Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| September 2025 |
October 2025 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2025 | October 2024 to October 2025 | September to October 2025 | October 2024 to October 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 | 3,872.4 | 3,871.3 | ... | -1.1 | 60.8 | -0.0 | 1.6 |
| Labour force | 2,565.0 | 2,573.7 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 16.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Employment | 2,404.4 | 2,424.5 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 40.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Unemployment | 160.6 | 149.2 | 11.3 | -11.4 | -23.6 | -7.1 | -13.7 |
| Participation rate | 66.2 | 66.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.6 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.4 | -0.5 | -1.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.1 | 62.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 6,122.8 | 6,126.3 | ... | 3.5 | 89.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 4,074.4 | 4,089.4 | 24.7 | 15.0 | 87.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Employment | 3,718.2 | 3,746.7 | 24.0 | 28.5 | 49.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Unemployment | 356.2 | 342.7 | 16.1 | -13.5 | 37.8 | -3.8 | 12.4 |
| Participation rate | 66.5 | 66.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.7 | 8.4 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.7 | 61.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,706.2 | 2,706.3 | ... | 0.1 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Labour force | 1,803.9 | 1,800.8 | 12.8 | -3.1 | 12.8 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
| Employment | 1,691.4 | 1,686.7 | 12.5 | -4.7 | 10.0 | -0.3 | 0.6 |
| Unemployment | 112.6 | 114.1 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 66.5 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.2 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.5 | 62.3 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | ... | ... |
...
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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