Table 8
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.
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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