Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| August 2020 |
September 2020 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 2020 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 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 | 3,571.0 | 3,576.1 | ... | 5.1 | 52.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,430.3 | 2,419.2 | 18.6 | -11.1 | 62.6 | -0.5 | 2.7 |
| Employment | 2,148.4 | 2,205.7 | 19.6 | 57.3 | -19.9 | 2.7 | -0.9 |
| Unemployment | 281.9 | 213.5 | 14.2 | -68.4 | 82.5 | -24.3 | 63.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.1 | 67.6 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.6 | 8.8 | 0.6 | -2.8 | 3.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.2 | 61.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | -1.5 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,697.4 | 5,706.9 | ... | 9.5 | 109.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Labour force | 3,809.9 | 3,851.8 | 26.4 | 41.9 | 101.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| Employment | 3,315.3 | 3,429.6 | 25.5 | 114.3 | -114.4 | 3.4 | -3.2 |
| Unemployment | 494.5 | 422.2 | 19.0 | -72.3 | 215.6 | -14.6 | 104.4 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 67.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.0 | 11.0 | 0.5 | -2.0 | 5.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 58.2 | 60.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -3.2 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,323.2 | 2,326.6 | ... | 3.4 | 43.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 1,509.3 | 1,492.9 | 14.0 | -16.4 | -31.6 | -1.1 | -2.1 |
| Employment | 1,321.9 | 1,357.3 | 13.8 | 35.4 | -92.9 | 2.7 | -6.4 |
| Unemployment | 187.3 | 135.6 | 9.8 | -51.7 | 61.3 | -27.6 | 82.5 |
| Participation rate | 65.0 | 64.2 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -2.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 12.4 | 9.1 | 0.6 | -3.3 | 4.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 56.9 | 58.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | -5.2 | ... | ... |
...
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 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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