LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS REPORT AUGUST 2018

LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS REPORT AUGUST 2018 MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 7, 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 - AUG 2018) 16.0 14.0 PERCENT 14.6 12.0 10.0 9.9 8.0 6.0 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.6 7.7 8.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 B.C. QUE ONT CAN MAN SASK ALTA N.S. N.B. PEI NFLD 20.0 PERCENT CHART 2. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES CANADA AND PROVINCES (JAN - AUG 2018) 18.0 16.6 17.4 16.0 14.0 12.0 11.1 11.6 11.7 12.3 12.4 13.4 14.1 10.0 8.0 6.0 8.4 9.5 4.0 2.0 0.0 B.C. QUE CAN ONT MAN SASK ALTA N.B. PEI N.S. NFLD DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA DATA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

AGRIC ACC & OTHER TRANSP PROF & MGMT EDUC & HLTH PUB ADM INFO TRADE FINANCE CONST MFG FOREST UTIL CHART 3. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT CANADA AND PROVINCES (JAN - AUG 18/17) 3.0 PERCENT 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.0-0.5 PEI ALTA ONT CAN N.S. QUE B.C. N.B. MAN NFLD SASK 0.0-0.2 CHART 4. MANITOBA EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY (JAN - AUG 18/17) 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 PERCENT 10.3 7.3 4.2 2.4 2.2 0.2-5.0-10.0-1.8-1.8-1.9-3.9-4.8-9.3-15.0-20.0-25.0-20.4 DATA SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA DATA MANITOBA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

TABLE 1: PRINCIPAL LABOUR FORCE INDICATORS, MANITOBA AND CANADA MANITOBA CANADA AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 LABOUR FORCE seas. adj. 689,100 687,800 683,700 19,825,700 19,842,500 19,672,500 actual 701,200 695,000 695,600 20,177,100 20,145,300 20,029,700 EMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 649,200 646,600 649,200 18,630,500 18,682,100 18,458,800 part time 127,000 122,200 129,300 3,458,500 3,550,500 3,612,900 men 43,100 39,200 41,800 1,175,100 1,215,400 1,233,400 women 83,900 83,000 87,400 2,283,400 2,335,100 2,379,500 full time 522,200 524,500 520,000 15,172,000 15,131,600 14,845,900 men 301,500 304,200 300,700 8,541,600 8,543,200 8,423,200 women 220,700 220,300 219,300 6,630,500 6,588,500 6,422,700 actual 653,900 651,000 653,900 18,839,100 18,933,900 18,675,200 UNEMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 39,900 41,200 34,400 1,195,200 1,160,400 1,213,700 actual 47,300 44,100 41,700 1,338,000 1,211,300 1,354,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE seas. adj. 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.8 6.2 actual 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.0 6.8 PARTICIPATION RATE seas. adj. 67.1 67.0 67.3 65.3 65.4 65.7 actual 68.3 67.7 68.5 66.5 66.4 66.9 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 AUG 18/ AUG 18/ CHANGE AUG 18/ AUG 18/ CHANGE JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 18/17 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 18/17 seas. adj. 0.2% 0.8% 687,300 679,400 