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 areas. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average. The row headers provide information for the labour force characteristics for each census metropolitan area. The column headers provide information on the current and last month in thousands, the standard error, as well as the number change (in thousands) and the percentage change from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  January 2013 February 2013 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 164.2 164.6 ... 0.4 0.8 2.7 0.2 0.5 1.7
Labour force 118.0 116.4 0.8 -1.6 -2.5 -0.1 -1.4 -2.1 -0.1
Employment 109.6 108.3 0.8 -1.3 -2.2 0.6 -1.2 -2.0 0.6
Unemployment 8.4 8.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -2.4 -1.2 -6.8
Participation rate 71.9 70.7 0.5 -1.2 -1.9 -1.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.0 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.7 65.8 0.5 -0.9 -1.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Population 345.2 345.6 ... 0.4 0.7 4.1 0.1 0.2 1.2
Labour force 240.7 241.0 1.1 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.4
Employment 225.0 225.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 -0.8 0.2 0.4 -0.4
Unemployment 15.7 15.5 0.6 -0.2 0.3 1.6 -1.3 2.0 11.5
Participation rate 69.7 69.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.4 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.2 65.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 -1.1 ... ... ...
Moncton, New Brunswick  
Population 117.8 117.9 ... 0.1 0.3 1.8 0.1 0.3 1.6
Labour force 79.1 79.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -0.3 -1.2
Employment 73.8 74.2 0.7 0.4 0.0 -0.6 0.5 0.0 -0.8
Unemployment 5.3 5.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -5.7 -3.8 -5.7
Participation rate 67.1 67.2 0.6 0.1 -0.3 -1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.7 6.3 0.5 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.6 62.9 0.6 0.3 -0.2 -1.5 ... ... ...
Saint John, New Brunswick  
Population 106.6 106.7 ... 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2
Labour force 68.5 69.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.9
Employment 61.7 62.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 -0.1 1.3 1.5 -0.2
Unemployment 6.8 6.6 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 1.4 -2.9 -2.9 26.9
Participation rate 64.3 64.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.9 9.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.3 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 57.9 58.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 -0.2 ... ... ...
Saguenay, Quebec  
Population 126.7 126.7 ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Labour force 77.4 77.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 2.1 0.4 0.3 2.8
Employment 70.0 70.3 0.9 0.3 0.5 -0.6 0.4 0.7 -0.8
Unemployment 7.4 7.4 0.4 0.0 -0.2 2.7 0.0 -2.6 57.4
Participation rate 61.1 61.3 0.7 0.2 0.1 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.5 0.5 -0.1 -0.3 3.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.2 55.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 -0.5 ... ... ...
Québec, Quebec  
Population 645.2 645.5 ... 0.3 0.6 5.2 0.0 0.1 0.8
Labour force 442.2 443.8 3.3 1.6 4.2 -3.2 0.4 1.0 -0.7
Employment 421.7 423.2 3.5 1.5 4.5 -1.6 0.4 1.1 -0.4
Unemployment 20.5 20.6 1.5 0.1 -0.4 -1.7 0.5 -1.9 -7.6
Participation rate 68.5 68.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 -1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.6 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.4 65.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 -0.7 ... ... ...
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
Population 167.9 168.1 ... 0.2 0.3 2.1 0.1 0.2 1.3
Labour force 105.9 103.7 1.1 -2.2 -2.9 -4.8 -2.1 -2.7 -4.4
Employment 99.1 97.2 1.1 -1.9 -2.2 -3.5 -1.9 -2.2 -3.5
Unemployment 6.9 6.5 0.5 -0.4 -0.8 -1.3 -5.8 -11.0 -16.7
Participation rate 63.1 61.7 0.7 -1.4 -1.8 -3.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.5 -0.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.0 57.8 0.7 -1.2 -1.4 -2.9 ... ... ...
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
Population 126.2 126.3 ... 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.8
Labour force 69.5 69.5 0.7 0.0 -0.3 -9.1 0.0 -0.4 -11.6
Employment 64.2 63.9 0.7 -0.3 -0.2 -8.4 -0.5 -0.3 -11.6
Unemployment 5.3 5.6 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.7 5.7 -1.8 -11.1
Participation rate 55.1 55.0 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 -7.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 8.1 0.5 0.5 -0.1 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 50.9 50.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 -7.1 ... ... ...
