LABOUR FORCE NUMBERS
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
-0.4 PER CENT, MAY 2019
(2002=100) 2019 (2002=100) 2020
January 133.6 136.8
February 134.5 137.4
March 135.4 136.6
April 136 135.7
May 136.6 136.1
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Annual Average
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
ANNUAL-0.4 PER CENT, MAY 2020
Source: Statistics Canada
Average Annual Increase 1.9%
MAY 2019 to MAY 2020 -0.4%
MAY 2020 (1986=100) 207.5
MAY 2020 (1981=100) 275
MAY 2020 (1971=100) 651.2
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 13 PER CENT, MAY 2019
Labour Force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment Rate
(%)
Change from Previous Month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 236.9 198.2 38.7 16.3 up 0.3
Prince Edward Island 83.5 71.9 11.6 13.9 up 3.1
Nova Scotia 467.5 404.2 63.4 13.6 up 1.6
New Brunswick 376.3 328.2 48.2 12.8 down 0.4
Quebec 4,398.9 3,794.9 603.9 13.7 down 3.3
Ontario 7,402.1 6,398.6 1,003.4 13.6 up 2.3
Manitoba 662.2 587.8 74.4 11.2 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 579.9 507.5 72.4 12.5 up 1.2
Alberta 2,362.3 1,997.2 365.1 15.5 up 2.1
British Columbia 2,524 2,185.9 338.1 13.4 up 1.9
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,420.8 1,709.9 710.9 29.4 up 2.2
25 to 54 12,506.6 11,030.3 1,476.4 11.8 up 0.8
55+ 4,166.3 3,734.3 431.9 10.4 down 0.6
25+, men 8,887.1 7,898.5 988.6 11.1 up 0.3
25+, women 7,785.8 6,866.1 919.7 11.8 up 0.3
Total 19,093.7 16,474.5 2,619.2 13.7 up 0.7
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
PROVINCES, MAY 2019
MAY 2020
(2002=100)
% change from
MAY 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador 138.2 0.4
Prince Edward Island 136.1 0.1
Nova Scotia 136.5 -0.1
New Brunswick 135.6 0.7
Quebec 131.9 0.2
Ontario 137.5 0.1
Manitoba 136.8 0.4
Saskatchewan 139.9 0.9
Alberta 144.1 0.8
British Columbia 131.5 0.2
June 29, 2020
Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020
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