1.2% -0.1% 0.8% 19,771,500 19,628,500 0.7% actual 0.9% 0.8% 688,600 681,000 1.1% 0.2% 0.7% 19,809,800 19,675,300 0.7% EMPLOYMENT seas. adj. 0.4% 0.0% 645,900 642,800 0.5% -0.3% 0.9% 18,609,400 18,357,300 1.4% part time 3.9% -1.8% 128,200 122,500 4.6% -2.6% -4.3% 3,464,900 3,527,900-1.8% men 9.9% 3.1% 41,400 40,300 2.7% -3.3% -4.7% 1,180,300 1,239,800-4.8% women 1.1% -4.0% 86,800 82,200 5.6% -2.2% -4.0% 2,284,600 2,288,100-0.2% full time -0.4% 0.4% 517,800 520,200-0.5% 0.3% 2.2% 15,144,500 14,829,400 2.1% men -0.9% 0.3% 300,500 299,500 0.3% 0.0% 1.4% 8,558,000 8,368,500 2.3% women 0.2% 0.6% 217,300 220,800-1.6% 0.6% 3.2% 6,586,500 6,460,900 1.9% actual 0.4% 0.0% 645,600 642,900 0.4% -0.5% 0.9% 18,597,100 18,347,800 1.4% UNEMPLOYMENT seas. adj. -3.2% 16.0% 41,400 36,700 13.0% 3.0% -1.5% 1,162,200 1,271,200-8.6% actual 7.3% 13.4% 43,000 38,000 13.0% 10.5% -1.2% 1,212,700 1,327,500-8.6% seas. adj. -0.2pts 0.8pts 6.0 5.4 0.6 pts 0.2pts -0.2pts 5.9 6.5-0.6 pts actual 0.4pts 0.7pts 6.2 5.6 0.6 pts 0.6pts -0.2pts 6.1 6.8-0.6 pts PARTICIPATION RATE seas. adj. 0.1pts -0.2pts 67.2 67.2 0.0 pts -0.1pts -0.4pts 65.4 65.8-0.4 pts actual 0.6pts -0.2pts 67.3 67.4-0.1 pts 0.1pts -0.4pts 65.6 65.9-0.4 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 MANITOBA 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.4 CANADA 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.9 6.5 NFLD. 14.4 15.4 15.1 14.6 14.8 P.E.I. 9.3 9.5 9.1 9.9 9.9 N.S. 8.4 8.0 8.9 7.7 8.3 N.B. 8.3 7.5 8.0 8.0 8.1 QUEBEC 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.5 6.1 ONTARIO 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 SASK. 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.3 ALBERTA 6.7 6.7 8.1 6.6 8.0 B.C. 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.4 * MANITOBA RANK 4 4 1 4 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 BOTH SEXES 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.9 6.5 15-24 10.3 11.1 11.0 11.7 11.6 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.1 12.0 25+ 4.9 5.0 3.9 4.9 4.2 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.6 MEN 6.4 6.3 5.2 6.6 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.2 7.0 15-24 12.8 11.6 11.3 13.8 12.7 11.9 12.5 13.0 12.4 13.7 25+ 5.2 5.4 4.1 5.3 4.5 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.9 WOMEN 5.0 5.6 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.5 6.0 15-24 7.6 10.5 10.9 9.4 10.4 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.7 10.1 25+ 4.6 4.6 3.6 4.6 4.0 5.1 4.8 5.1 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 MANITOBA 10.3 11.1 11.0 11.7 11.6 CANADA 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.1 12.0 NFLD. 16.3 17.1 16.9 17.4 17.5 P.E.I. 10.5 15.7 9.5 14.1 13.7 N.S. 16.4 15.0 19.5 16.6 16.5 N.B. 14.2 12.3 13.4 13.4 13.0 QUEBEC 8.7 10.1 10.9 9.5 10.4 ONTARIO 11.4 11.2 10.4 11.6 13.0 SASK. 13.5 14.0 12.4 12.3 11.4 ALBERTA 11.8 12.2 14.3 12.4 13.4 B.C. 9.7 9.4 9.5 8.4 9.0 10.3 11.1 11.0 11.7 11.6 * MANITOBA RANK 3 3 5 4 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 AUG 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 