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,272.3 3,274.9 ... 2.6 5.3 34.8 0.1 0.2 1.1
Labour force 2,198.2 2,197.5 7.7 -0.7 6.5 83.8 0.0 0.3 4.0
Employment 2,025.7 2,030.9 8.0 5.2 13.9 113.8 0.3 0.7 5.9
Unemployment 172.5 166.6 4.9 -5.9 -7.4 -29.9 -3.4 -4.3 -15.2
Participation rate 67.2 67.1 0.2 -0.1 0.1 1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.9 62.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.8 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 1,058.8 1,060.1 ... 1.3 2.6 16.0 0.1 0.2 1.5
Labour force 765.6 762.9 3.8 -2.7 -4.3 7.8 -0.4 -0.6 1.0
Employment 716.7 714.6 3.8 -2.1 -1.9 4.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.6
Unemployment 49.0 48.3 1.9 -0.7 -2.3 3.4 -1.4 -4.5 7.6
Participation rate 72.3 72.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.7 67.4 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 263.7 264.0 ... 0.3 0.5 3.3 0.1 0.2 1.3
Labour force 183.8 183.8 1.3 0.0 0.1 -2.3 0.0 0.1 -1.2
Employment 171.3 171.1 1.3 -0.2 -0.5 -4.1 -0.1 -0.3 -2.3
Unemployment 12.5 12.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 1.8 1.6 5.0 16.5
Participation rate 69.7 69.6 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.8 6.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 1.0 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.0 64.8 0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -2.4 ... ... ...
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
Population 795.1 796.1 ... 1.0 2.1 12.7 0.1 0.3 1.6
Labour force 581.9 579.1 3.6 -2.8 -4.4 10.1 -0.5 -0.8 1.8
Employment 545.4 543.5 3.6 -1.9 -1.4 8.5 -0.3 -0.3 1.6
Unemployment 36.5 35.6 1.8 -0.9 -2.9 1.6 -2.5 -7.5 4.7
Participation rate 73.2 72.7 0.5 -0.5 -0.8 0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.3 6.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 68.6 68.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Kingston, Ontario  
Population 134.4 134.5 ... 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.1
Labour force 86.6 86.5 0.8 -0.1 0.5 -2.7 -0.1 0.6 -3.0
Employment 80.5 80.7 0.8 0.2 1.0 -2.1 0.2 1.3 -2.5
Unemployment 6.1 5.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -4.9 -7.9 -9.4
Participation rate 64.4 64.3 0.6 -0.1 0.3 -2.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.0 6.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.9 60.0 0.6 0.1 0.7 -2.2 ... ... ...
Peterborough, Ontario  
Population 103.2 103.3 ... 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.6
Labour force 56.3 55.7 1.0 -0.6 -0.7 -13.9 -1.1 -1.2 -20.0
Employment 50.8 50.2 1.0 -0.6 -1.4 -14.2 -1.2 -2.7 -22.0
Unemployment 5.5 5.5 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 14.6 5.8
Participation rate 54.6 53.9 1.0 -0.7 -0.8 -13.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.8 9.9 0.8 0.1 1.4 2.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 49.2 48.6 1.0 -0.6 -1.4 -14.1 ... ... ...
Oshawa, Ontario  
Population 311.8 312.1 ... 0.3 0.7 4.9 0.1 0.2 1.6
Labour force 214.8 215.0 1.6 0.2 1.3 -1.1 0.1 0.6 -0.5
Employment 194.2 194.8 1.6 0.6 1.8 -5.2 0.3 0.9 -2.6
Unemployment 20.7 20.2 0.9 -0.5 -0.4 4.1 -2.4 -1.9 25.5
Participation rate 68.9 68.9 0.5 0.0 0.3 -1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.6 9.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.2 1.9 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.3 62.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 -2.7 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 4,925.7 4,933.4 ... 7.7 15.6 96.5 0.2 0.3 2.0
Labour force 3,352.1 3,357.0 10.6 4.9 4.7 137.8 0.1 0.1 4.3
Employment 3,075.9 3,074.1 10.7 -1.8 -0.5 134.3 -0.1 0.0 4.6
Unemployment 276.2 282.9 6.5 6.7 5.1 3.5 2.4 1.8 1.3
Participation rate 68.1 68.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 1.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.2 8.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.4 62.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 1.5 ... ... ...
Hamilton, Ontario  
Population 627.6 628.0 ... 0.4 0.9 6.1 0.1 0.1 1.0
Labour force 408.0 412.2 2.9 4.2 5.7 -7.6 1.0 1.4 -1.8
Employment 384.3 389.0 3.0 4.7 6.5 -5.3 1.2 1.7 -1.3
Unemployment 23.7 23.3 1.4 -0.4 -0.6 -2.2 -1.7 -2.5 -8.6
Participation rate 65.0 65.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 -1.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.8 5.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.2 61.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 -1.5 ... ... ...
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
Population 340.2 340.2 ... 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Labour force 216.9 218.0 1.7 1.1 -0.2 3.4 0.5 -0.1 1.6
Employment 201.6 202.4 1.8 0.8 1.3 4.5 0.4 0.6 2.3
Unemployment 15.3 15.5 0.8 0.2 -1.6 -1.1 1.3 -9.4 -6.6
Participation rate 63.8 64.1 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.1 7.1 0.4 0.0 -0.7 -0.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.3 59.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.2 ... ... ...
