Table 7 
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted 

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Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
  October
2020		 November
2020		 Standard error1 October to November 2020 November 2019 to November 2020 October to November 2020 November 2019 to November 2020
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador              
Population 188.0 188.1 ... 0.1 1.7 0.1 0.9
Labour force 121.5 122.4 0.9 0.9 -2.0 0.7 -1.6
Employment 110.8 111.0 1.0 0.2 -5.0 0.2 -4.3
Unemployment 10.7 11.4 0.5 0.7 3.0 6.5 35.7
Participation rate 64.6 65.1 0.5 0.5 -1.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.8 9.3 0.4 0.5 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 58.9 59.0 0.5 0.1 -3.2 ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia              
Population 384.4 385.0 ... 0.6 8.2 0.2 2.2
Labour force 260.3 260.2 1.4 -0.1 3.4 -0.0 1.3
Employment 240.3 242.9 1.5 2.6 1.8 1.1 0.7
Unemployment 20.0 17.3 0.8 -2.7 1.6 -13.5 10.2
Participation rate 67.7 67.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 6.6 0.3 -1.1 0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 62.5 63.1 0.4 0.6 -0.9 ... ...
Moncton, New Brunswick              
Population 134.4 134.5 ... 0.1 2.2 0.1 1.7
Labour force 90.4 91.1 0.9 0.7 5.4 0.8 6.3
Employment 83.0 82.9 0.9 -0.1 2.0 -0.1 2.5
Unemployment 7.5 8.1 0.4 0.6 3.4 8.0 72.3
Participation rate 67.3 67.7 0.7 0.4 2.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.9 0.5 0.6 3.4 ... ...
Employment rate 61.8 61.6 0.7 -0.2 0.5 ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick               
Population 108.3 108.3 ... 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.8
Labour force 65.3 66.5 0.9 1.2 -3.7 1.8 -5.3
Employment 58.8 59.6 0.9 0.8 -4.9 1.4 -7.6
Unemployment 6.5 6.8 0.4 0.3 1.1 4.6 19.3
Participation rate 60.3 61.4 0.8 1.1 -4.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.0 10.2 0.6 0.2 2.1 ... ...
Employment rate 54.3 55.0 0.8 0.7 -5.1 ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec              
Population 132.9 132.8 ... -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.6
Labour force 80.1 80.1 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3
Employment 76.1 76.0 1.0 -0.1 0.9 -0.1 1.2
Unemployment 4.0 4.2 0.4 0.2 -0.7 5.0 -14.3
Participation rate 60.3 60.3 0.7 0.0 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.2 0.5 0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 57.3 57.2 0.7 -0.1 1.0 ... ...
Québec, Quebec              
Population 692.1 692.4 ... 0.3 3.6 0.0 0.5
Labour force 457.9 461.1 3.4 3.2 -7.6 0.7 -1.6
Employment 437.5 441.3 3.6 3.8 -11.5 0.9 -2.5
Unemployment 20.4 19.8 1.5 -0.6 3.9 -2.9 24.5
Participation rate 66.2 66.6 0.5 0.4 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.3 0.3 -0.2 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 63.2 63.7 0.5 0.5 -2.0 ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec              
Population 190.8 191.0 ... 0.2 2.5 0.1 1.3
Labour force 119.1 118.5 1.2 -0.6 0.0 -0.5 0.0
Employment 110.8 110.9 1.1 0.1 -1.5 0.1 -1.3
Unemployment 8.3 7.6 0.5 -0.7 1.5 -8.4 24.6
Participation rate 62.4 62.0 0.6 -0.4 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.4 0.4 -0.6 1.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.1 58.1 0.6 0.0 -1.5 ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec               
Population 135.9 136.0 ... 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.5
Labour force 84.4 84.8 0.8 0.4 4.7 0.5 5.9
Employment 79.3 80.0 0.8 0.7 4.3 0.9 5.7
Unemployment 5.1 4.8 0.4 -0.3 0.5 -5.9 11.6
Participation rate 62.1 62.4 0.6 0.3 3.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.7 0.4 -0.3 0.3 ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.8 0.6 0.4 2.9 ... ...
Montréal, Quebec              
Population 3,575.7 3,580.0 ... 4.3 52.5 0.1 1.5
Labour force 2,421.9 2,414.9 8.7 -7.0 67.6 -0.3 2.9
Employment 2,189.5 2,209.1 9.0 19.6 -0.4 0.9 -0.0
Unemployment 232.4 205.9 5.2 -26.5 68.1 -11.4 49.4
Participation rate 67.7 67.5 0.2 -0.2 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 8.5 0.2 -1.1 2.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.7 0.3 0.5 -0.9 ... ...
