Table 5-1
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — 3 month moving average

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Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — 3 month moving average
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average. The row headers provide information on the labour force characteristics for the census metropolitan areas. The column headers provide information on the current and last month (in thousands, except rates), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  February 2016 March 2016 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)      
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  
Population 180.0 180.3 ... 0.3 0.8 2.3 0.2 0.4 1.3
Labour force 122.6 123.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 -2.5 0.7 1.0 -2.0
Employment 113.3 114.4 1.0 1.1 0.0 -3.6 1.0 0.0 -3.1
Unemployment 9.3 9.2 0.5 -0.1 1.4 1.2 -1.1 17.9 15.0
Participation rate 68.1 68.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 -2.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.4 0.4 -0.2 1.0 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.9 63.4 0.6 0.5 -0.3 -2.9 ... ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Population 351.4 351.9 ... 0.5 1.3 5.2 0.1 0.4 1.5
Labour force 239.2 240.6 1.5 1.4 2.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.2
Employment 223.0 223.3 1.5 0.3 -0.1 -1.2 0.1 0.0 -0.5
Unemployment 16.2 17.3 0.7 1.1 2.6 1.8 6.8 17.7 11.6
Participation rate 68.1 68.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 7.2 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.5 63.5 0.4 0.0 -0.2 -1.3 ... ... ...
Moncton, New Brunswick  
Population 124.6 124.8 ... 0.2 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.4 1.3
Labour force 83.0 83.6 1.0 0.6 -0.7 0.4 0.7 -0.8 0.5
Employment 77.5 77.7 1.0 0.2 -1.4 0.1 0.3 -1.8 0.1
Unemployment 5.5 5.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.1 5.5 11.5 1.8
Participation rate 66.6 67.0 0.8 0.4 -0.8 -0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.9 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.3 0.8 0.1 -1.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick  
Population 105.4 105.4 ... 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2
Labour force 68.3 68.6 0.9 0.3 1.1 -1.0 0.4 1.6 -1.4
Employment 62.6 62.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 -0.5 0.3 1.0 -0.8
Unemployment 5.7 5.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.5 0.0 7.5 -8.1
Participation rate 64.8 65.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.3 0.6 0.0 0.4 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.4 59.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 -0.3 ... ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec  
Population 135.0 135.0 ... 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
Labour force 83.5 83.1 1.0 -0.4 0.9 -1.1 -0.5 1.1 -1.3
Employment 76.5 75.5 1.0 -1.0 -0.6 -2.0 -1.3 -0.8 -2.6
Unemployment 7.1 7.6 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.9 7.0 24.6 13.4
Participation rate 61.9 61.6 0.8 -0.3 0.8 -0.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 9.1 0.5 0.6 1.7 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 55.9 0.8 -0.8 -0.4 -1.5 ... ... ...
Québec, Quebec  
Population 672.9 673.3 ... 0.4 1.2 5.2 0.1 0.2 0.8
Labour force 462.8 456.1 4.1 -6.7 -12.0 -1.4 -1.4 -2.6 -0.3
Employment 439.3 432.8 4.1 -6.5 -12.5 -1.0 -1.5 -2.8 -0.2
Unemployment 23.5 23.3 1.5 -0.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.9 2.2 -1.3
Participation rate 68.8 67.7 0.6 -1.1 -1.9 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.1 5.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.3 64.3 0.6 -1.0 -2.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
Population 180.4 180.6 ... 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.3 1.1
Labour force 114.0 114.6 1.2 0.6 1.6 4.7 0.5 1.4 4.3
Employment 106.1 106.6 1.2 0.5 1.1 4.7 0.5 1.0 4.6
Unemployment 7.9 8.0 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 1.3 6.7 1.3
Participation rate 63.2 63.5 0.7 0.3 0.8 2.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.8 59.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.9 ... ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
Population 132.9 133.0 ... 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3
Labour force 80.9 80.9 1.0 0.0 0.1 3.9 0.0 0.1 5.1
Employment 75.6 75.8 1.0 0.2 0.9 3.6 0.3 1.2 5.0
Unemployment 5.3 5.1 0.4 -0.2 -0.8 0.4 -3.8 -13.6 8.5
Participation rate 60.9 60.8 0.8 -0.1 0.0 2.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.3 0.5 -0.3 -1.0 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.9 57.0 0.8 0.1 0.6 2.6 ... ... ...
