Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| March 2019 |
April 2019 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2019 | April 2018 to April 2019 | March to April 2019 | April 2018 to April 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 | 3,496.5 | 3,500.9 | ... | 4.4 | 51.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,329.0 | 2,335.4 | 17.1 | 6.4 | 17.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Employment | 2,198.8 | 2,215.6 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 35.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Unemployment | 130.3 | 119.8 | 11.8 | -10.5 | -18.1 | -8.1 | -13.1 |
| Participation rate | 66.6 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.6 | 5.1 | 0.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.9 | 63.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,518.4 | 5,532.2 | ... | 13.8 | 135.9 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,685.7 | 3,701.4 | 22.1 | 15.7 | 151.7 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| Employment | 3,436.5 | 3,456.4 | 22.0 | 19.9 | 129.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Unemployment | 249.2 | 245.0 | 14.0 | -4.2 | 22.2 | -1.7 | 10.0 |
| Participation rate | 66.8 | 66.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.8 | 6.6 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.3 | 62.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,254.7 | 2,258.8 | ... | 4.1 | 38.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,549.9 | 1,540.7 | 11.7 | -9.2 | 64.5 | -0.6 | 4.4 |
| Employment | 1,480.3 | 1,477.8 | 11.8 | -2.5 | 68.0 | -0.2 | 4.8 |
| Unemployment | 69.6 | 62.9 | 7.0 | -6.7 | -3.5 | -9.6 | -5.3 |
| Participation rate | 68.7 | 68.2 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.7 | 65.4 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 1.9 | ... | ... |
...
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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