Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| February 2019 |
March 2019 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,493.3 | 3,496.5 | ... | 3.2 | 51.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,337.8 | 2,329.0 | 17.1 | -8.8 | -2.2 | -0.4 | -0.1 |
| Employment | 2,208.2 | 2,198.8 | 17.0 | -9.4 | 6.0 | -0.4 | 0.3 |
| Unemployment | 129.7 | 130.3 | 11.8 | 0.6 | -8.1 | 0.5 | -5.9 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 66.6 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.2 | 62.9 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,508.4 | 5,518.4 | ... | 10.0 | 135.3 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,675.6 | 3,685.7 | 22.1 | 10.1 | 132.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Employment | 3,434.7 | 3,436.5 | 22.0 | 1.8 | 98.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Unemployment | 240.9 | 249.2 | 14.0 | 8.3 | 34.4 | 3.4 | 16.0 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 66.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.6 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.4 | 62.3 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,251.9 | 2,254.7 | ... | 2.8 | 38.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,548.0 | 1,549.9 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 66.2 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Employment | 1,475.2 | 1,480.3 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 57.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Unemployment | 72.8 | 69.6 | 7.0 | -3.2 | 9.0 | -4.4 | 14.9 |
| Participation rate | 68.7 | 68.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.7 | 4.5 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.5 | 65.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | ... | ... |
...
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).
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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