Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| November 2025 |
December 2025 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2025 | December 2024 to December 2025 | November to December 2025 | December 2024 to December 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 | 3,870.0 | 3,867.5 | ... | -2.5 | 40.8 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| Labour force | 2,569.6 | 2,555.2 | 17.5 | -14.4 | -7.3 | -0.6 | -0.3 |
| Employment | 2,425.0 | 2,398.7 | 17.5 | -26.3 | -6.5 | -1.1 | -0.3 |
| Unemployment | 144.6 | 156.5 | 11.3 | 11.9 | -0.8 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| Participation rate | 66.4 | 66.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.6 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.7 | 62.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 6,129.3 | 6,131.2 | ... | 1.9 | 70.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Labour force | 4,110.0 | 4,090.2 | 24.7 | -19.8 | 32.2 | -0.5 | 0.8 |
| Employment | 3,783.1 | 3,758.7 | 24.0 | -24.4 | 47.5 | -0.6 | 1.3 |
| Unemployment | 326.9 | 331.5 | 16.1 | 4.6 | -15.3 | 1.4 | -4.4 |
| Participation rate | 67.1 | 66.7 | 0.4 | -0.4 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.0 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.7 | 61.3 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,706.1 | 2,705.8 | ... | -0.3 | 36.1 | -0.0 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 1,805.6 | 1,805.0 | 12.8 | -0.6 | 21.9 | -0.0 | 1.2 |
| Employment | 1,694.8 | 1,686.8 | 12.5 | -8.0 | 19.5 | -0.5 | 1.2 |
| Unemployment | 110.8 | 118.2 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 2.1 |
| Participation rate | 66.7 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.1 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.6 | 62.3 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -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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