Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| August 2019 |
September 2019 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2019 | September 2018 to September 2019 | August to September 2019 | September 2018 to September 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 | 3,518.7 | 3,523.3 | ... | 4.6 | 51.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,333.5 | 2,358.5 | 17.5 | 25.0 | 44.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Employment | 2,215.6 | 2,230.0 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 53.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Unemployment | 118.0 | 128.5 | 11.4 | 10.5 | -9.6 | 8.9 | -7.0 |
| Participation rate | 66.3 | 66.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.1 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.0 | 63.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,583.2 | 5,597.7 | ... | 14.5 | 144.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Labour force | 3,735.6 | 3,755.2 | 22.4 | 19.6 | 191.0 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| Employment | 3,513.9 | 3,547.9 | 22.7 | 34.0 | 209.4 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Unemployment | 221.7 | 207.3 | 14.6 | -14.4 | -18.4 | -6.5 | -8.2 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 67.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 | -0.4 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.9 | 63.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,277.3 | 2,282.8 | ... | 5.5 | 45.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 1,545.6 | 1,523.9 | 12.2 | -21.7 | 15.7 | -1.4 | 1.0 |
| Employment | 1,466.1 | 1,450.0 | 12.1 | -16.1 | 1.8 | -1.1 | 0.1 |
| Unemployment | 79.4 | 73.9 | 7.5 | -5.5 | 14.0 | -6.9 | 23.4 |
| Participation rate | 67.9 | 66.8 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.1 | 4.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.4 | 63.5 | 0.5 | -0.9 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
...
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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