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Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
July 1, 2019
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.4 PER CENT, MAY 2019
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 258.2 226.1 32.1 12.4 up 0.7
Prince Edward Island 84.6 77.1 7.6 9 up 0.4
Nova Scotia 501.6 468.9 32.8 6.5 down 0.4
New Brunswick 386.6 358.7 27.9 7.2 down 0.8
Quebec 4,553.7 4,327.9 225.7 5 up 0.1
Ontario 7,843.2 7,438 405.2 5.2 down 0.8
Manitoba 689.5 654.8 34.7 5 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 611.1 579.4 31.8 5.2 down 0.2
Alberta 2,515.1 2,347.6 167.5 6.7 unchanged
British Columbia 2,694.9 2,578.4 116.6 4.3 down 0.3
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,797.2 2,517.9 279.3 10 down 0.3
25 to 54 12,961.2 12,389 572.2 4.4 down 0.5
55+ 4,380.2 4,149.9 230.3 5.3 unchanged
25+, men 9,178.7 8,717.7 461 5 down 0.2
25+, women 8,162.7 7,821.2 341.5 4.2 down 0.5
Total 20,138.6 19,056.8 1,081.8 5.4 down 0.3
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MAY 2019
May 2019 (2002=100)
% change from May 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 140 1.6
Prince Edward Island 138.2 1.2
Nova Scotia 137.8 1.9
New Brunswick 136.7 2.1
Quebec 132.4 2.4
Ontario 138.1 2.4
Manitoba 137.5 2.8
Saskatchewan 140.8 2.1
Alberta 144 2.3
British Columbia 131.8 2.6
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.4 PER CENT, MAY 2019
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2019
January 154.1 156.8 131.7 133.6
February 154.4 157.7 132.5 134.5
March 154.7 158.2 132.9 135.4
April 155.2 158.6 132.8 136
May 155.3 158.8 133.4 136.6
June 155.2 159
July 155.3 159.9
August 155.4 159.8
September 155.6 159.1
October 155.8 159.6
November 156.3 158.9
December 155.7 158.8
Annual Average 158.8
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
Average Annual increase
Terminated by Statistics Canada
2.3%
May 2018 to May 2019
Terminated by Statistics Canada
2.4%
May 2019 (1986=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
208.2
May 2019 (1981=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
276
May 2019 (1971=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
653.6
Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
PROVINCES, MAY 2019
% change from May 2018
133.4 136.6
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
2.3%
2.4%
208.2
276
653.6
FACTS AND FIGURES