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,371.5 3,374.4 ... 2.9 8.0 32.6 0.1 0.2 1.0
Labour force 2,242.0 2,239.2 8.9 -2.8 6.4 28.4 -0.1 0.3 1.3
Employment 2,047.0 2,048.0 9.1 1.0 9.2 7.9 0.0 0.5 0.4
Unemployment 194.9 191.2 5.2 -3.7 -2.8 20.5 -1.9 -1.4 12.0
Participation rate 66.5 66.4 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.7 8.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.7 60.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 1,104.3 1,105.4 ... 1.1 3.0 12.1 0.1 0.3 1.1
Labour force 761.3 764.2 4.7 2.9 5.5 2.5 0.4 0.7 0.3
Employment 711.7 712.4 4.9 0.7 0.7 4.7 0.1 0.1 0.7
Unemployment 49.6 51.8 2.1 2.2 4.8 -2.2 4.4 10.2 -4.1
Participation rate 68.9 69.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.8 0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.4 64.4 0.4 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 273.3 273.4 ... 0.1 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.5
Labour force 189.0 186.7 1.6 -2.3 -6.1 -3.1 -1.2 -3.2 -1.6
Employment 177.1 174.5 1.7 -2.6 -6.8 -0.6 -1.5 -3.8 -0.3
Unemployment 11.9 12.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 -2.4 3.4 7.0 -16.3
Participation rate 69.2 68.3 0.6 -0.9 -2.3 -1.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 -1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.8 63.8 0.6 -1.0 -2.6 -0.6 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 831.0 832.0 ... 1.0 2.7 10.7 0.1 0.3 1.3
Labour force 572.3 577.5 4.4 5.2 11.7 5.6 0.9 2.1 1.0
Employment 534.6 538.0 4.6 3.4 7.6 5.4 0.6 1.4 1.0
Unemployment 37.7 39.5 2.0 1.8 4.0 0.2 4.8 11.3 0.5
Participation rate 68.9 69.4 0.5 0.5 1.2 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.6 6.8 0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.3 64.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 -0.1 ... ... ...
Kingston, Ontario  
Population 138.9 139.0 ... 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.8
Labour force 89.7 89.6 0.9 -0.1 -0.6 3.0 -0.1 -0.7 3.5
Employment 84.3 84.2 0.9 -0.1 -0.2 3.5 -0.1 -0.2 4.3
Unemployment 5.4 5.4 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 -6.9 -6.9
Participation rate 64.6 64.5 0.6 -0.1 -0.5 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 6.0 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.7 60.6 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 2.1 ... ... ...