AUG 18 AUG 17 AUG 18 AUG 17 WINNIPEG 7.0 6.2 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.8 6.5 5.4 VANCOUVER 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 EDMONTON 7.0 9.5 6.8 8.7 6.7 9.1 6.4 8.6 CALGARY 9.2 9.6 8.0 9.1 8.4 8.7 8.2 8.4 REGINA 7.3 5.5 6.3 5.4 6.6 5.7 6.3 5.6 SASKATOON 8.1 8.8 7.2 8.2 7.3 8.2 7.2 8.2 TORONTO 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.1 6.3 OTTAWA 6.1 6.4 4.8 5.8 5.2 6.4 4.7 5.9 MONTREAL 7.0 7.4 6.3 6.9 6.3 6.9 6.0 6.4 HALIFAX 7.2 7.6 6.4 7.0 6.6 6.9 6.8 7.3 ST. JOHN'S 11.1 9.3 9.3 8.6 9.9 8.4 9.5 8.2 * WINNIPEG RANK 3 3 7 4 7 3 7 2 (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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 649,200 646,600 649,200 645,900 642,800 0.5% CANADA 18,630,500 18,682,100 18,458,800 18,609,400 18,357,300 1.4% NFLD. 226,300 225,200 220,300 224,200 224,100 0.0% P.E.I. 76,200 76,500 74,000 75,700 73,700 2.7% N.S. 454,600 453,400 445,400 454,600 448,600 1.3% N.B. 353,000 354,100 351,900 354,400 352,400 0.6% QUEBEC 4,253,300 4,255,600 4,233,400 4,264,900 4,211,100 1.3% ONTARIO 7,224,900 7,305,000 7,146,300 7,219,100 7,091,000 1.8% SASK. 569,200 567,800 568,000 568,100 569,400-0.2% ALBERTA 2,340,800 2,324,600 2,287,600 2,324,900 2,283,500 1.8% B.C. 2,483,100 2,473,200 2,482,600 2,477,600 2,460,800 0.7% 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 6A. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 522,200 524,500 520,000 517,800 520,200-0.5% CANADA 15,172,000 15,131,600 14,845,900 15,144,500 14,829,400 2.1% NFLD. 186,400 185,000 189,800 188,500 191,000-1.3% P.E.I. 64,100 63,900 61,000 63,200 61,900 2.1% N.S. 377,100 371,100 356,800 374,100 363,300 3.0% N.B. 300,000 301,700 299,400 303,500 301,600 0.6% QUEBEC 3,463,100 3,446,600 3,406,500 3,472,800 3,385,200 2.6% ONTARIO 5,917,300 5,916,900 5,745,400 5,896,100 5,747,900 2.6% SASK. 467,900 465,800 464,700 466,600 466,900 0.0% ALBERTA 1,907,300 1,896,300 1,869,000 1,910,900 1,859,900 2.7% B.C. 1,966,600 1,960,000 1,933,300 1,951,100 1,931,600 1.0% 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 6B. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 127,000 122,200 129,300 128,200 122,500 4.6% CANADA 3,458,500 3,550,500 3,612,900 3,464,900 3,527,900-1.8% NFLD. 39,900 40,300 30,400 35,700 33,100 7.9% P.E.I. 12,100 12,600 13,000 12,500 11,800 5.5% N.S. 77,500 82,300 88,700 80,500 85,400-5.7% N.B. 53,100 52,400 52,500 51,000 50,800 0.4% QUEBEC 790,200 809,000 826,900 792,100 825,900-4.1% ONTARIO 1,307,500 1,388,200 1,400,800 1,323,000 1,343,200-1.5% SASK. 101,200 102,100 103,300 101,500 102,500-1.0% ALBERTA 433,600 428,300 418,500 414,100 423,600-2.3% B.C. 516,400 513,200 549,400 526,400 529,200-0.5% 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 483,300 487,800 489,000 484,100 482,100 0.4% CANADA 14,820,100 14,833,700 14,749,900 14,822,800 14,662,000 1.1% NFLD. 159,500 159,700 158,900 160,300 163,200-1.8% P.E.I. 56,100 56,600 54,700 56,000 54,200 3.2% N.S. 342,100 341,700 332,000 343,100 334,000 2.7% N.B. 264,900 265,600 263,400 266,500 265,800 0.3% QUEBEC 3,316,600 3,313,400 3,287,700 3,319,500 3,286,000 1.0% ONTARIO 5,828,900 5,870,000 5,830,300 5,851,500 5,771,200 1.4% SASK. 428,300 427,400 430,300 426,400 430,900-1.0% ALBERTA 1,897,000 1,884,700 1,854,900 1,883,500 1,846,000 2.0% B.C. 2,043,500 2,026,700 2,048,500 2,032,100 2,028,600 0.2% 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 6D. