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Table 5-2
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — Monthly

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Monthly
  October 2009 November 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                    in thousands (except rates)      
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,114.6 3,118.4 ... 3.8 36.3 38.7 0.1 1.2 1.3
Labour force 2,060.7 2,080.2 14.9 19.5 24.9 11.1 0.9 1.2 0.5
Employment 1,876.4 1,896.2 15.0 19.8 -4.0 -16.4 1.1 -0.2 -0.9
Unemployment 184.3 184.0 11.2 -0.3 29.0 27.5 -0.2 18.7 17.6
Participation rate 66.2 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 8.8 0.5 -0.1 1.3 1.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.2 60.8 0.5 0.6 -0.9 -1.3 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,690.4 4,698.1 ... 7.7 98.2 105.6 0.2 2.1 2.3
Labour force 3,195.5 3,228.0 19.5 32.5 58.3 80.9 1.0 1.8 2.6
Employment 2,894.2 2,915.3 19.5 21.1 -17.2 -0.4 0.7 -0.6 0.0
Unemployment 301.3 312.7 14.7 11.4 75.5 81.3 3.8 31.8 35.1
Participation rate 68.1 68.7 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.4 9.7 0.5 0.3 2.2 2.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 62.1 0.4 0.4 -1.7 -1.4 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,000.7 2,004.8 ... 4.1 42.2 44.9 0.2 2.2 2.3
Labour force 1,337.1 1,342.9 10.4 5.8 46.4 44.9 0.4 3.6 3.5
Employment 1,232.2 1,237.5 10.3 5.3 8.2 -2.9 0.4 0.7 -0.2
Unemployment 104.9 105.4 6.5 0.5 38.2 47.7 0.5 56.8 82.7
Participation rate 66.8 67.0 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.8 0.5 0.0 2.6 3.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.6 61.7 0.5 0.1 -0.9 -1.6 ... ... ...
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
All geographic regions are based on the 2001 Census boundaries. Related CANSIM Table 282-0091.