Peterborough, Ontario  
Population 104.6 104.6 ... 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4
Labour force 63.8 63.3 1.2 -0.5 -1.4 -3.0 -0.8 -2.2 -4.5
Employment 60.0 60.6 1.3 0.6 0.8 -0.7 1.0 1.3 -1.1
Unemployment 3.8 2.7 0.6 -1.1 -2.2 -2.4 -28.9 -44.9 -47.1
Participation rate 61.0 60.5 1.2 -0.5 -1.4 -3.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.0 4.3 0.8 -1.7 -3.3 -3.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.4 57.9 1.2 0.5 0.7 -0.9 ... ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario  
Population 324.4 324.8 ... 0.4 1.3 5.2 0.1 0.4 1.6
Labour force 223.5 224.5 2.0 1.0 6.6 7.7 0.4 3.0 3.6
Employment 209.9 210.9 2.2 1.0 8.0 10.2 0.5 3.9 5.1
Unemployment 13.6 13.6 1.0 0.0 -1.4 -2.5 0.0 -9.3 -15.5
Participation rate 68.9 69.1 0.6 0.2 1.7 1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.1 0.5 0.0 -0.8 -1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.7 64.9 0.7 0.2 2.2 2.1 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 5,153.1 5,160.4 ... 7.3 20.8 87.0 0.1 0.4 1.7
Labour force 3,472.5 3,465.3 11.3 -7.2 3.9 118.2 -0.2 0.1 3.5
Employment 3,222.7 3,212.0 11.6 -10.7 -6.5 107.4 -0.3 -0.2 3.5
Unemployment 249.8 253.3 6.2 3.5 10.3 10.8 1.4 4.2 4.5
Participation rate 67.4 67.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.2 7.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.5 62.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.4 1.0 ... ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario  
Population 646.5 647.1 ... 0.6 1.7 7.0 0.1 0.3 1.1
Labour force 408.2 408.1 3.9 -0.1 -1.6 7.3 0.0 -0.4 1.8
Employment 383.4 384.1 4.0 0.7 -1.3 5.0 0.2 -0.3 1.3
Unemployment 24.8 24.0 1.5 -0.8 -0.3 2.3 -3.2 -1.2 10.6
Participation rate 63.1 63.1 0.6 0.0 -0.4 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 5.9 0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.4 0.6 0.1 -0.3 0.2 ... ... ...
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
Population 344.0 344.1 ... 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.4
Labour force 225.1 221.5 2.3 -3.6 -4.1 8.6 -1.6 -1.8 4.0
Employment 206.1 203.1 2.4 -3.0 -4.4 4.3 -1.5 -2.1 2.2
Unemployment 19.1 18.4 1.0 -0.7 0.3 4.4 -3.7 1.7 31.4
Participation rate 65.4 64.4 0.7 -1.0 -1.2 2.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.3 0.4 -0.2 0.3 1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 59.0 0.7 -0.9 -1.4 1.0 ... ... ...
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario  
Population 423.9 424.2 ... 0.3 0.9 4.0 0.1 0.2 1.0
Labour force 301.6 303.6 2.8 2.0 5.1 1.2 0.7 1.7 0.4
Employment 283.0 285.5 3.0 2.5 6.1 -0.3 0.9 2.2 -0.1
Unemployment 18.7 18.1 1.0 -0.6 -1.0 1.6 -3.2 -5.2 9.7
Participation rate 71.1 71.6 0.7 0.5 1.1 -0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 6.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.8 67.3 0.7 0.5 1.3 -0.7 ... ... ...
Brantford, Ontario  
Population 112.4 112.5 ... 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.9
Labour force 72.9 73.4 0.9 0.5 1.4 -4.2 0.7 1.9 -5.4
Employment 68.7 68.3 1.0 -0.4 -0.2 -5.2 -0.6 -0.3 -7.1
Unemployment 4.2 5.1 0.4 0.9 1.6 0.9 21.4 45.7 21.4
Participation rate 64.9 65.2 0.8 0.3 1.0 -4.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.9 0.5 1.1 2.0 1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 60.7 0.9 -0.4 -0.4 -5.2 ... ... ...
Guelph, Ontario  
Population 129.6 129.7 ... 0.1 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.3 1.2
Labour force 100.4 101.4 1.1 1.0 4.1 7.3 1.0 4.2 7.8
Employment 96.5 96.9 1.2 0.4 3.7 7.2 0.4 4.0 8.0
Unemployment 3.9 4.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 15.4 9.8 2.3
Participation rate 77.5 78.2 0.9 0.7 2.9 4.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 3.9 4.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 74.5 74.7 0.9 0.2 2.6 4.7 ... ... ...
