LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS REPORT MAY 2018

LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS REPORT MAY 2018 MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS JUNE 8, 2018

CHARTS 1. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES 2. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES 3. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 4. MANITOBA EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY TABLES 1. PRINCIPAL LABOUR FORCE INDICATORS, MANITOBA AND CANADA 2. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES 3. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY AGE AND SEX 4. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES 5. SELECTED CITY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 6. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 6A. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 6B. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 6C. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 6D. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 6E. MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES 7. MANITOBA EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY Note All tables and charts contain seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise specified (I.e. part of table 1 and table 5)

CHART 1. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES CANADA AND PROVINCES (JAN - MAY 2018) 16.0 14.0 PERCENT 14.2 12.0 10.0 10.3 8.0 6.0 4.8 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.6 7.5 8.1 4.0 2.0 0.0 B.C. QUE ONT CAN SASK MAN ALTA N.S. N.B. PEI NFLD 20.0 PERCENT CHART 2. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES CANADA AND PROVINCES (JAN - MAY 2018) 18.0 16.9 17.3 16.0 14.0 12.0 11.0 11.5 11.5 12.1 12.8 13.9 14.7 10.0 9.5 8.0 7.7 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 B.C. QUE CAN ONT SASK MAN ALTA N.B. PEI N.S. NFLD DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA DATA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

AGRIC ACC & OTHER PROF & MGMT EDUC & HLTH TRANSP TRADE FINANCE INFO PUB ADM CONST MFG FOREST UTIL CHART 3. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT CANADA AND PROVINCES (JAN - MAY 18/17) 3.0 2.5 PERCENT 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.0-0.5-1.0-0.5-0.9-1.5 PEI ALTA QUE ONT CAN B.C. N.S. MAN N.B. SASK NFLD 20.0 15.0 PERCENT 14.4 CHART 4. MANITOBA EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY (JAN - MAY 18/17) 10.0 8.5 5.0 0.0 3.2 3.1 0.6-5.0-10.0-0.9-1.7-2.8-3.1-3.9-4.8-15.0-11.9-20.0-25.0-21.1 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA DATA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

TABLE 1: PRINCIPAL LABOUR FORCE INDICATORS, MANITOBA AND CANADA MANITOBA CANADA MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 LABOUR FORCE seas. adj. 691,000 689,500 678,900 19,747,800 19,758,700 19,643,700 actual 697,900 685,500 685,600 19,972,800 19,611,200 19,882,000 EMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 646,100 647,200 643,200 18,596,200 18,603,700 18,358,000 part time 126,000 130,300 119,200 3,445,800 3,422,200 3,497,300 men 39,600 42,100 38,000 1,169,000 1,149,800 1,236,500 women 86,400 88,200 81,200 2,276,800 2,272,400 2,260,700 full time 520,200 517,000 523,900 15,150,500 15,181,500 14,860,800 men 302,400 299,500 302,500 8,560,400 8,581,000 8,372,100 women 217,800 217,500 221,500 6,590,100 6,600,600 6,488,700 actual 652,900 641,700 650,300 18,785,100 18,417,700 18,575,000 UNEMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 44,900 42,300 35,800 1,151,600 1,155,000 1,285,700 actual 45,000 43,800 35,300 1,187,800 1,193,400 1,307,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE seas. adj. 6.5 6.1 5.3 5.8 5.8 6.5 actual 6.4 6.4 5.1 5.9 6.1 6.6 PARTICIPATION RATE seas. adj. 67.5 67.4 67.1 65.3 65.4 65.8 actual 68.2 67.0 67.7 66.1 64.9 66.6 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

