Labour market characteristics, seasonally adjusted monthly data,¹ Laval and all of Québec, April 2011 to April 2012    ( Export to Excel)

Laval All of Region/
 Québec Québec ratio


k %

Labour force
April 2012 227.9 4,294.3 5.3
March 2012 227.1 4,279.2 5.3
February 2012 221.1 4,274.9 5.2
January 2012 218.9 4,274.4 5.1
December 2011 217.7 4,277.8 5.1
November 2011 215.6 4,279.5 5.0
October 2011 215.2 4,285.2 5.0
September 2011 214.8 4,283.7 5.0
August 2011 218.5 4,291.1 5.1
July 2011 220.2 4,292.2 5.1
June 2011 224.8 4,295.3 5.2
May 2011 224.6 4,287.6 5.2
April 2011 226.7 4,287.0 5.3
  
Number of employed
April 2012 211.0 3,947.7 5.3
March 2012 208.9 3,927.8 5.3
February 2012 202.7 3,912.4 5.2
January 2012 201.2 3,916.8 5.1
December 2011 200.4 3,929.2 5.1
November 2011 199.1 3,949.6 5.0
October 2011 200.2 3,961.5 5.1
September 2011 198.7 3,967.3 5.0
August 2011 203.4 3,966.5 5.1
July 2011 204.7 3,970.8 5.2
June 2011 210.2 3,965.6 5.3
May 2011 209.7 3,961.3 5.3
April 2011 211.6 3,957.0 5.3
  
Number of employed full-time
April 2012 174.9 3,193.2 5.5
March 2012 175.9 3,183.1 5.5
February 2012 168.1 3,170.1 5.3
January 2012 167.6 3,176.2 5.3
December 2011 166.6 3,190.4 5.2
November 2011 165.6 3,200.1 5.2
October 2011 165.6 3,206.4 5.2
September 2011 162.0 3,200.0 5.1
August 2011 162.5 3,198.3 5.1
July 2011 159.8 3,192.0 5.0
June 2011 162.8 3,195.4 5.1
May 2011 164.1 3,196.7 5.1
April 2011 165.4 3,187.8 5.2
  
Number of employed part-time
April 2012 36.0 754.5 4.8
March 2012 33.0 744.7 4.4
February 2012 34.6 742.3 4.7
January 2012 33.6 740.6 4.5
December 2011 33.8 738.8 4.6
November 2011 33.6 749.5 4.5
October 2011 34.6 755.1 4.6
September 2011 36.6 767.3 4.8
August 2011 41.0 768.2 5.3
July 2011 45.0 778.7 5.8
June 2011 47.4 770.1 6.2
May 2011 45.6 764.6 6.0
April 2011 46.3 769.2 6.0
  
Number of unemployed
April 2012 17.0 346.5 4.9
March 2012 18.2 351.4 5.2
February 2012 18.4 362.5 5.1
January 2012 17.7 357.6 4.9
December 2011 17.3 348.5 5.0
November 2011 16.5 330.0 5.0
October 2011 15.0 323.7 4.6
September 2011 16.1 316.4 5.1
August 2011 15.0 324.6 4.6
July 2011 15.5 321.5 4.8
June 2011 14.6 329.8 4.4
May 2011 15.0 326.3 4.6
April 2011 15.1 330.0 4.6
  

Laval All of Region/
 Québec Québec gap


% Percentage points

Participation rate
April 2012 67.6 64.9 2.7
March 2012 67.4 64.7 2.7
February 2012 65.7 64.7 1.0
January 2012 65.2 64.7 0.5
December 2011 64.9 64.8 0.1
November 2011 64.4 64.9 -0.5
October 2011 64.4 65.0 -0.6
September 2011 64.3 65.1 -0.8
August 2011 65.6 65.2 0.4
July 2011 66.2 65.3 0.9
June 2011 67.7 65.4 2.3
May 2011 67.7 65.3 2.4
April 2011 68.4 65.4 3.0
  
Employment rate
April 2012 62.6 59.6 3.0
March 2012 62.0 59.4 2.6
February 2012 60.3 59.2 1.1
January 2012 59.9 59.3 0.6
December 2011 59.8 59.5 0.3
November 2011 59.5 59.9 -0.4
October 2011 59.9 60.1 -0.2
September 2011 59.5 60.2 -0.7
August 2011 61.0 60.3 0.7
July 2011 61.5 60.4 1.1
June 2011 63.3 60.4 2.9
May 2011 63.2 60.4 2.8
April 2011 63.9 60.4 3.5
  
Unemployment rate
April 2012 7.4 8.1 -0.7
March 2012 8.0 8.2 -0.2
February 2012 8.3 8.5 -0.2
January 2012 8.1 8.4 -0.3
December 2011 7.9 8.1 -0.2
November 2011 7.6 7.7 -0.1
October 2011 7.0 7.6 -0.6
September 2011 7.5 7.4 0.1
August 2011 6.9 7.6 -0.7
July 2011 7.0 7.5 -0.5
June 2011 6.5 7.7 -1.2
May 2011 6.7 7.6 -0.9
April 2011 6.7 7.7 -1.0
  

Note: The data from the Labour Force Survey are based on the place of residence of households.
1. This data is seasonally adjusted by the Institut de la statistique du Québec using three-month moving averages.
  
Source: Statistics Canada, Labor Force Survey, May 2012.
Compilation: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Service des statistiques sectorielles et du développement durable.
 
May 11, 2012
   
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