Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| August 2018 |
September 2018 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 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 | 3,467.0 | 3,471.4 | ... | 4.4 | 42.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Labour force | 2,321.5 | 2,312.4 | 16.2 | -9.1 | 8.5 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
| Employment | 2,179.8 | 2,174.6 | 16.5 | -5.2 | 24.6 | -0.2 | 1.1 |
| Unemployment | 141.7 | 137.8 | 11.8 | -3.9 | -16.1 | -2.8 | -10.5 |
| Participation rate | 67.0 | 66.6 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.9 | 62.6 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,443.4 | 5,453.4 | ... | 10.0 | 131.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,530.4 | 3,558.3 | 21.8 | 27.9 | 35.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Employment | 3,309.2 | 3,332.2 | 21.4 | 23.0 | 15.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Unemployment | 221.2 | 226.1 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 19.4 | 2.2 | 9.4 |
| Participation rate | 64.9 | 65.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.3 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.8 | 61.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,234.3 | 2,237.3 | ... | 3.0 | 34.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Labour force | 1,490.4 | 1,505.9 | 11.6 | 15.5 | 33.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Employment | 1,419.0 | 1,447.1 | 11.5 | 28.1 | 35.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Unemployment | 71.4 | 58.8 | 6.7 | -12.6 | -2.2 | -17.6 | -3.6 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 67.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.8 | 3.9 | 0.4 | -0.9 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.5 | 64.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
...
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).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in 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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