TABLE 1 (CONTINUED): PRINCIPAL LABOUR FORCE INDICATORS, MANITOBA AND CANADA MANITOBA CANADA PERCENT CHANGE PERCENT CHANGE LABOUR FORCE MAY 18/ MAY 18/ CHANGE MAY 18/ MAY 18/ CHANGE APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 18/17 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 18/17 seas. adj. 0.2% 1.8% 685,800 677,400 1.2% -0.1% 0.5% 19,736,100 19,600,000 0.7% actual 1.8% 1.8% 682,000 673,700 1.2% 1.8% 0.5% 19,606,800 19,478,900 0.7% EMPLOYMENT seas. adj. -0.2% 0.5% 644,300 639,900 0.7% 0.0% 1.3% 18,586,900 18,310,100 1.5% part time -3.3% 5.7% 129,400 120,800 7.2% 0.7% -1.5% 3,448,300 3,511,600-1.8% men -5.9% 4.2% 41,000 40,000 2.4% 1.7% -5.5% 1,171,400 1,242,100-5.7% women -2.0% 6.4% 88,400 80,800 9.5% 0.2% 0.7% 2,277,000 2,269,400 0.3% full time 0.6% -0.7% 514,900 519,100-0.8% -0.2% 1.9% 15,138,600 14,798,500 2.3% men 1.0% 0.0% 299,300 298,600 0.2% -0.2% 2.2% 8,564,000 8,346,800 2.6% women 0.1% -1.7% 215,600 220,500-2.2% -0.2% 1.6% 6,574,600 6,451,700 1.9% actual 1.7% 0.4% 639,200 635,400 0.6% 2.0% 1.1% 18,405,000 18,127,800 1.5% UNEMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 6.1% 25.4% 41,500 37,600 10.5% -0.3% -10.4% 1,149,300 1,289,900-10.9% actual 2.7% 27.5% 42,800 38,200 12.0% -0.5% -9.1% 1,201,800 1,351,000-11.0% seas. adj. 0.4pts 1.2pts 6.1 5.6 0.5 pts 0.0pts -0.7pts 5.8 6.6-0.7 pts actual 0.0pts 1.3pts 6.3 5.7 0.6 pts -0.2pts -0.7pts 6.1 7.0-0.8 pts PARTICIPATION RATE seas. adj. 0.1pts 0.4pts 67.1 67.1 0.0 pts -0.1pts -0.5pts 65.4 65.8-0.4 pts actual 1.2pts 0.5pts 66.8 66.8 0.0 pts 1.2pts -0.5pts 65.0 65.4-0.4 pts DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS year-to-date percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 2: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 MANITOBA 6.5 6.1 5.3 6.1 5.6 CANADA 5.8 5.8 6.5 5.8 6.6 NFLD. 14.5 14.5 14.8 14.2 14.5 P.E.I. 9.3 11.2 9.9 10.3 9.9 N.S. 7.2 6.7 8.1 7.5 8.2 N.B. 7.3 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.5 QUEBEC 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.5 6.3 ONTARIO 5.7 5.6 6.4 5.6 6.2 SASK. 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.2 ALBERTA 6.2 6.7 7.8 6.6 8.2 B.C. 4.8 5.0 5.6 4.8 5.4 6.5 6.1 5.3 6.1 5.6 * MANITOBA RANK 5 4 1 5 2 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS * Ranking is in ascending order from the lowest unemployment rate to the highest

TABLE 3: UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY AGE AND SEX: MANITOBA CANADA MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 BOTH SEXES 6.5 6.1 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.5 5.8 6.6 15-24 12.9 11.9 11.0 12.1 11.8 11.1 11.1 11.9 11.0 12.3 25+ 5.3 5.0 4.2 4.9 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.7 MEN 7.2 6.8 5.4 6.7 6.0 6.1 6.3 7.1 6.2 7.1 15-24 15.9 14.1 10.8 14.6 13.1 11.8 12.6 14.0 12.3 14.2 25+ 5.6 5.5 4.4 5.3 4.6 5.2 5.3 6.0 5.2 6.0 WOMEN 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.3 5.9 5.4 6.0 15-24 9.7 9.6 11.3 9.4 10.5 10.3 9.4 9.7 9.6 10.3 25+ 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.8 5.3 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

TABLE 4: YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, CANADA AND PROVINCES - 15 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 MANITOBA 12.9 11.9 11.0 12.1 11.8 CANADA 11.1 11.1 11.9 11.0 12.3 NFLD. 21.7 16.3 17.9 17.3 17.9 P.E.I. 14.4 15.7 11.8 14.7 14.9 N.S. 15.2 16.4 16.6 16.9 15.5 N.B. 10.0 13.7 11.6 13.9 14.1 QUEBEC 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5 10.2 ONTARIO 11.7 11.6 13.2 11.5 13.8 SASK. 14.0 11.0 11.2 11.5 10.8 ALBERTA 12.1 12.5 13.5 12.8 13.5 B.C. 7.6 8.7 9.5 7.7 9.4 12.9 11.9 11.0 12.1 11.8 * MANITOBA RANK 6 5 3 5 4 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS * Ranking is in ascending order from the lowest unemployment rate to the highest