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec               
Population 1,196.4 1,197.9 ... 1.5 18.6 0.1 1.6
Labour force 791.8 784.1 4.6 -7.7 -51.6 -1.0 -6.2
Employment 727.5 728.2 4.8 0.7 -71.2 0.1 -8.9
Unemployment 64.3 55.9 2.2 -8.4 19.5 -13.1 53.6
Participation rate 66.2 65.5 0.4 -0.7 -5.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.1 0.3 -1.0 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 60.8 0.4 0.0 -7.0 ... ...
Ottawa–Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec              
Population 285.0 285.3 ... 0.3 3.0 0.1 1.1
Labour force 184.3 184.1 1.4 -0.2 -10.9 -0.1 -5.6
Employment 169.7 170.8 1.5 1.1 -15.0 0.6 -8.1
Unemployment 14.6 13.3 0.7 -1.3 4.2 -8.9 46.2
Participation rate 64.7 64.5 0.5 -0.2 -4.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.2 0.4 -0.7 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.9 0.5 0.4 -5.9 ... ...
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec              
Population 911.4 912.6 ... 1.2 15.6 0.1 1.7
Labour force 607.5 600.0 4.4 -7.5 -40.8 -1.2 -6.4
Employment 557.8 557.4 4.6 -0.4 -56.1 -0.1 -9.1
Unemployment 49.7 42.6 2.1 -7.1 15.4 -14.3 56.6
Participation rate 66.7 65.7 0.5 -1.0 -5.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 7.1 0.3 -1.1 2.9 ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.1 0.5 -0.1 -7.3 ... ...
Kingston, Ontario              
Population 148.1 148.2 ... 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.9
Labour force 91.8 91.8 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Employment 84.0 85.2 0.9 1.2 -1.1 1.4 -1.3
Unemployment 7.8 6.6 0.3 -1.2 1.3 -15.4 24.5
Participation rate 62.0 61.9 0.6 -0.1 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 7.2 0.4 -1.3 1.4 ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 57.5 0.6 0.8 -1.2 ... ...
Peterborough, Ontario              
Population 108.9 109.0 ... 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.8
Labour force 59.1 58.8 1.5 -0.3 -3.4 -0.5 -5.5
Employment 52.2 51.9 1.5 -0.3 -6.2 -0.6 -10.7
Unemployment 6.9 7.0 0.6 0.1 3.0 1.4 75.0
Participation rate 54.3 53.9 1.4 -0.4 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.7 11.9 1.0 0.2 5.5 ... ...
Employment rate 47.9 47.6 1.3 -0.3 -6.1 ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario              
Population 352.7 353.1 ... 0.4 4.9 0.1 1.4
Labour force 239.6 240.1 2.1 0.5 15.6 0.2 6.9
Employment 219.8 221.1 2.1 1.3 9.8 0.6 4.6
Unemployment 19.8 19.0 1.0 -0.8 5.8 -4.0 43.9
Participation rate 67.9 68.0 0.6 0.1 3.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 7.9 0.4 -0.4 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 62.3 62.6 0.6 0.3 1.9 ... ...
Toronto, Ontario              
Population 5,706.2 5,714.2 ... 8.0 105.1 0.1 1.9
Labour force 3,849.7 3,871.1 11.9 21.4 128.6 0.6 3.4
Employment 3,405.1 3,457.2 11.9 52.1 -74.5 1.5 -2.1
Unemployment 444.6 413.9 7.0 -30.7 203.1 -6.9 96.3
Participation rate 67.5 67.7 0.2 0.2 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.5 10.7 0.2 -0.8 5.1 ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 60.5 0.2 0.8 -2.5 ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario              
Population 687.7 688.2 ... 0.5 6.1 0.1 0.9
Labour force 424.7 428.0 4.0 3.3 -20.8 0.8 -4.6
Employment 385.5 393.8 4.1 8.3 -33.7 2.2 -7.9
Unemployment 39.2 34.2 1.8 -5.0 13.0 -12.8 61.3
Participation rate 61.8 62.2 0.6 0.4 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 8.0 0.4 -1.2 3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 57.2 0.6 1.1 -5.5 ... ...
St. Catharines–Niagara, Ontario               
Population 361.7 361.9 ... 0.2 2.9 0.1 0.8
Labour force 211.0 211.0 2.3 0.0 -5.2 0.0 -2.4
Employment 195.2 195.7 2.3 0.5 -9.2 0.3 -4.5
Unemployment 15.8 15.2 1.0 -0.6 3.9 -3.8 34.5
Participation rate 58.3 58.3 0.6 0.0 -1.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.2 0.5 -0.3 2.0 ... ...
