Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| December 2018 |
January 2019 |
Standard error1 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,484.7 | 3,490.0 | ... | 5.3 | 50.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,333.0 | 2,323.9 | 17.1 | -9.1 | -12.7 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| Employment | 2,187.7 | 2,183.4 | 17.0 | -4.3 | -10.9 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| Unemployment | 145.3 | 140.4 | 11.8 | -4.9 | -1.8 | -3.4 | -1.3 |
| Participation rate | 66.9 | 66.6 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.2 | 6.0 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.8 | 62.6 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -1.2 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,484.9 | 5,499.1 | ... | 14.2 | 136.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,591.1 | 3,639.5 | 22.1 | 48.4 | 88.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Employment | 3,383.9 | 3,405.3 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 58.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Unemployment | 207.1 | 234.2 | 14.0 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 13.1 | 14.6 |
| Participation rate | 65.5 | 66.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.8 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.7 | 61.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.5 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,245.8 | 2,249.3 | ... | 3.5 | 38.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,528.4 | 1,545.6 | 11.7 | 17.2 | 44.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Employment | 1,455.4 | 1,465.7 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 25.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Unemployment | 73.1 | 79.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 18.9 | 9.2 | 31.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.1 | 68.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.8 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 64.8 | 65.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0295-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0136).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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