London, Ontario  
Population 424.3 424.7 ... 0.4 1.0 3.9 0.1 0.2 0.9
Labour force 271.2 270.0 2.7 -1.2 -2.2 3.0 -0.4 -0.8 1.1
Employment 253.9 252.3 2.8 -1.6 -3.1 3.2 -0.6 -1.2 1.3
Unemployment 17.4 17.8 1.1 0.4 1.1 -0.1 2.3 6.6 -0.6
Participation rate 63.9 63.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.8 59.4 0.7 -0.4 -0.9 0.2 ... ... ...
Windsor, Ontario  
Population 280.8 281.0 ... 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.7
Labour force 169.8 171.0 1.9 1.2 1.5 -8.7 0.7 0.9 -4.8
Employment 156.6 159.0 1.9 2.4 5.9 -0.8 1.5 3.9 -0.5
Unemployment 13.1 12.0 1.0 -1.1 -4.4 -7.9 -8.4 -26.8 -39.7
Participation rate 60.5 60.9 0.7 0.4 0.5 -3.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.7 7.0 0.6 -0.7 -2.7 -4.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.8 56.6 0.7 0.8 2.0 -0.7 ... ... ...
Barrie, Ontario  
Population 168.7 168.9 ... 0.2 0.7 2.7 0.1 0.4 1.6
Labour force 116.6 118.7 1.7 2.1 7.0 -1.2 1.8 6.3 -1.0
Employment 108.8 109.7 1.9 0.9 5.1 -2.3 0.8 4.9 -2.1
Unemployment 7.8 9.0 0.8 1.2 1.8 1.0 15.4 25.0 12.5
Participation rate 69.1 70.3 1.0 1.2 3.9 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 7.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.5 64.9 1.1 0.4 2.7 -2.5 ... ... ...
Greater Sudbury, Ontario  
Population 140.1 140.1 ... 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2
Labour force 86.6 87.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 -2.5 1.2 1.2 -2.8
Employment 79.5 80.2 0.9 0.7 0.9 -4.0 0.9 1.1 -4.8
Unemployment 7.2 7.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.6 4.2 2.7 27.1
Participation rate 61.8 62.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 -1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 2.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 56.7 57.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 -3.0 ... ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
Population 104.6 104.6 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Labour force 64.8 65.5 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.1 1.1 3.3 3.3
Employment 60.2 60.5 0.7 0.3 0.8 -0.2 0.5 1.3 -0.3
Unemployment 4.6 5.0 0.2 0.4 1.3 2.3 8.7 35.1 85.2
Participation rate 62.0 62.6 0.6 0.6 2.0 2.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.6 0.4 0.5 1.8 3.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.6 57.8 0.7 0.2 0.7 -0.2 ... ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
Population 658.0 658.8 ... 0.8 2.2 9.2 0.1 0.3 1.4
Labour force 452.8 453.6 1.4 0.8 0.6 4.5 0.2 0.1 1.0
Employment 424.0 424.9 1.4 0.9 -0.2 4.2 0.2 0.0 1.0
Unemployment 28.8 28.7 0.8 -0.1 0.8 0.3 -0.3 2.9 1.1
Participation rate 68.8 68.9 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.3 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 64.4 64.5 0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan  
Population 200.2 200.4 ... 0.2 0.6 3.5 0.1 0.3 1.8
Labour force 145.1 145.1 1.0 0.0 -0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.1
Employment 138.4 138.0 1.1 -0.4 -1.5 0.0 -0.3 -1.1 0.0
Unemployment 6.7 7.2 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.3 7.5 18.0 4.3
Participation rate 72.5 72.4 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 5.0 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.1 68.9 0.5 -0.2 -0.9 -1.2 ... ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
Population 255.6 256.0 ... 0.4 1.2 5.9 0.2 0.5 2.4
Labour force 179.3 179.7 1.2 0.4 -3.6 1.0 0.2 -2.0 0.6
Employment 168.1 168.2 1.3 0.1 -3.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.9 -0.6
Unemployment 11.3 11.5 0.6 0.2 -0.3 2.1 1.8 -2.5 22.3
Participation rate 70.1 70.2 0.5 0.1 -1.7 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.8 65.7 0.5 -0.1 -1.6 -2.0 ... ... ...
