Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| July 2019 |
August 2019 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 2019 | July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 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 | 3,514.3 | 3,518.7 | ... | 4.4 | 51.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,342.0 | 2,333.5 | 17.5 | -8.5 | 12.2 | -0.4 | 0.5 |
| Employment | 2,200.6 | 2,215.6 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 35.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Unemployment | 141.3 | 118.0 | 11.4 | -23.3 | -23.4 | -16.5 | -16.5 |
| Participation rate | 66.6 | 66.3 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | -0.9 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.6 | 63.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,571.3 | 5,583.2 | ... | 11.9 | 139.8 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Labour force | 3,729.0 | 3,735.6 | 22.4 | 6.6 | 188.7 | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Employment | 3,506.2 | 3,513.9 | 22.7 | 7.7 | 189.1 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Unemployment | 222.7 | 221.7 | 14.6 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 66.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 5.9 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.9 | 62.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,273.0 | 2,277.3 | ... | 4.3 | 43.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 1,543.4 | 1,545.6 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 51.5 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| Employment | 1,482.5 | 1,466.1 | 12.1 | -16.4 | 42.9 | -1.1 | 3.0 |
| Unemployment | 61.0 | 79.4 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 8.5 | 30.2 | 12.0 |
| Participation rate | 67.9 | 67.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.2 | 64.4 | 0.5 | -0.8 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
...
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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