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September 2, 2019

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September 2, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media business 2019 FACTS AND FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.7 PER CENT, JULY 2019 Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month (%) Newfoundland and Labrador 258.3 225.2 31 12.8 down 0.5 Prince Edward Island 85.7 78.5 7.2 8.4 down 0.9 Nova Scotia 498.9 462.2 36.7 7.4 up 0.8 New Brunswick 388.1 355 33.1 8.5 up 0.7 Quebec 4,569.1 4,346.3 222.8 4.9 unchanged Ontario 7,868.5 7,420.3 448.2 5.7 up 0.3 Manitoba 689.7 649.5 40.2 5.8 up 0.1 Saskatchewan 613 579.7 33.3 5.4 up 0.3 Alberta 2,521.3 2,343.7 177.6 7 up 0.4 British Columbia 2,687.6 2,569.9 117.6 4.4 down 0.1 All Canada Age 15 to 24 2,816.4 2,495.3 321.1 11.4 up 0.7 25 to 54 12,985.3 12,372.1 613.2 4.7 unchanged 55+ 4,378.6 4,163.1 215.5 4.9 up 0.2 25+, men 9,204.9 8,736.8 468.1 5.1 unchanged 25+, women 8,159 7,798.3 360.7 4.4 up 0.2 Total 20,180.3 19,030.4 1,149.9 5.7 up 0.2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JULY 2019 July 2019 (2002=100) % change from June 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador 140.1 0.5 Prince Edward Island 139.5 1.1 Nova Scotia 138.5 0.8 New Brunswick 137.1 0.6 Quebec 132.6 0.5 Ontario 138.8 0.6 Manitoba 137.4 0.1 Saskatchewan 140.7 0.4 Alberta 143.6 1.4 British Columbia 132.4 0.4 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2 PER CENT, JULY 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 155.3 159.9 134.3 137 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% July 2018 to July 2019 Terminated by Statistics Canada 2% July 2019 (1986=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 208.8 July 2019 (1981=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 276.8 July 2019 (1971=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada 655.5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media business 2019 PROVINCES, JULY 2019 % change from June 2019 133.4 136.6 133.6 136.3 134.3 137 Terminated by Statistics Canada 131.7 133.6 2.3% 2% 208.8 276.8 655.5

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