Table 5-2
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan
area (seasonally adjusted) — Monthly
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January 2016 | February 2016 | S.E. 1 | Change from | Percent change from | |||||
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last month | last December | twelve months ago | last month | last December | twelve months ago | ||||
in thousands (except rates) | |||||||||
Montréal, Quebec | |||||||||
Population | 3,371.3 | 3,374.4 | ... | 3.1 | 5.7 | 32.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Labour force | 2,240.3 | 2,239.7 | 19.3 | -0.6 | -6.3 | 25.2 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 1.1 |
Employment | 2,049.1 | 2,043.6 | 19.4 | -5.5 | -4.8 | -4.7 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
Unemployment | 191.2 | 196.1 | 12.6 | 4.9 | -1.5 | 29.9 | 2.6 | -0.8 | 18.0 |
Participation rate | 66.5 | 66.4 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | ... | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 8.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ... | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 60.8 | 60.6 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.7 | ... | ... | ... |
Toronto, Ontario | |||||||||
Population | 5,153.1 | 5,160.5 | ... | 7.4 | 14.7 | 87.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Labour force | 3,483.5 | 3,457.3 | 24.1 | -26.2 | -19.5 | 103.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | 3.1 |
Employment | 3,235.8 | 3,202.2 | 23.9 | -33.6 | -28.0 | 94.1 | -1.0 | -0.9 | 3.0 |
Unemployment | 247.6 | 255.2 | 15.1 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Participation rate | 67.6 | 67.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 0.9 | ... | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 7.1 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ... | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 62.8 | 62.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 0.8 | ... | ... | ... |
Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||||
Population | 2,151.2 | 2,153.7 | ... | 2.5 | 4.6 | 38.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
Labour force | 1,420.3 | 1,437.2 | 12.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 77.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
Employment | 1,336.5 | 1,345.0 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 68.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
Unemployment | 83.8 | 92.3 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 11.5 |
Participation rate | 66.0 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.5 | ... | ... | ... |
Unemployment rate | 5.9 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ... | ... | ... |
Employment rate | 62.1 | 62.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | ... | ... | ... |
Average standard error of change in two consecutive
months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Estimates in this table are based on 2011 Census boundaries.
Related CANSIM Table 282-0136. The
sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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