Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| September 2020 |
October 2020 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 2020 | September to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 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 | 3,576.1 | 3,580.0 | ... | 3.9 | 52.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,419.2 | 2,416.1 | 18.6 | -3.1 | 69.0 | -0.1 | 2.9 |
| Employment | 2,205.7 | 2,214.3 | 19.6 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Unemployment | 213.5 | 201.9 | 14.2 | -11.6 | 63.0 | -5.4 | 45.4 |
| Participation rate | 67.6 | 67.5 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 1.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.8 | 8.4 | 0.6 | -0.4 | 2.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.7 | 61.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | -0.7 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,706.9 | 5,714.1 | ... | 7.2 | 104.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 3,851.8 | 3,887.4 | 26.4 | 35.6 | 163.0 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| Employment | 3,429.6 | 3,470.3 | 25.5 | 40.7 | -45.0 | 1.2 | -1.3 |
| Unemployment | 422.2 | 417.1 | 19.0 | -5.1 | 208.0 | -1.2 | 99.5 |
| Participation rate | 67.5 | 68.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.0 | 10.7 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 5.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.1 | 60.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -2.0 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,326.6 | 2,329.0 | ... | 2.4 | 42.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| Labour force | 1,492.9 | 1,527.5 | 14.0 | 34.6 | -24.3 | 2.3 | -1.6 |
| Employment | 1,357.3 | 1,409.5 | 13.8 | 52.2 | -66.3 | 3.8 | -4.5 |
| Unemployment | 135.6 | 118.0 | 9.8 | -17.6 | 42.0 | -13.0 | 55.3 |
| Participation rate | 64.2 | 65.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | -2.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 9.1 | 7.7 | 0.6 | -1.4 | 2.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 58.3 | 60.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | -4.0 | ... | ... |
...
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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