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario  
Population 415.3 415.7 ... 0.4 0.7 4.4 0.1 0.2 1.1
Labour force 295.0 297.9 2.2 2.9 4.8 -4.5 1.0 1.6 -1.5
Employment 274.4 275.6 2.2 1.2 2.7 -6.3 0.4 1.0 -2.2
Unemployment 20.5 22.3 1.0 1.8 2.1 1.8 8.8 10.4 8.8
Participation rate 71.0 71.7 0.5 0.7 1.1 -1.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 7.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.1 66.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 -2.2 ... ... ...
Brantford, Ontario  
Population 108.9 109.0 ... 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.6
Labour force 73.2 74.0 0.8 0.8 1.9 2.3 1.1 2.6 3.2
Employment 67.5 68.3 0.8 0.8 2.1 2.5 1.2 3.2 3.8
Unemployment 5.7 5.7 0.4 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -3.4 -3.4
Participation rate 67.2 67.9 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.7 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.8 7.7 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.0 62.7 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.9 ... ... ...
Guelph, Ontario  
Population 116.1 116.2 ... 0.1 0.3 1.9 0.1 0.3 1.7
Labour force 82.0 82.1 0.8 0.1 -0.2 -4.4 0.1 -0.2 -5.1
Employment 76.9 77.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 -4.4 0.5 0.3 -5.4
Unemployment 5.1 4.8 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 -5.9 -7.7 2.1
Participation rate 70.6 70.7 0.7 0.1 -0.3 -5.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.2 5.8 0.4 -0.4 -0.5 0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 66.2 66.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 -5.0 ... ... ...
London, Ontario  
Population 417.7 417.9 ... 0.2 0.5 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.8
Labour force 270.0 270.7 2.0 0.7 1.9 4.5 0.3 0.7 1.7
Employment 247.2 246.2 2.1 -1.0 0.1 3.2 -0.4 0.0 1.3
Unemployment 22.9 24.5 1.0 1.6 1.9 1.2 7.0 8.4 5.2
Participation rate 64.6 64.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.5 9.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.2 58.9 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 ... ... ...
Windsor, Ontario  
Population 268.3 268.4 ... 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5
Labour force 166.0 165.6 1.6 -0.4 -3.4 -0.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.1
Employment 149.9 150.4 1.6 0.5 -1.0 2.3 0.3 -0.7 1.6
Unemployment 16.1 15.2 0.7 -0.9 -2.4 -2.4 -5.6 -13.6 -13.6
Participation rate 61.9 61.7 0.6 -0.2 -1.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 9.7 9.2 0.4 -0.5 -1.2 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 55.9 56.0 0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.6 ... ... ...
Barrie, Ontario  
Population 164.0 164.1 ... 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.1 0.1 1.0
Labour force 120.0 123.4 1.4 3.4 6.7 10.1 2.8 5.7 8.9
Employment 111.2 114.9 1.4 3.7 6.8 11.5 3.3 6.3 11.1
Unemployment 8.7 8.6 0.7 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -1.1 0.0 -13.1
Participation rate 73.2 75.2 0.9 2.0 4.0 5.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.4 -1.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.8 70.0 0.9 2.2 4.0 6.3 ... ... ...
Greater Sudbury, Ontario  
Population 138.4 138.3 ... -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8
Labour force 89.1 89.7 0.8 0.6 1.6 1.5 0.7 1.8 1.7
Employment 82.6 82.4 0.8 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.1
Unemployment 6.6 7.3 0.3 0.7 1.3 1.6 10.6 21.7 28.1
Participation rate 64.4 64.9 0.6 0.5 1.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.4 8.1 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 59.7 59.6 0.6 -0.1 0.4 0.4 ... ... ...
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
Population 103.1 103.1 ... 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
Labour force 63.4 64.2 0.6 0.8 0.8 -2.9 1.3 1.3 -4.3
Employment 60.2 60.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 -2.8 0.3 0.2 -4.4
Unemployment 3.2 3.8 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.0 18.8 22.6 0.0
Participation rate 61.5 62.3 0.6 0.8 0.8 -3.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 5.9 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 58.4 58.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 -3.1 ... ... ...
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
Population 636.5 637.4 ... 0.9 1.7 8.7 0.1 0.3 1.4
Labour force 443.2 443.9 1.3 0.7 3.2 2.8 0.2 0.7 0.6
Employment 419.3 420.1 1.4 0.8 3.9 4.6 0.2 0.9 1.1
Unemployment 23.9 23.8 0.8 -0.1 -0.6 -1.8 -0.4 -2.5 -7.0
Participation rate 69.6 69.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.6 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 65.9 65.9 0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.2 ... ... ...