Employment rate 54.0 54.1 0.6 0.1 -3.0 ... ...
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Ontario              
Population 457.4 457.9 ... 0.5 6.3 0.1 1.4
Labour force 313.3 310.9 2.4 -2.4 -11.2 -0.8 -3.5
Employment 279.6 282.8 2.5 3.2 -22.7 1.1 -7.4
Unemployment 33.8 28.2 1.3 -5.6 11.6 -16.6 69.9
Participation rate 68.5 67.9 0.5 -0.6 -3.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 9.1 0.4 -1.7 3.9 ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.8 0.6 0.7 -5.8 ... ...
Brantford, Ontario              
Population 119.8 119.9 ... 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.9
Labour force 81.4 80.8 0.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2
Employment 75.4 75.6 0.9 0.2 -2.8 0.3 -3.6
Unemployment 5.9 5.3 0.4 -0.6 2.8 -10.2 112.0
Participation rate 67.9 67.4 0.8 -0.5 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 6.6 0.5 -0.6 3.5 ... ...
Employment rate 62.9 63.1 0.8 0.2 -2.9 ... ...
Guelph, Ontario              
Population 143.1 143.3 ... 0.2 2.9 0.1 2.1
Labour force 98.0 95.8 1.3 -2.2 2.8 -2.2 3.0
Employment 89.9 89.1 1.3 -0.8 1.0 -0.9 1.1
Unemployment 8.1 6.7 0.6 -1.4 1.8 -17.3 36.7
Participation rate 68.5 66.9 0.9 -1.6 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 7.0 0.6 -1.3 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 62.8 62.2 0.9 -0.6 -0.5 ... ...
London, Ontario              
Population 455.5 456.0 ... 0.5 5.7 0.1 1.3
Labour force 280.5 279.8 2.6 -0.7 5.7 -0.2 2.1
Employment 255.6 256.5 2.7 0.9 -2.1 0.4 -0.8
Unemployment 24.9 23.4 1.2 -1.5 7.9 -6.0 51.0
Participation rate 61.6 61.4 0.6 -0.2 0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.4 0.4 -0.5 2.7 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 56.3 0.6 0.2 -1.1 ... ...
Windsor, Ontario              
Population 300.1 300.3 ... 0.2 3.3 0.1 1.1
Labour force 172.2 171.4 2.0 -0.8 -8.9 -0.5 -4.9
Employment 153.6 153.4 2.0 -0.2 -14.0 -0.1 -8.4
Unemployment 18.6 18.1 1.0 -0.5 5.2 -2.7 40.3
Participation rate 57.4 57.1 0.7 -0.3 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 10.8 10.6 0.6 -0.2 3.4 ... ...
Employment rate 51.2 51.1 0.7 -0.1 -5.3 ... ...
Barrie, Ontario              
Population 184.0 184.2 ... 0.2 2.8 0.1 1.5
Labour force 132.4 131.4 1.9 -1.0 1.2 -0.8 0.9
Employment 120.2 117.5 2.0 -2.7 -5.1 -2.2 -4.2
Unemployment 12.2 13.9 1.0 1.7 6.3 13.9 82.9
Participation rate 72.0 71.3 1.0 -0.7 -0.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.2 10.6 0.8 1.4 4.8 ... ...
Employment rate 65.3 63.8 1.1 -1.5 -3.8 ... ...
Greater Sudbury, Ontario              
Population 140.9 140.9 ... 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.3
Labour force 86.1 86.3 0.8 0.2 -2.3 0.2 -2.6
Employment 79.3 79.7 0.9 0.4 -3.8 0.5 -4.6
Unemployment 6.8 6.6 0.4 -0.2 1.5 -2.9 29.4
Participation rate 61.1 61.2 0.6 0.1 -1.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.6 0.4 -0.3 1.8 ... ...
Employment rate 56.3 56.6 0.6 0.3 -2.5 ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario              
Population 104.2 104.1 ... -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7
Labour force 63.3 64.0 0.6 0.7 -1.7 1.1 -2.6
Employment 58.5 59.2 0.6 0.7 -3.2 1.2 -5.1
Unemployment 4.8 4.8 0.3 0.0 1.5 0.0 45.5
Participation rate 60.7 61.5 0.6 0.8 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.5 0.4 -0.1 2.5 ... ...
Employment rate 56.1 56.9 0.6 0.8 -2.6 ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba              
Population 707.5 708.0 ... 0.5 7.0 0.1 1.0
Labour force 478.6 475.0 1.5 -3.6 4.5 -0.8 1.0
Employment 437.2 436.3 1.6 -0.9 -9.3 -0.2 -2.1
Unemployment 41.4 38.7 0.9 -2.7 13.9 -6.5 56.0
Participation rate 67.6 67.1 0.2 -0.5 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.1 0.2 -0.6 2.8 ... ...
