Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| April 2019 |
May 2019 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 2019 | April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 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 | 3,500.9 | 3,504.6 | ... | 3.7 | 51.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,335.4 | 2,304.1 | 17.1 | -31.3 | -25.3 | -1.3 | -1.1 |
| Employment | 2,215.6 | 2,175.3 | 17.0 | -40.3 | -10.0 | -1.8 | -0.5 |
| Unemployment | 119.8 | 128.8 | 11.8 | 9.0 | -15.3 | 7.5 | -10.6 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 65.7 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.1 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.3 | 62.1 | 0.5 | -1.2 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,532.2 | 5,543.3 | ... | 11.1 | 136.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,701.4 | 3,674.1 | 22.1 | -27.3 | 112.7 | -0.7 | 3.2 |
| Employment | 3,456.4 | 3,476.3 | 22.0 | 19.9 | 137.7 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Unemployment | 245.0 | 197.8 | 14.0 | -47.2 | -25.0 | -19.3 | -11.2 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 66.3 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.6 | 5.4 | 0.4 | -1.2 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.5 | 62.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,258.8 | 2,262.8 | ... | 4.0 | 39.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Labour force | 1,540.7 | 1,544.8 | 11.7 | 4.1 | 92.5 | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| Employment | 1,477.8 | 1,484.1 | 11.8 | 6.3 | 88.4 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| Unemployment | 62.9 | 60.6 | 7.0 | -2.3 | 3.9 | -3.7 | 6.9 |
| Participation rate | 68.2 | 68.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.1 | 3.9 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.4 | 65.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | ... | ... |
...
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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