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
2022
January
2023
Standard error1 December 2022 to January 2023 January 2022 to January 2023 December 2022 to January 2023 January 2022 to January 2023
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Montréal, Quebec              
Population 3,699.3 3,705.8 ... 6.5 49.8 0.2 1.4
Labour force 2,527.1 2,541.7 17.8 14.6 118.2 0.6 4.9
Employment 2,408.5 2,424.9 18.0 16.4 135.0 0.7 5.9
Unemployment 118.5 116.8 10.8 -1.7 -16.9 -1.4 -12.6
Participation rate 68.3 68.6 0.5 0.3 2.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.7 4.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.9 ... ...
Employment rate 65.1 65.4 0.5 0.3 2.8 ... ...
Toronto, Ontario              
Population 5,708.6 5,724.2 ... 15.6 106.6 0.3 1.9
Labour force 3,782.6 3,819.8 23.2 37.2 -20.5 1.0 -0.5
Employment 3,564.8 3,592.6 23.0 27.8 99.5 0.8 2.8
Unemployment 217.8 227.1 14.8 9.3 -120.1 4.3 -34.6
Participation rate 66.3 66.7 0.4 0.4 -1.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.9 0.4 0.1 -3.1 ... ...
Employment rate 62.4 62.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia               
Population 2,403.2 2,407.6 ... 4.4 32.0 0.2 1.3
Labour force 1,623.9 1,634.1 11.8 10.2 25.7 0.6 1.6
Employment 1,550.9 1,556.8 11.6 5.9 35.0 0.4 2.3
Unemployment 72.9 77.3 6.8 4.4 -9.2 6.0 -10.6
Participation rate 67.6 67.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.7 0.4 0.2 -0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 64.5 64.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 ... ...
...
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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