Table 5-2
Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan
area (seasonally adjusted) — Monthly
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October 2011 | November 2011 | S.E.Note 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 | 3,232.9 | 3,235.6 | Note ...: not applicable | 2.7 | 34.5 | 37.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Labour force | 2,115.1 | 2,083.0 | 15.7 | -32.1 | -28.6 | -11.3 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -0.5 |
Employment | 1,936.0 | 1,900.6 | 15.6 | -35.4 | -43.5 | -12.9 | -1.8 | -2.2 | -0.7 |
Unemployment | 179.1 | 182.3 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
Participation rate | 65.4 | 64.4 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -1.6 | -1.1 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Unemployment rate | 8.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Employment rate | 59.9 | 58.7 | 0.5 | -1.2 | -2.0 | -1.1 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Toronto, Ontario | |||||||||
Population | 4,812.6 | 4,820.4 | Note ...: not applicable | 7.8 | 83.9 | 90.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Labour force | 3,232.8 | 3,223.0 | 21.6 | -9.8 | -21.1 | 13.5 | -0.3 | -0.7 | 0.4 |
Employment | 2,942.0 | 2,950.4 | 21.2 | 8.4 | -30.6 | 3.6 | 0.3 | -1.0 | 0.1 |
Unemployment | 290.8 | 272.6 | 15.5 | -18.2 | 9.5 | 9.9 | -6.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
Participation rate | 67.2 | 66.9 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -1.6 | -1.0 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Unemployment rate | 9.0 | 8.5 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Employment rate | 61.1 | 61.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -1.7 | -1.1 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||||
Population | 2,035.4 | 2,037.5 | Note ...: not applicable | 2.1 | 28.7 | 31.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Labour force | 1,361.1 | 1,359.6 | 10.7 | -1.5 | 29.8 | 41.4 | -0.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
Employment | 1,273.0 | 1,259.8 | 10.5 | -13.2 | 31.4 | 32.3 | -1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Unemployment | 88.1 | 99.9 | 7.2 | 11.8 | -1.5 | 9.1 | 13.4 | -1.5 | 10.0 |
Participation rate | 66.9 | 66.7 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Unemployment rate | 6.5 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.4 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Employment rate | 62.5 | 61.8 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
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