Employment rate 61.8 61.6 0.2 -0.2 -2.0 ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan              
Population 216.6 216.8 ... 0.2 3.1 0.1 1.5
Labour force 147.4 149.3 1.1 1.9 -0.5 1.3 -0.3
Employment 138.4 141.2 1.1 2.8 0.5 2.0 0.4
Unemployment 9.0 8.1 0.6 -0.9 -0.9 -10.0 -10.0
Participation rate 68.1 68.9 0.5 0.8 -1.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 5.4 0.4 -0.7 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 63.9 65.1 0.5 1.2 -0.7 ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan              
Population 282.6 283.0 ... 0.4 5.3 0.1 1.9
Labour force 192.2 191.2 1.2 -1.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2
Employment 176.6 176.3 1.2 -0.3 -4.8 -0.2 -2.7
Unemployment 15.6 14.9 0.7 -0.7 4.3 -4.5 40.6
Participation rate 68.0 67.6 0.4 -0.4 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 7.8 0.4 -0.3 2.3 ... ...
Employment rate 62.5 62.3 0.4 -0.2 -2.9 ... ...
Calgary, Alberta              
Population 1,305.8 1,307.6 ... 1.8 24.0 0.1 1.9
Labour force 953.5 958.7 4.7 5.2 20.0 0.5 2.1
Employment 845.3 856.0 4.9 10.7 -17.9 1.3 -2.0
Unemployment 108.2 102.6 3.2 -5.6 37.8 -5.2 58.3
Participation rate 73.0 73.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 11.3 10.7 0.3 -0.6 3.8 ... ...
Employment rate 64.7 65.5 0.4 0.8 -2.6 ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta              
Population 1,214.6 1,216.2 ... 1.6 21.3 0.1 1.8
Labour force 826.8 826.2 4.5 -0.6 -28.0 -0.1 -3.3
Employment 727.4 732.7 4.8 5.3 -55.2 0.7 -7.0
Unemployment 99.4 93.5 3.1 -5.9 27.2 -5.9 41.0
Participation rate 68.1 67.9 0.4 -0.2 -3.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 12.0 11.3 0.4 -0.7 3.5 ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.2 0.4 0.3 -5.7 ... ...
Kelowna, British Columbia               
Population 170.6 170.8 ... 0.2 3.5 0.1 2.1
Labour force 108.1 110.1 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.9 1.4
Employment 101.4 104.9 1.5 3.5 0.5 3.5 0.5
Unemployment 6.7 5.2 0.7 -1.5 1.1 -22.4 26.8
Participation rate 63.4 64.5 1.0 1.1 -0.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 4.7 0.6 -1.5 0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 61.4 0.9 2.0 -1.0 ... ...
Abbotsford–Mission, British Columbia              
Population 162.6 162.9 ... 0.3 4.2 0.2 2.6
Labour force 104.4 106.2 0.9 1.8 -0.3 1.7 -0.3
Employment 95.4 97.5 0.9 2.1 -3.7 2.2 -3.7
Unemployment 9.0 8.6 0.4 -0.4 3.3 -4.4 62.3
Participation rate 64.2 65.2 0.6 1.0 -1.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.6 8.1 0.4 -0.5 3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 59.9 0.6 1.2 -3.9 ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia               
Population 2,326.3 2,329.1 ... 2.8 42.2 0.1 1.8
Labour force 1,509.9 1,520.5 6.3 10.6 -21.8 0.7 -1.4
Employment 1,362.9 1,397.9 6.5 35.0 -69.0 2.6 -4.7
Unemployment 147.0 122.6 3.7 -24.4 47.2 -16.6 62.6
Participation rate 64.9 65.3 0.3 0.4 -2.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.7 8.1 0.2 -1.6 3.2 ... ...
Employment rate 58.6 60.0 0.3 1.4 -4.1 ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia               
Population 328.0 328.4 ... 0.4 5.5 0.1 1.7
Labour force 208.4 206.0 1.9 -2.4 1.7 -1.2 0.8
Employment 192.6 193.0 1.9 0.4 -4.3 0.2 -2.2
Unemployment 15.9 13.0 0.7 -2.9 6.0 -18.2 85.7
Participation rate 63.5 62.7 0.6 -0.8 -0.6 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 6.3 0.3 -1.3 2.9 ... ...
Employment rate 58.7 58.8 0.6 0.1 -2.3 ... ...
...
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 14-10-0294-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0135).

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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