Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| December 2019 |
January 2020 |
Standard error1 | December 2019 to January 2020 | January 2019 to January 2020 | December 2019 to January 2020 | January 2019 to January 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,536.1 | 3,541.1 | ... | 5.0 | 51.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,360.6 | 2,360.6 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 38.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Employment | 2,218.5 | 2,225.6 | 17.1 | 7.1 | 41.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Unemployment | 142.1 | 135.1 | 11.2 | -7.0 | -3.2 | -4.9 | -2.3 |
| Participation rate | 66.8 | 66.7 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 5.7 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.7 | 62.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,629.1 | 5,638.8 | ... | 9.7 | 139.7 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,752.4 | 3,784.9 | 22.8 | 32.5 | 138.9 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Employment | 3,545.0 | 3,587.0 | 22.8 | 42.0 | 176.7 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Unemployment | 207.3 | 197.9 | 15.3 | -9.4 | -37.8 | -4.5 | -16.0 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 67.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5 | 5.2 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.0 | 63.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,294.6 | 2,298.3 | ... | 3.7 | 49.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Labour force | 1,538.1 | 1,534.1 | 12.1 | -4.0 | -12.2 | -0.3 | -0.8 |
| Employment | 1,466.7 | 1,473.0 | 11.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Unemployment | 71.4 | 61.1 | 7.6 | -10.3 | -18.0 | -14.4 | -22.8 |
| Participation rate | 67.0 | 66.7 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -2.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.9 | 64.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
...
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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