Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| December 2020 |
January 2021 |
Standard error1 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,629.0 | 3,631.5 | ... | 2.5 | 40.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 2,376.0 | 2,397.7 | 20.2 | 21.7 | -5.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 |
| Employment | 2,195.3 | 2,169.1 | 21.7 | -26.2 | -100.9 | -1.2 | -4.4 |
| Unemployment | 180.8 | 228.6 | 17.3 | 47.8 | 95.7 | 26.4 | 72.0 |
| Participation rate | 65.5 | 66.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.6 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.5 | 59.7 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -3.5 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,536.3 | 5,540.0 | ... | 3.7 | 74.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 3,726.4 | 3,683.1 | 30.0 | -43.3 | 16.0 | -1.2 | 0.4 |
| Employment | 3,317.1 | 3,247.8 | 28.9 | -69.3 | -226.3 | -2.1 | -6.5 |
| Unemployment | 409.3 | 435.3 | 23.2 | 26.0 | 242.3 | 6.4 | 125.5 |
| Participation rate | 67.3 | 66.5 | 0.5 | -0.8 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 11.0 | 11.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 6.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 59.9 | 58.6 | 0.5 | -1.3 | -5.0 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,340.3 | 2,340.4 | ... | 0.1 | 22.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Labour force | 1,552.4 | 1,597.5 | 16.9 | 45.1 | 33.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| Employment | 1,445.6 | 1,454.6 | 17.0 | 9.0 | -44.9 | 0.6 | -3.0 |
| Unemployment | 106.8 | 142.9 | 12.6 | 36.1 | 78.6 | 33.8 | 122.2 |
| Participation rate | 66.3 | 68.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.9 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.8 | 62.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -2.5 | ... | ... |
...
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 14-10-0383-02.
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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