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, CANADA AND PROVINCES AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 165,900 158,800 160,200 161,900 160,700 0.7% CANADA 3,810,400 3,848,400 3,708,900 3,786,500 3,695,300 2.5% NFLD. 66,800 65,500 61,400 63,900 60,900 4.9% P.E.I. 20,100 19,900 19,300 19,700 19,500 1.2% N.S. 112,500 111,700 113,400 111,500 114,700-2.7% N.B. 88,100 88,500 88,500 87,900 86,600 1.6% QUEBEC 936,700 942,200 945,700 945,400 925,100 2.2% ONTARIO 1,396,000 1,435,000 1,316,000 1,367,700 1,319,800 3.6% SASK. 140,900 140,400 137,700 141,700 138,400 2.4% ALBERTA 443,800 439,900 432,700 441,500 437,500 0.9% B.C. 439,600 446,500 434,100 445,400 432,200 3.1% 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE MANITOBA 60,100 62,700 65,500 61,400 64,500-4.8% CANADA 1,710,000 1,719,200 1,735,400 1,738,400 1,714,100 1.4% NFLD. 8,600 8,300 8,900 9,100 8,600 4.9% P.E.I. 6,800 6,700 6,800 6,700 6,500 3.3% N.S. 30,300 32,700 32,800 31,400 30,400 3.3% N.B. 30,600 31,600 30,900 31,900 30,900 3.0% QUEBEC 489,000 484,800 492,500 491,000 488,700 0.5% ONTARIO 761,400 762,600 768,400 773,300 765,500 1.0% SASK. 26,800 28,000 28,400 28,300 28,300-0.1% ALBERTA 128,400 128,200 124,400 129,600 117,500 10.4% B.C. 168,100 174,000 176,600 175,700 173,100 1.5% 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 AUG 18 JUL 18 AUG 17 JAN-AUG 18 JAN-AUG 17 CHANGE CANADA PERCENT CHANGE AGRICULTURE 24,700 24,600 24,400 25,900 23,500 10.3% -1.6% FORESTRY, FISHING & MINING 6,800 6,100 6,500 6,500 7,200-9.3% 3.6% UTILITIES 7,000 7,100 8,200 7,300 9,200-20.4% 5.3% CONSTRUCTION 45,500 45,600 48,200 46,600 48,500-3.9% 2.5% MANUFACTURING 60,100 62,700 65,500 61,400 64,500-4.8% 1.4% TRADE 89,500 87,900 91,600 89,100 90,700-1.8% 0.0% TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 40,400 39,900 36,400 38,200 36,700 4.2% 4.7% FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE 36,100 36,200 37,700 36,400 37,100-1.9% 0.6% & LEASING PROFESSIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE 49,800 48,500 48,200 48,300 47,100 2.4% 1.2% SERVICES EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES 158,100 155,500 155,100 156,200 152,800 2.2% 1.2% INFORMATION, CULTURE & RECREATION 23,300 24,000 24,400 23,500 23,900-1.8% 0.8% ACCOMMODATION & OTHER SERVICES 72,700 74,200 70,400 73,400 68,400 7.3% 2.4% PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 35,200 34,300 32,500 33,300 33,200 0.2% 0.4% TOTAL: ALL INDUSTRIES 649,200 646,600 649,200 645,900 642,800 0.5% 1.4% TOTAL: GOODS PRODUCING 144,100 146,200 152,900 147,700 152,900-3.4% 1.9% TOTAL: SERVICE PRODUCING 505,100 500,400 496,300 498,200 489,800 1.7% 1.2% 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.