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

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.

Archived

This page has been archived on the Web.

PDF Symbols  Next table  Previous table

Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area (seasonally adjusted) — Monthly
Table summary
This table displays the labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted, monthly. The row headers provide information on the labour force characteristics for the major census metropolitan areas (Montréal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; and Vancouver, British Columbia). The column headers provide information on the current and last month (in thousands), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  May 2015 June  2015 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)      
Montréal, Quebec  
Population 3,349.5 3,352.7 ... 3.2 15.3 28.6 0.1 0.5 0.9
Labour force 2,237.4 2,231.4 15.3 -6.0 31.7 33.8 -0.3 1.4 1.5
Employment 2,037.5 2,026.5 15.0 -11.0 -3.7 19.7 -0.5 -0.2 1.0
Unemployment 199.9 204.9 11.3 5.0 35.4 14.1 2.5 20.9 7.4
Participation rate 66.8 66.6 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0.5 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 8.9 9.2 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.5 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.8 60.4 0.5 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 ... ... ...
Toronto, Ontario  
Population 5,092.8 5,101.7 ... 8.9 42.3 81.0 0.2 0.8 1.6
Labour force 3,418.9 3,418.6 22.0 -0.3 94.7 77.2 0.0 2.8 2.3
Employment 3,181.9 3,192.0 21.6 10.1 134.7 124.9 0.3 4.4 4.1
Unemployment 237.0 226.6 15.2 -10.4 -40.0 -47.7 -4.4 -15.0 -17.4
Participation rate 67.1 67.0 0.4 -0.1 1.3 0.4 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.9 6.6 0.4 -0.3 -1.4 -1.6 ... ... ...
Employment rate 62.5 62.6 0.4 0.1 2.2 1.5 ... ... ...
Vancouver, British Columbia  
Population 2,125.2 2,129.5 ... 4.3 20.0 35.8 0.2 0.9 1.7
Labour force 1,369.2 1,365.9 10.6 -3.3 4.1 7.4 -0.2 0.3 0.5
Employment 1,282.0 1,285.6 10.4 3.6 1.9 5.7 0.3 0.1 0.4
Unemployment 87.1 80.3 6.7 -6.8 2.3 1.8 -7.8 2.9 2.3
Participation rate 64.4 64.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8 ... ... ...
Unemployment rate 6.4 5.9 0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.1 ... ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.4 0.5 0.1 -0.5 -0.7 ... ... ...
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 282-0136. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
Date modified: