Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| August 2025 |
September 2025 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2025 | September 2024 to September 2025 | August to September 2025 | September 2024 to September 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,873.2 | 3,872.4 | ... | -0.8 | 71.0 | -0.0 | 1.9 |
| Labour force | 2,570.7 | 2,565.0 | 17.5 | -5.7 | 39.1 | -0.2 | 1.5 |
| Employment | 2,392.8 | 2,404.4 | 17.5 | 11.6 | 33.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Unemployment | 177.9 | 160.6 | 11.3 | -17.3 | 6.0 | -9.7 | 3.9 |
| Participation rate | 66.4 | 66.2 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.9 | 6.3 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.8 | 62.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 6,118.0 | 6,122.8 | ... | 4.8 | 101.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 4,057.2 | 4,074.4 | 24.7 | 17.2 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Employment | 3,697.4 | 3,718.2 | 24.0 | 20.8 | 35.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Unemployment | 359.8 | 356.2 | 16.1 | -3.6 | 46.6 | -1.0 | 15.1 |
| Participation rate | 66.3 | 66.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.4 | 60.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,705.0 | 2,706.2 | ... | 1.2 | 56.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Labour force | 1,794.3 | 1,803.9 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 29.9 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Employment | 1,678.6 | 1,691.4 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 31.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Unemployment | 115.7 | 112.6 | 8.0 | -3.1 | -1.0 | -2.7 | -0.9 |
| Participation rate | 66.3 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.4 | 6.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.1 | 62.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ... | ... |
...
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 14-10-0460-02.
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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