TABLE 5: SELECTED CITY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ACTUAL THREE MONTH MOVING AVERAGES MONTHLY MONTHLY ACTUAL MAY 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 MAY 18 MAY 17 MAY 18 MAY 17 WINNIPEG 6.9 5.2 6.7 6.1 6.8 5.6 6.7 5.8 VANCOUVER 4.3 5.9 4.3 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.1 5.2 EDMONTON 6.6 8.2 6.9 8.4 6.7 8.3 6.5 8.0 CALGARY 7.3 9.1 7.7 9.3 7.4 9.4 7.7 9.3 REGINA 7.2 4.7 6.0 5.2 6.4 4.9 6.3 4.7 SASKATOON 7.0 8.6 7.1 8.2 7.3 8.5 6.8 8.3 TORONTO 6.8 7.4 6.0 6.9 6.3 6.9 6.2 6.9 OTTAWA 4.8 6.1 4.5 5.4 4.3 5.7 4.4 5.7 MONTREAL 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.9 6.1 6.8 6.0 6.6 HALIFAX 6.0 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.1 7.3 5.7 6.9 ST. JOHN'S 8.7 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.7 8.4 * WINNIPEG RANK 7 2 7 4 8 3 8 4 (OUT OF 11 CITIES) DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS * Ranking is in ascending order from the lowest unemployment rate to the highest

TABLE 6: TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 646,100 647,200 643,200 644,300 639,900 0.7% CANADA 18,596,200 18,603,700 18,358,000 18,586,900 18,310,100 1.5% NFLD. 223,400 222,900 224,200 223,800 225,800-0.9% P.E.I. 75,800 75,000 74,700 75,300 73,500 2.4% N.S. 454,100 457,700 449,600 455,300 449,300 1.3% N.B. 356,900 355,100 352,500 354,500 352,500 0.6% QUEBEC 4,270,500 4,265,800 4,205,200 4,269,200 4,195,700 1.8% ONTARIO 7,209,500 7,208,500 7,083,800 7,195,700 7,074,400 1.7% SASK. 563,700 565,800 569,300 567,200 570,100-0.5% ALBERTA 2,326,200 2,323,300 2,288,900 2,321,200 2,280,100 1.8% B.C. 2,470,000 2,482,400 2,466,500 2,480,400 2,448,600 1.3% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 6A. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 520,200 517,000 523,900 514,900 519,100-0.8% CANADA 15,150,500 15,181,500 14,860,800 15,138,600 14,798,500 2.3% NFLD. 186,300 191,200 192,300 190,000 191,600-0.8% P.E.I. 63,500 63,000 62,700 62,800 62,200 1.0% N.S. 374,300 376,200 365,700 374,300 364,000 2.8% N.B. 307,400 304,600 303,600 304,200 302,000 0.7% QUEBEC 3,455,900 3,493,500 3,374,900 3,488,100 3,368,900 3.5% ONTARIO 5,914,100 5,893,200 5,755,700 5,879,700 5,744,000 2.4% SASK. 461,600 463,100 467,200 465,200 467,100-0.4% ALBERTA 1,918,900 1,915,700 1,880,900 1,913,100 1,856,200 3.1% B.C. 1,948,300 1,964,300 1,934,000 1,946,400 1,923,500 1.2% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 6B. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 126,000 130,300 119,200 129,400 120,800 7.2% CANADA 3,445,800 3,422,200 3,497,300 3,448,300 3,511,600-1.8% NFLD. 37,100 31,800 31,900 33,800 34,200-1.2% P.E.I. 12,300 12,000 12,100 12,500 11,400 9.5% N.S. 79,800 81,600 84,000 81,000 85,300-5.1% N.B. 49,500 50,500 48,900 50,300 50,400-0.3% QUEBEC 814,700 772,400 830,300 781,100 826,900-5.5% ONTARIO 1,295,300 1,315,200 1,328,100 1,316,100 1,330,400-1.1% SASK. 102,000 102,800 102,100 102,000 103,000-1.0% ALBERTA 407,400 407,600 408,100 408,100 424,000-3.8% B.C. 521,700 518,100 532,500 534,000 525,100 1.7% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 6C. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 484,100 482,700 483,100 482,700 479,100 0.7% CANADA 14,809,200 14,829,600 14,655,000 14,819,900 14,625,700 1.3% NFLD. 161,300 159,400 163,300 160,500 164,700-2.5% P.E.I. 55,800 55,700 55,500 55,700 54,000 3.2% N.S. 344,800 345,700 333,100 343,900 334,700 2.7% N.B. 268,300 266,400 264,300 266,900 266,200 0.3% QUEBEC 3,331,200 3,320,800 3,283,000 3,321,800 3,283,000 1.2% ONTARIO 5,846,200 5,850,700 5,756,800 5,847,400 5,750,500 1.7% SASK. 424,600 424,900 430,900 425,300 431,400-1.4% ALBERTA 1,870,400 1,890,000 1,855,700 1,881,100 1,845,200 1.9% B.C. 2,022,400 2,033,300 2,029,100 2,034,600 2,016,800 0.9% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 6D. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 162,000 164,500 160,100 161,600 160,800 0.5% CANADA 3,787,000 3,774,100 3,703,000 3,766,900 3,684,400 2.2% NFLD. 62,100 63,500 60,900 63,300 61,100 3.5% P.E.I. 20,000 19,300 19,200 19,600 19,500 0.1% N.S. 109,300 112,000 116,500 111,400 114,600-2.8% N.B. 88,600 88,700 88,200 87,600 86,300 1.5% QUEBEC 939,300 945,000 922,200 947,400 912,700 3.8% ONTARIO 1,363,300 1,357,800 1,327,000 1,348,300 1,323,900 1.8% SASK. 139,100 140,900 138,400 142,000 138,800 2.3% ALBERTA 455,800 433,300 433,200 440,100 434,900 1.2% B.C. 447,600 449,100 437,400 445,800 431,800 3.2% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 6E. MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 62,800 62,200 63,500 61,200 64,400-4.8% CANADA 1,726,300 1,744,600 1,724,200 1,748,000 1,700,700 2.8% NFLD. 8,400 9,100 9,200 9,500 8,500 11.3% P.E.I. 6,900 6,600 6,700 6,700 6,400 4.4% N.S. 32,000 31,100 31,900 31,400 29,200 7.6% N.B. 30,900 32,700 31,700 32,400 30,500 6.2% QUEBEC 487,300 488,600 485,600 493,100 485,400 1.6% ONTARIO 759,900 772,000 771,900 777,100 762,500 1.9% SASK. 28,900 28,700 28,600 28,400 28,300 0.2% ALBERTA 131,300 134,400 122,100 130,600 114,900 13.7% B.C. 177,700 178,400 172,100 177,300 170,400 4.0% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-year percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.

