Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| November 2018 |
December 2018 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2018 | December 2017 to December 2018 | November to December 2018 | December 2017 to December 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 | 3,480.3 | 3,484.7 | ... | 4.4 | 48.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 2,375.7 | 2,334.4 | 16.2 | -41.3 | 21.2 | -1.7 | 0.9 |
| Employment | 2,232.8 | 2,189.1 | 16.5 | -43.7 | 3.0 | -2.0 | 0.1 |
| Unemployment | 142.9 | 145.3 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 18.1 | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| Participation rate | 68.3 | 67.0 | 0.5 | -1.3 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.2 | 62.8 | 0.5 | -1.4 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,474.5 | 5,484.9 | ... | 10.4 | 135.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,604.0 | 3,592.5 | 21.8 | -11.5 | -4.8 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| Employment | 3,383.7 | 3,385.4 | 21.4 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Unemployment | 220.4 | 207.1 | 14.2 | -13.3 | -11.3 | -6.0 | -5.2 |
| Participation rate | 65.8 | 65.5 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.1 | 5.8 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.8 | 61.7 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,243.1 | 2,245.8 | ... | 2.7 | 37.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,531.2 | 1,529.1 | 11.6 | -2.1 | 34.6 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
| Employment | 1,464.8 | 1,455.7 | 11.5 | -9.1 | 18.9 | -0.6 | 1.3 |
| Unemployment | 66.4 | 73.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 15.6 | 10.5 | 27.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.3 | 68.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.3 | 64.8 | 0.5 | -0.5 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
...
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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