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July 29, 2019

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July 29, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 FACTS AND FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.5 PER CENT, JUNE 2019 Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month (%) Newfoundland and Labrador 258.4 224.1 34.3 13.3 up 0.9 Prince Edward Island 85.4 77.5 7.9 9.3 up 0.3 Nova Scotia 501.3 468.4 32.9 6.6 up 0.1 New Brunswick 390.1 359.8 30.4 7.8 up 0.6 Quebec 4,553.4 4,329.7 223.8 4.9 down 0.1 Ontario 7,859 7,431 427.9 5.4 up 0.2 Manitoba 688.7 649.6 39 5.7 up 0.7 Saskatchewan 613.4 581.9 31.5 5.1 down 0.1 Alberta 2,523.3 2,358 165.3 6.6 down 0.1 British Columbia 2,696.1 2,574.7 121.4 4.5 up 0.2 All Canada Age 15 to 24 2,816.6 2,514.4 302.2 10.7 up 0.7 25 to 54 12,975 12,368.4 606.6 4.7 up 0.3 55+ 4,377.5 4,171.8 205.6 4.7 down 0.6 25+, men 9,183 8,715.8 467.2 5.1 up 0.1 25+, women 8,169.5 7,824.5 345 4.2 unchanged Total 20,169.1 19,054.6 1,114.4 5.5 down 0.1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JUNE 2019 June 2019 (2002=100) % change from June 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador 139.4 0.9 Prince Edward Island 138 0.5 Nova Scotia 137.4 1.6 New Brunswick 136.3 1.7 Quebec 132 2.2 Ontario 138 2 Manitoba 137.3 2.7 Saskatchewan 140.2 2 Alberta 142.7 1.4 British Columbia 131.9 2.6 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 20 PER CENT, JUNE 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 155.2 159 133.6 136.3 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% June 2018 to June 2019 Terminated by Statistics Canada 2% June 2019 (1986=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 207.8 June 2019 (1981=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 275.3 June 2019 (1971=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 652.1 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 PROVINCES, JUNE 2019 % change from June 2018 133.4 136.6 133.6 136.3 Terminated by Statistics Canada 131.7 133.6 2.3% 2% 207.8 275.3 652.1

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