TABLE 7: MANITOBA EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY: YEAR-TO-DATE-AVERAGES PERCENT MAY 18 APR 18 MAY 17 JAN-MAY 18 JAN-MAY 17 CHANGE CANADA PERCENT CHANGE AGRICULTURE 26,800 26,800 23,500 26,400 23,100 14.4% -0.6% FORESTRY, FISHING & MINING 6,200 6,700 7,100 6,500 7,400-11.9% 3.0% UTILITIES 7,100 7,200 9,300 7,500 9,500-21.1% 2.0% CONSTRUCTION 44,700 46,200 48,900 46,800 48,700-3.9% 2.7% MANUFACTURING 62,800 62,200 63,500 61,200 64,400-4.8% 2.8% TRADE 88,000 89,400 91,500 89,500 90,300-0.9% 0.8% TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 38,100 37,600 36,500 37,200 37,000 0.6% 4.9% FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE 36,700 36,000 36,900 36,500 37,200-1.7% 0.4% & LEASING PROFESSIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE 48,100 47,100 46,900 47,900 46,400 3.2% 1.2% SERVICES EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES 156,900 159,100 151,600 155,800 151,100 3.1% 1.0% INFORMATION, CULTURE & RECREATION 24,600 23,300 24,400 23,100 23,800-2.8% 0.5% ACCOMMODATION & OTHER SERVICES 72,400 72,400 69,300 73,300 67,500 8.5% 2.1% PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 33,800 33,300 33,700 32,400 33,400-3.1% -0.1% TOTAL: ALL INDUSTRIES 646,100 647,200 643,200 644,300 639,900 0.7% 1.5% TOTAL: GOODS PRODUCING 147,600 149,200 152,400 148,400 153,100-3.0% 2.5% TOTAL: SERVICE PRODUCING 498,600 498,000 490,800 495,800 486,800 1.9% 1.3% DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS NOTE: Year-to-date averages are rounded to the nearest hundred, whereas year-to-date percent change calculations are based on the unrounded averages.