Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| January 2020 |
February 2020 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 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 | 3,541.1 | 3,545.7 | ... | 4.6 | 52.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,360.6 | 2,350.1 | 17.0 | -10.5 | 15.6 | -0.4 | 0.7 |
| Employment | 2,225.6 | 2,237.1 | 17.1 | 11.5 | 31.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Unemployment | 135.1 | 113.1 | 11.2 | -22.0 | -16.0 | -16.3 | -12.4 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 66.3 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.9 | 63.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,638.8 | 5,647.8 | ... | 9.0 | 139.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,784.9 | 3,760.3 | 22.8 | -24.6 | 82.2 | -0.6 | 2.2 |
| Employment | 3,587.0 | 3,554.2 | 22.8 | -32.8 | 116.2 | -0.9 | 3.4 |
| Unemployment | 197.9 | 206.1 | 15.3 | 8.2 | -34.0 | 4.1 | -14.2 |
| Participation rate | 67.1 | 66.6 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.2 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 63.6 | 62.9 | 0.4 | -0.7 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,298.3 | 2,302.1 | ... | 3.8 | 50.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Labour force | 1,534.1 | 1,543.7 | 12.1 | 9.6 | -3.9 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Employment | 1,473.0 | 1,473.3 | 11.9 | 0.3 | -1.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Unemployment | 61.1 | 70.5 | 7.6 | 9.4 | -2.1 | 15.4 | -2.9 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 67.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -1.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.1 | 64.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
...
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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