Calgary, Alberta  
Population 1,195.1 1,197.0 ... 1.9 5.2 28.3 0.2 0.4 2.4
Labour force 872.9 879.4 4.5 6.5 17.0 10.3 0.7 2.0 1.2
Employment 799.3 803.3 4.6 4.0 1.1 -18.1 0.5 0.1 -2.2
Unemployment 73.6 76.0 2.5 2.4 15.9 28.2 3.3 26.5 59.0
Participation rate 73.0 73.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 -0.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.4 8.6 0.3 0.2 1.6 3.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.9 67.1 0.4 0.2 -0.2 -3.2 ... ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta  
Population 1,113.8 1,115.4 ... 1.6 4.1 23.3 0.1 0.4 2.1
Labour force 835.0 839.8 4.4 4.8 12.2 42.1 0.6 1.5 5.3
Employment 778.1 781.6 4.6 3.5 5.8 27.4 0.4 0.7 3.6
Unemployment 57.0 58.3 2.2 1.3 6.5 14.9 2.3 12.5 34.3
Participation rate 75.0 75.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 2.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 6.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 69.9 70.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Kelowna, British Columbia  
Population 154.0 154.2 ... 0.2 0.7 2.8 0.1 0.5 1.8
Labour force 98.0 98.6 2.0 0.6 1.1 2.4 0.6 1.1 2.5
Employment 90.1 90.4 2.0 0.3 -0.5 -2.0 0.3 -0.6 -2.2
Unemployment 7.9 8.2 0.6 0.3 1.6 4.4 3.8 24.2 115.8
Participation rate 63.6 63.9 1.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.1 8.3 0.6 0.2 1.5 4.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.5 58.6 1.3 0.1 -0.6 -2.4 ... ... ...
Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia  
Population 146.4 146.6 ... 0.2 0.6 2.4 0.1 0.4 1.7
Labour force 96.7 95.7 0.9 -1.0 -2.1 -0.5 -1.0 -2.1 -0.5
Employment 89.8 88.9 1.0 -0.9 -1.5 -1.8 -1.0 -1.7 -2.0
Unemployment 6.9 6.7 0.4 -0.2 -0.7 1.2 -2.9 -9.5 21.8
Participation rate 66.1 65.3 0.6 -0.8 -1.7 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.6 1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.3 60.6 0.7 -0.7 -1.3 -2.3 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,151.4 2,153.7 ... 2.3 7.2 38.0 0.1 0.3 1.8
Labour force 1,426.1 1,431.8 6.0 5.7 13.6 72.3 0.4 1.0 5.3
Employment 1,339.0 1,341.8 6.1 2.8 4.8 63.8 0.2 0.4 5.0
Unemployment 87.1 90.0 3.1 2.9 8.8 8.5 3.3 10.8 10.4
Participation rate 66.3 66.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.1 6.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.9 ... ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia  
Population 305.5 305.7 ... 0.2 0.6 3.7 0.1 0.2 1.2
Labour force 192.9 192.3 1.8 -0.6 -2.5 9.4 -0.3 -1.3 5.1
Employment 181.7 180.6 1.9 -1.1 -2.4 7.1 -0.6 -1.3 4.1
Unemployment 11.2 11.6 0.7 0.4 -0.2 2.2 3.6 -1.7 23.4
Participation rate 63.1 62.9 0.6 -0.2 -0.9 2.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 6.0 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.5 59.1 0.6 -0.4 -0.9 1.6 ... ... ...
1.
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 282-0135. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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