Table 8
Labour force characteristics by Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver census metropolitan areas, monthly, seasonally adjusted
| November 2020 |
December 2020 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Montréal, Quebec | |||||||
| Population | 3,583.9 | 3,587.4 | ... | 3.5 | 51.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Labour force | 2,409.5 | 2,355.4 | 18.6 | -54.1 | -5.2 | -2.2 | -0.2 |
| Employment | 2,207.2 | 2,174.9 | 19.6 | -32.3 | -43.6 | -1.5 | -2.0 |
| Unemployment | 202.3 | 180.4 | 14.2 | -21.9 | 38.3 | -10.8 | 27.0 |
| Participation rate | 67.2 | 65.7 | 0.5 | -1.5 | -1.1 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 8.4 | 7.7 | 0.6 | -0.7 | 1.7 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.6 | 60.6 | 0.6 | -1.0 | -2.1 | ... | ... |
| Toronto, Ontario | |||||||
| Population | 5,721.6 | 5,728.0 | ... | 6.4 | 98.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| Labour force | 3,874.1 | 3,835.1 | 26.4 | -39.0 | 82.7 | -1.0 | 2.2 |
| Employment | 3,471.7 | 3,419.5 | 25.5 | -52.2 | -125.5 | -1.5 | -3.5 |
| Unemployment | 402.5 | 415.6 | 19.0 | 13.1 | 208.3 | 3.3 | 100.5 |
| Participation rate | 67.7 | 67.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 0.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 10.4 | 10.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.3 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 60.7 | 59.7 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -3.3 | ... | ... |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||
| Population | 2,331.6 | 2,333.4 | ... | 1.8 | 38.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Labour force | 1,541.2 | 1,533.3 | 14.0 | -7.9 | -4.8 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Employment | 1,427.1 | 1,426.0 | 13.8 | -1.1 | -40.7 | -0.1 | -2.8 |
| Unemployment | 114.2 | 107.3 | 9.8 | -6.9 | 35.9 | -6.0 | 50.3 |
| Participation rate | 66.1 | 65.7 | 0.6 | -0.4 | -1.3 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.4 | 7.0 | 0.6 | -0.4 | 2.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 61.2 | 61.1 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -2.8 | ... | ... |
...
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 between 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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