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
  November
2023
December
2023
Standard error1 November to December 2023 December 2022 to December 2023 November to December 2023 December 2022 to December 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 3,784.7 3,793.2 ... 8.5 93.9 0.2 2.5
Labour force 2,575.8 2,559.5 18.0 -16.3 32.4 -0.6 1.3
Employment 2,420.2 2,410.1 18.0 -10.1 1.6 -0.4 0.1
Unemployment 155.6 149.4 11.0 -6.2 30.9 -4.0 26.1
Participation rate 68.1 67.5 0.5 -0.6 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.8 0.4 -0.2 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 63.9 63.5 0.5 -0.4 -1.6 ... ...
Toronto, Ontario              
Population 5,920.9 5,941.4 ... 20.5 232.8 0.3 4.1
Labour force 3,946.1 3,937.9 23.1 -8.2 155.3 -0.2 4.1
Employment 3,687.5 3,671.9 22.5 -15.6 107.1 -0.4 3.0
Unemployment 258.6 266.0 14.3 7.4 48.2 2.9 22.1
Participation rate 66.6 66.3 0.4 -0.3 0.0 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 62.3 61.8 0.4 -0.5 -0.6 ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia               
Population 2,479.2 2,485.6 ... 6.4 82.4 0.3 3.4
Labour force 1,708.5 1,725.2 12.0 16.7 101.3 1.0 6.2
Employment 1,608.7 1,618.5 11.5 9.8 67.6 0.6 4.4
Unemployment 99.8 106.6 7.1 6.8 33.7 6.8 46.2
Participation rate 68.9 69.4 0.5 0.5 1.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.2 0.4 0.4 1.7 ... ...
Employment rate 64.9 65.1 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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