Regina, Saskatchewan  
Population 182.3 182.7 ... 0.4 0.8 4.4 0.2 0.4 2.5
Labour force 134.3 136.2 0.8 1.9 2.7 5.5 1.4 2.0 4.2
Employment 128.8 131.0 0.8 2.2 3.2 6.0 1.7 2.5 4.8
Unemployment 5.5 5.1 0.3 -0.4 -0.6 -0.6 -7.3 -10.5 -10.5
Participation rate 73.7 74.5 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.1 3.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 70.7 71.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.6 ... ... ...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
Population 230.4 231.0 ... 0.6 1.3 7.7 0.3 0.6 3.4
Labour force 165.1 165.0 0.9 -0.1 1.3 7.4 -0.1 0.8 4.7
Employment 156.5 157.3 1.0 0.8 2.7 9.1 0.5 1.7 6.1
Unemployment 8.7 7.7 0.5 -1.0 -1.3 -1.7 -11.5 -14.4 -18.1
Participation rate 71.7 71.4 0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 4.7 0.3 -0.6 -0.8 -1.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 67.9 68.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.7 ... ... ...
Calgary, Alberta  
Population 1,073.5 1,076.6 ... 3.1 6.3 32.3 0.3 0.6 3.1
Labour force 801.7 805.5 3.5 3.8 7.5 23.3 0.5 0.9 3.0
Employment 762.7 765.0 3.7 2.3 4.0 23.1 0.3 0.5 3.1
Unemployment 39.0 40.5 1.8 1.5 3.5 0.3 3.8 9.5 0.7
Participation rate 74.7 74.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 -0.1 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.9 5.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 71.0 71.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Edmonton, Alberta  
Population 1,006.6 1,009.7 ... 3.1 6.5 34.6 0.3 0.6 3.5
Labour force 737.2 735.5 3.3 -1.7 -3.0 23.7 -0.2 -0.4 3.3
Employment 705.3 703.5 3.5 -1.8 -1.8 27.7 -0.3 -0.3 4.1
Unemployment 31.9 32.0 1.7 0.1 -1.1 -4.0 0.3 -3.3 -11.1
Participation rate 73.2 72.8 0.3 -0.4 -0.8 -0.2 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.7 ... ... ...
Employment rate 70.1 69.7 0.4 -0.4 -0.6 0.4 ... ... ...
Kelowna, British Columbia  
Population 150.2 150.3 ... 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
Labour force 97.7 96.8 1.9 -0.9 -3.5 -5.6 -0.9 -3.5 -5.5
Employment 91.4 90.4 1.8 -1.0 -2.5 -3.8 -1.1 -2.7 -4.0
Unemployment 6.3 6.4 0.9 0.1 -1.0 -1.8 1.6 -13.5 -22.0
Participation rate 65.0 64.4 1.3 -0.6 -2.4 -3.9 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.6 0.9 0.2 -0.8 -1.4 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.9 60.1 1.2 -0.8 -1.8 -2.7 ... ... ...
Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia  
Population 146.1 146.3 ... 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.8
Labour force 99.9 99.6 0.8 -0.3 0.0 1.3 -0.3 0.0 1.3
Employment 92.6 92.6 0.9 0.0 0.6 4.4 0.0 0.7 5.0
Unemployment 7.3 7.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -3.0 -4.1 -7.9 -30.0
Participation rate 68.4 68.1 0.6 -0.3 -0.1 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.3 7.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -3.2 ... ... ...
Employment rate 63.4 63.3 0.6 -0.1 0.3 2.5 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,076.5 2,079.7 ... 3.2 6.6 37.2 0.2 0.3 1.8
Labour force 1,356.9 1,357.8 5.1 0.9 -4.8 2.7 0.1 -0.4 0.2
Employment 1,268.5 1,271.3 5.1 2.8 0.0 7.6 0.2 0.0 0.6
Unemployment 88.4 86.6 2.9 -1.8 -4.8 -4.8 -2.0 -5.3 -5.3
Participation rate 65.3 65.3 0.2 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.5 6.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 ... ... ...
Employment rate 61.1 61.1 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 ... ... ...
Victoria, British Columbia  
Population 303.4 303.6 ... 0.2 0.3 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.7
Labour force 199.7 199.4 1.5 -0.3 1.1 1.2 -0.2 0.6 0.6
Employment 188.8 188.6 1.5 -0.2 1.1 0.9 -0.1 0.6 0.5
Unemployment 10.8 10.7 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.9 -0.9 1.9
Participation rate 65.8 65.7 0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.0 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.2 62.1 0.5 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 ... ... ...
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 282-0116.