Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| July 2024 |
August 2024 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2024 | August 2023 to August 2024 | July to August 2024 | August 2023 to August 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 | 3,881.3 | 3,893.1 | ... | 11.8 | 138.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Labour force | 2,556.8 | 2,591.1 | 18.4 | 34.3 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Employment | 2,386.2 | 2,408.5 | 18.3 | 22.3 | -21.1 | 0.9 | -0.9 |
| Unemployment | 170.6 | 182.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 48.5 | 7.1 | 36.1 |
| Participation rate | 65.9 | 66.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.7 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.5 | 61.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -2.8 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 6,127.7 | 6,152.6 | ... | 24.9 | 295.2 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Labour force | 4,058.3 | 4,115.1 | 23.3 | 56.8 | 181.4 | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| Employment | 3,747.6 | 3,754.1 | 23.0 | 6.5 | 81.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Unemployment | 310.6 | 361.1 | 15.5 | 50.5 | 100.3 | 16.3 | 38.5 |
| Participation rate | 66.2 | 66.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.7 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.2 | 61.0 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -1.7 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,552.3 | 2,561.0 | ... | 8.7 | 102.1 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Labour force | 1,701.2 | 1,691.4 | 12.4 | -9.8 | 7.9 | -0.6 | 0.5 |
| Employment | 1,602.2 | 1,584.0 | 12.5 | -18.2 | -1.7 | -1.1 | -0.1 |
| Unemployment | 99.0 | 107.3 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 66.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -2.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.8 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.8 | 61.9 | 0.5 | -0.9 | -2.6 | ... | ... |
...
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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