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
2023
January
2024
Standard error1 December 2023 to January 2024 January 2023 to January 2024 December 2023 to January 2024 January 2023 to January 2024
  thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates)thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates)change in thousands (except rates) % change% change
Montréal, Quebec              
Population 3,793.2 3,806.8 ... 13.6 101.0 0.4 2.7
Labour force 2,559.5 2,516.8 18.8 -42.7 -25.4 -1.7 -1.0
Employment 2,410.1 2,373.8 18.6 -36.3 -51.0 -1.5 -2.1
Unemployment 149.4 143.0 11.5 -6.4 25.6 -4.3 21.8
Participation rate 67.5 66.1 0.5 -1.4 -2.5 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.7 0.4 -0.1 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 63.5 62.4 0.5 -1.1 -3.0 ... ...
Toronto, Ontario              
Population 5,941.4 5,974.0 ... 32.6 249.8 0.5 4.4
Labour force 3,936.9 3,948.4 23.4 11.5 111.5 0.3 2.9
Employment 3,671.5 3,667.5 22.9 -4.0 59.4 -0.1 1.6
Unemployment 265.4 281.0 14.8 15.6 52.2 5.9 22.8
Participation rate 66.3 66.1 0.4 -0.2 -0.9 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 7.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 ... ...
Employment rate 61.8 61.4 0.4 -0.4 -1.6 ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia               
Population 2,485.6 2,497.3 ... 11.7 89.7 0.5 3.7
Labour force 1,724.7 1,705.9 12.5 -18.8 69.1 -1.1 4.2
Employment 1,618.5 1,612.6 12.4 -5.9 54.4 -0.4 3.5
Unemployment 106.2 93.2 7.5 -13.0 14.5 -12.2 18.4
Participation rate 69.4 68.3 0.5 -1.1 0.3 ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 5.5 0.4 -0.7 0.7 ... ...
Employment rate 65.1 64.6 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 ... ...
...
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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