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
  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).
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