September 30, 2019
Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.7 PER CENT, AUGUST 2019
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 258.8 224.9 33.9 13.1 up 0.3
Prince Edward Island 86.1 78.4 7.7 8.9 up 0.5
Nova Scotia 503.5 463.7 39.8 7.4 up 0.5
New Brunswick 390.9 357.3 33.6 8.6 up 0.1
Quebec 4,579.7 4,366 213.8 4.7 down 0.2
Ontario 7,923.8 7,478.1 445.7 5.6 down 0.1
Manitoba 693.2 654.7 38.6 5.6 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 613.6 582.5 31 5.1 down 0.3
Alberta 2,526.9 2,344.3 182.6 7.2 up 0.2
British Columbia 2,695.1 2,561.6 133.5 5 up 0.6
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,867.7 2,537.3 330.5 11.5 up 0.1
25 to 54 13,004.8 12,389.1 615.7 4.7 unchanged
55+ 4,399.1 4,185.1 214 4.9 unchanged
25+, men 9,231.3 8,761.8 469.6 5.1 unchanged
25+, women 8,172.5 7,812.4 360.1 4.4 unchanged
Total 20,271.6 19,111.5 1,160.1 5.7 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, AUGUST 2019
August 2019 (2002=100)
% change from July 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador 139.9 0.1
Prince Edward Island 138.8 0.5
Nova Scotia 138.4 0.1
New Brunswick 137.4 0.2
Quebec 132.4 0.2
Ontario 138.5 0.2
Manitoba 137.3 0.1
Saskatchewan 140.2 0.4
Alberta 143.4 0.1
British Columbia 132.2 0.2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.9 PER CENT, AUGUST 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 155.4 159.8 134.2 136.8
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%
August 2018 to August 2019
Terminated by Statistics Canada
1.9%
August 2019 (1986=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
208.5
August 2019 (1981=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
276.4
August 2019 (1971=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
654.5
Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
PROVINCES, AUGUST 2019
% change from July 2019
133.4 136.6
133.6 136.3
134.3 137
134.2 136.8
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
2.3%
1.9%
208.5
276.4
654.5
