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
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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
