Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| July 2020 |
August 2020 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2020 | August 2019 to August 2020 | July to August 2020 | August 2019 to August 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 | 3,567.1 | 3,571.0 | ... | 3.9 | 52.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,389.7 | 2,430.3 | 18.6 | 40.6 | 95.5 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| Employment | 2,110.7 | 2,148.4 | 19.6 | 37.7 | -66.5 | 1.8 | -3.0 |
| Unemployment | 279.0 | 281.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 162.0 | 1.0 | 135.1 |
| Participation rate | 67.0 | 68.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.7 | 11.6 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 6.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 59.2 | 60.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | -2.7 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,691.2 | 5,697.4 | ... | 6.2 | 114.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 3,738.5 | 3,809.9 | 26.4 | 71.4 | 73.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Employment | 3,194.3 | 3,315.3 | 25.5 | 121.0 | -201.7 | 3.8 | -5.7 |
| Unemployment | 544.2 | 494.5 | 19.0 | -49.7 | 274.7 | -9.1 | 125.0 |
| Participation rate | 65.7 | 66.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 14.6 | 13.0 | 0.5 | -1.6 | 7.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 56.1 | 58.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -4.8 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,320.6 | 2,323.2 | ... | 2.6 | 45.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 1,498.8 | 1,509.3 | 14.0 | 10.5 | -36.6 | 0.7 | -2.4 |
| Employment | 1,324.2 | 1,321.9 | 13.8 | -2.3 | -144.3 | -0.2 | -9.8 |
| Unemployment | 174.6 | 187.3 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 107.6 | 7.3 | 135.0 |
| Participation rate | 64.6 | 65.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | -2.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.6 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 7.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 57.1 | 56.9 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -7.5 | ... | ... |
...
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 between 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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