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

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Table summary
This table displays the results of monthly september 2012, october  2012, s.e., change from, percent change from and last month, calculated using last month, last december, twelve months ago and in thousands (except rates) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  September 2012 October  2012 S.E.Note 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 3,264.2 3,267.0 Note ...: not applicable 2.8 29.2 34.1 0.1 0.9 1.1
Labour force 2,170.7 2,180.3 15.8 9.6 82.9 67.3 0.4 4.0 3.2
Employment 1,991.5 2,002.9 15.9 11.4 95.4 72.0 0.6 5.0 3.7
Unemployment 179.2 177.4 11.7 -1.8 -12.5 -4.7 -1.0 -6.6 -2.6
Participation rate 66.5 66.7 0.5 0.2 1.9 1.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.1 0.5 -0.2 -1.0 -0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 61.0 61.3 0.5 0.3 2.4 1.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,903.8 4,910.8 Note ...: not applicable 7.0 82.5 98.2 0.1 1.7 2.0
Labour force 3,342.4 3,347.8 21.6 5.4 133.9 115.3 0.2 4.2 3.6
Employment 3,057.5 3,060.0 21.3 2.5 115.8 116.6 0.1 3.9 4.0
Unemployment 284.9 287.8 15.7 2.9 18.1 -1.3 1.0 6.7 -0.4
Participation rate 68.2 68.2 0.4 0.0 1.6 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 8.5 8.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 -0.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 62.3 62.3 0.4 0.0 1.3 1.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,067.5 2,070.2 Note ...: not applicable 2.7 30.5 34.8 0.1 1.5 1.7
Labour force 1,380.0 1,373.6 10.7 -6.4 23.2 10.6 -0.5 1.7 0.8
Employment 1,280.4 1,274.8 10.4 -5.6 17.6 0.9 -0.4 1.4 0.1
Unemployment 99.6 98.9 7.1 -0.7 5.8 9.8 -0.7 6.2 11.0
Participation rate 66.7 66.4 0.5 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Unemployment rate 7.2 7.2 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Employment rate 61.9 61.6 0.5 -0.3 0.0 -1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

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

Note(s): Estimates from this table are based on 2006 census population counts. Related CANSIM Table "/n1/en/cansim/282-0117" title="CANSIM table 282-0117">282-0117.
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
Note(s):
Estimates from this table are based on 2006 census population counts. Related CANSIM Table 282-0117.