@insertnamehere - You are correct. Turns out the Table 8 Population line data is 15+ only, not the total number of individuals in the CMA. I called Statistics Canada, and was walked through to the source table for the data. The difference between the Population lines versus the Labour Force...

Folks - please be careful with the Statistics Canada data, and look at the qualifying information. In some of the labour force data, the numbers are for ages 15 and over (for example Table 7 in the monthly LFS) while other data can (Table 8 for example) includes total population, the labour...

The detailed Labour Force statistics are reported monthly in the regular Statistics Canada release The Daily, issued Monday to Friday at 8:30 AM (except Government of Canada holidays): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dai-quo/index-eng.htm The Daily usually contains a number of releases. On...

Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey report for March 2024, published on April 5. Details for Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver specifically for the month of March are contained in Table 8. The data for other cities in Canada at a more summary, three month moving average basis is contained in...

THE REAL: Judging by all the recent high vacancy in the core, i doubt any more office towers will be built after the second phase of CIBC square. Some thoughts on the longer term perspective. But first a brief comment on the present state. The past couple of years have seen a large amount...

My apologies, I believe I may have created some confusion here. The one photo showing two sets of tracks was of the section of York Street where the new southbound tracks, still incomplete, are being added. Adelaide has only one set, eastbound, of tracks, now continuous (except for the...

April 19:

April 19 - In the evening sunshine:

April 19 - King Toronto in the Friday afternoon sunshine:

From yesterday, April 18. Work on the rooftop terraces and on the Front Street sidewalk areas. The sidewalk work has been going on for quite a time - will be much better for the Front Street pedestrian traffic when completed. Starting with an overview photo of the full site. Hopefully the...

April 19: Photos of the West Mountain from this morning. View from the Wellington Street side from yesterday, during a brief moment of afternoon sunshine.

From yesterday, April 18:

From yesterday, April 18. More work on the streetcar tracks between York and Bay Streets. Also at the end, a photo of some partially installed overhead cabling.

From April 18: Working on the Adelaide sidewalk on the eastern portion of the site:

April 18 - Making Progress, but in reverse. The demolition equipment that had been on site is now gone. From Front and Back:

From April 18 - The construction crane is still coming down. Compared to the times taken by other sites to bring down their construction cranes, this one seems to be quite slow. Meanwhile, the landscaping preparation for the areas in front of the townhouse units is underway. boulevard area in...

From yesterday, April 18. Final base building finishing up stages. Tower exterior and the sidewalk restoration appear to be fully complete. On the exterior, just some minor work on the podium appears to be remaining.

From April 18 - Base building looks complete, including sidewalk restoration work. Now waiting on tenant fit-ups to start.

April 18: Construction is continuing, but slowly.

From yesterday, April 18 - The base building of 123 Portland is very close to being finished. When the builder gets around to the post-construction cleaning of the exterior windows would be a good clue.