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September 30, 2019

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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 Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) 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

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