.4 | 1.3 |
| Employment | 1,454.6 | 1,468.5 | 17.0 | 13.9 | -31.8 | 1.0 | -2.1 |
| Unemployment | 142.9 | 123.1 | 12.6 | -19.8 | 52.3 | -13.9 | 73.9 |
| Participation rate | 68.3 | 68.0 | 0.7 | -0.3 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.9 | 7.7 | 0.8 | -1.2 | 3.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.2 | 62.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -2.0 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0383-02.
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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