Workforce
The most significant incentive for locating in London is the overall quality of our labour force. London workers are among the most highly educated, skilled, productive and reasonably priced in the world.
Labour Force: Ages 15 Years and Up
| London CMA ('000) | 2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 362.7 |
366.3 |
369.9 |
378.8 |
378.1 |
381.3 |
| Labour force | 244.8 |
251.5 |
258.8 |
260.4 |
261.8 |
263.5 |
| Employment | 227.4 |
234.4 |
243.6 |
243.1 |
245.6 |
247.4 |
| Full-time | 180.4 |
186.9 |
194.8 |
197.7 |
196.7 |
198.9 |
| Part-time | 47.0 |
47.5 |
48.8 |
45.4 |
48.9 |
48.5 |
| Unemployment | 17.3 |
17.1 |
15.2 |
17.3 |
16.2 |
16.1 |
| Not in labour force | 117.9 |
114.8 |
111.2 |
113.5 |
116.3 |
117.8 |
| Unemployment rate | 7.1% |
6.8% |
5.9% |
6.6% |
6.2% |
6.1% |
| Participation rate | 67.5% |
68.7% |
70.0% |
69.7% |
69.2% |
69.1% |
| Employment rate | 62.7% |
64.0% |
65.9% |
65.0% |
65.0% |
64.9% |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Historical Review 2007
By Industry Sector
| London CMA ('000) | 2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
| 2006
| 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total employed | 227.4 |
234.4 |
243.6 |
243.1 |
245.6 |
247.4 |
|
| Goods-producing sector | 54.7 |
60.1 |
57.5 |
57.2 |
57.6 |
54.6 |
|
| Agriculture | 3.3 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
2.9 |
|
| Forestry, fishery, oil | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Utilities | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
|
| Construction | 11.2 |
13.6 |
13.6 |
13.4 |
11.6 |
14.9 |
|
| Manufacturing | 38.7 |
41.1 |
39.4 |
38.2 |
39.8 |
34.9 |
|
| Services-producing sector | 172.7 |
174.3 |
186.1 |
185.9 |
188.0 |
192.8 |
|
| Trade | 32.6 |
34.2 |
38.4 |
36.1 |
36.2 |
40.5 |
|
| Transport/Warehousing | 11.0 |
9.5 |
12.1 |
10.3 |
9.4 |
11.9 |
|
| Finance, insurance | 14.8 |
17.2 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
18.0 |
18.1 |
|
| Professional, scientific | 14.4 |
10.6 |
14.1 |
14.9 |
14.0 |
13.1 |
|
| Business support services | 9.6 |
11.3 |
11.0 |
13.0 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
|
| Educational services | 17.7 |
18.5 |
17.9 |
20.4 |
23.8 |
20.2 |
|
| Health care | 33.1 |
32.4 |
34.0 |
33.0 |
32.2 |
32.4 |
|
| Information, culture | 8.5 |
8.9 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
10.3 |
10.8 |
|
| Accommodation and food | 12.6 |
14.7 |
16.2 |
13.3 |
14.3 |
16.2 |
|
| Other services | 10.2 |
9.0 |
9.8 |
8.4 |
9.8 |
9.9 |
|
| Public administration | 8.2 |
8.2 |
7.4 |
8.9 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
|
The survey does not display industries with less than 1,500 employees.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Historical Review 2007
