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

Change from

% change from

October
2002

November
2002

S.E.¹

last
month

last
December

twelve
months
ago

last
month

last
December

twelve
months
ago

Montréal, Quebec

Population

2,876.3

2,879.2

...

2.9

37.2

40.1

0.1

1.3

1.4

Labour force

1,929.3

1,973.3

15.6

44.0

80.7

96.4

2.3

4.3

5.1

Employment

1,784.1

1,803.2

16.0

19.1

96.6

90.4

1.1

5.7

5.3

Unemployment

145.2

170.1

11.5

24.9

-15.9

6.0

17.1

-8.5

3.7

Participation rate

67.1

68.5

0.5

1.4

1.9

2.4

...

Unemployment rate

7.5

8.6

0.6

1.1

-1.2

-0.1

...

Employment rate

62.0

62.6

0.6

0.6

2.6

2.3

...

Toronto, Ontario

Population

4,081.7

4,089.2

...

7.5

98.0

103.5

0.2

2.5

2.6

Labour force

2,867.2

2,850.3

18.1

-16.9

61.0

69.7

-0.6

2.2

2.5

Employment

2,646.8

2,657.3

18.1

10.5

64.0

68.8

0.4

2.5

2.7

Unemployment

220.4

193.0

12.1

-27.4

-3.1

0.9

-12.4

-1.6

0.5

Participation rate

70.2

69.7

0.5

-0.5

-0.2

-0.1

...

Unemployment rate

7.7

6.8

0.4

-0.9

-0.2

-0.1

...

Employment rate

64.8

65.0

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.1

...

Vancouver, British Columbia

Population

1,755.1

1,757.1

...

2.0

32.9

34.7

0.1

1.9

2.0

Labour force

1,189.9

1,196.3

10.9

6.4

59.7

69.9

0.5

5.3

6.2

Employment

1,094.1

1,102.2

10.9

8.1

69.2

66.2

0.7

6.7

6.4

Unemployment

95.8

94.1

7.0

-1.7

-9.5

3.7

-1.8

-9.2

4.1

Participation rate

67.8

68.1

0.6

0.3

2.2

2.7

...

Unemployment rate

8.1

7.9

0.6

-0.2

-1.2

-0.1

...

Employment rate

62.3

62.7

0.6

0.4

2.8

2.6

...

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

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