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Table 15. Labour force characteristics by metropolitan area (in thousands), seasonally adjusted, monthly

    Change from % change from
August
2005
September
2005
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Montréal, Quebec                  
Population 2,976.4 2,974.7 ... -1.7 26.1 35.2 -0.1 0.9 1.2
  Labour force
2,018.2 2,002.8 16.0 -15.4 20.6 17.4 -0.8 1.0 0.9
    Employment
1,845.7 1,821.9 16.3 -23.8 21.2 14.4 -1.3 1.2 0.8
    Unemployment
172.5 180.9 11.9 8.4 -0.7 3.0 4.9 -0.4 1.7
Participation rate 67.8 67.3 0.5 -0.5 0.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 9.0 0.6 0.5 -0.2 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.0 61.2 0.6 -0.8 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario                  
Population 4,288.9 4,305.3 ... 16.4 85.0 104.7 0.4 2.0 2.5
  Labour force
2,978.3 2,995.9 19.2 17.6 70.8 95.5 0.6 2.4 3.3
    Employment
2,782.4 2,798.6 19.4 16.2 106.0 108.0 0.6 3.9 4.0
    Unemployment
195.9 197.2 13.6 1.3 -35.3 -12.5 0.7 -15.2 -6.0
Participation rate 69.4 69.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.6 0.5 0.0 -1.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.9 65.0 0.5 0.1 1.2 0.9 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia                  
Population 1,822.7 1,833.5 ... 10.8 35.2 42.9 0.6 2.0 2.4
  Labour force
1,210.7 1,210.8 10.7 0.1 0.7 12.9 0.0 0.1 1.1
    Employment
1,138.0 1,147.8 11.1 9.8 8.3 27.6 0.9 0.7 2.5
    Unemployment
72.7 63.0 7.4 -9.7 -7.7 -14.7 -13.3 -10.9 -18.9
Participation rate 66.4 66.0 0.6 -0.4 -1.3 -0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 5.2 0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.4 62.6 0.6 0.2 -0.8 0.0 ... ... ...

1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).

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