Table 8 
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted 

Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
  December
2021
January
2022
Standard error1 December 2021 to January 2022 January 2021 to January 2022 December 2021 to January 2022 January 2021 to January 2022
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Montréal, Quebec              
Population 3,653.8 3,656.0 ... 2.2 24.5 0.1 0.7
Labour force 2,452.3 2,427.4 20.2 -24.9 24.7 -1.0 1.0
Employment 2,330.3 2,287.2 20.7 -43.1 115.0 -1.8 5.3
Unemployment 122.0 140.1 14.5 18.1 -90.4 14.8 -39.2
Participation rate 67.1 66.4 0.6 -0.7 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.8 0.6 0.8 -3.8 ... ...
Employment rate 63.8 62.6 0.6 -1.2 2.8 ... ...
Toronto, Ontario              
Population 5,609.1 5,617.7 ... 8.6 77.7 0.2 1.4
Labour force 3,832.5 3,793.6 28.5 -38.9 110.1 -1.0 3.0
Employment 3,567.4 3,459.3 28.6 -108.1 211.3 -3.0 6.5
Unemployment 265.1 334.3 21.5 69.2 -101.2 26.1 -23.2
Participation rate 68.3 67.5 0.5 -0.8 1.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 8.8 0.6 1.9 -3.0 ... ...
Employment rate 63.6 61.6 0.5 -2.0 3.0 ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia               
Population 2,373.1 2,375.6 ... 2.5 35.2 0.1 1.5
Labour force 1,615.3 1,603.4 15.1 -11.9 4.7 -0.7 0.3
Employment 1,525.3 1,512.5 14.9 -12.8 57.2 -0.8 3.9
Unemployment 90.0 90.9 10.8 0.9 -52.4 1.0 -36.6
Participation rate 68.1 67.5 0.6 -0.6 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.6 5.7 0.7 0.1 -3.3 ... ...
Employment rate 64.3 63.7 0.6 -0.6 1.5 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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