Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted

Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
	July 2018	August 2018	Standard error1	July to August 2018	August 2017 to August 2018	July to August 2018	August 2017 to August 2018
	thousands (except rates)	thousands (except rates)	thousands (except rates)	change in thousands (except rates)	change in thousands (except rates)	% change	% change
Montréal, Quebec
Population	3,462.8	3,467.0	...	4.2	40.5	0.1	1.2
Labour force	2,328.4	2,321.5	16.2	-6.9	22.7	-0.3	1.0
Employment	2,185.0	2,179.8	16.5	-5.2	31.5	-0.2	1.5
Unemployment	143.4	141.7	11.8	-1.7	-8.7	-1.2	-5.8
Participation rate	67.2	67.0	0.5	-0.2	-0.1	...	...
Unemployment rate	6.2	6.1	0.5	-0.1	-0.4	...	...
Employment rate	63.1	62.9	0.5	-0.2	0.2	...	...
Toronto, Ontario
Population	5,432.4	5,443.4	...	11.0	131.3	0.2	2.5
Labour force	3,586.1	3,530.4	21.8	-55.7	36.4	-1.6	1.0
Employment	3,387.3	3,309.2	21.4	-78.1	15.0	-2.3	0.5
Unemployment	198.8	221.2	14.2	22.4	21.4	11.3	10.7
Participation rate	66.0	64.9	0.4	-1.1	-0.9	...	...
Unemployment rate	5.5	6.3	0.4	0.8	0.6	...	...
Employment rate	62.4	60.8	0.4	-1.6	-1.2	...	...
Vancouver, British Columbia
Population	2,231.2	2,234.3	...	3.1	33.9	0.1	1.5
Labour force	1,454.2	1,490.4	11.6	36.2	19.5	2.5	1.3
Employment	1,385.0	1,419.0	11.5	34.0	11.4	2.5	0.8
Unemployment	69.2	71.4	6.7	2.2	8.1	3.2	12.8
Participation rate	65.2	66.7	0.5	1.5	-0.1	...	...
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	...	...
Employment rate	62.1	63.5	0.5	1.4	-0.5	...	...

...

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 14-10-0295-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0136).

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