Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| January 2019 |
February 2019 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2019 | February 2018 to February 2019 | January to February 2019 | February 2018 to February 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 | 3,490.0 | 3,493.3 | ... | 3.3 | 51.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,323.9 | 2,337.8 | 17.1 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Employment | 2,183.4 | 2,208.2 | 17.0 | 24.8 | 22.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Unemployment | 140.4 | 129.7 | 11.8 | -10.7 | -19.2 | -7.6 | -12.9 |
| Participation rate | 66.6 | 66.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 | -0.5 | -0.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 62.6 | 63.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.3 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,499.1 | 5,508.4 | ... | 9.3 | 135.8 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Labour force | 3,639.5 | 3,675.6 | 22.1 | 36.1 | 120.4 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| Employment | 3,405.3 | 3,434.7 | 22.0 | 29.4 | 82.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Unemployment | 234.2 | 240.9 | 14.0 | 6.7 | 37.7 | 2.9 | 18.6 |
| Participation rate | 66.2 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 6.4 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.9 | 62.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,249.3 | 2,251.9 | ... | 2.6 | 38.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,545.6 | 1,548.0 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 57.9 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Employment | 1,465.7 | 1,475.2 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 43.7 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Unemployment | 79.8 | 72.8 | 7.0 | -7.0 | 14.1 | -8.8 | 24.0 |
| Participation rate | 68.7 | 68.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.2 | 65.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
...
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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