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
	September 2018	October 2018	Standard error1	September to October 2018	October 2017 to October 2018	September to October 2018	October 2017 to October 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	3,471.4	3,476.0	...	4.6	44.7	0.1	1.3
Labour force	2,312.4	2,317.9	16.2	5.5	-0.4	0.2	0.0
Employment	2,174.6	2,188.3	16.5	13.7	23.5	0.6	1.1
Unemployment	137.8	129.7	11.8	-8.1	-23.8	-5.9	-15.5
Participation rate	66.6	66.7	0.5	0.1	-0.9	...	...
Unemployment rate	6.0	5.6	0.5	-0.4	-1.0	...	...
Employment rate	62.6	63.0	0.5	0.4	-0.1	...	...
Toronto, Ontario
Population	5,453.4	5,464.2	...	10.8	133.2	0.2	2.5
Labour force	3,558.3	3,589.2	21.8	30.9	41.1	0.9	1.2
Employment	3,332.2	3,364.7	21.4	32.5	31.7	1.0	1.0
Unemployment	226.1	224.5	14.2	-1.6	9.4	-0.7	4.4
Participation rate	65.2	65.7	0.4	0.5	-0.9	...	...
Unemployment rate	6.4	6.3	0.4	-0.1	0.2	...	...
Employment rate	61.1	61.6	0.4	0.5	-0.9	...	...
Vancouver, British Columbia
Population	2,237.3	2,240.2	...	2.9	35.7	0.1	1.6
Labour force	1,505.9	1,506.1	11.6	0.2	37.9	0.0	2.6
Employment	1,447.1	1,443.6	11.5	-3.5	34.5	-0.2	2.4
Unemployment	58.8	62.5	6.7	3.7	3.4	6.3	5.8
Participation rate	67.3	67.2	0.5	-0.1	0.6	...	...
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	...	...
Employment rate	64.7	64.4	0.5	-0.3	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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