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July 1998
Employment increased slightly in July (+27,000), offsetting most of the loss in June. There has also been little change in employment since April, following a strong upward trend in 1997 and early 1998. Unemployment has also remained unchanged since April, following a drop of 188,000 during the period of strong employment growth. The unemployment rate remained at 8.4% for the fourth consecutive month.
Chart: Unemployment rate
In July, the number of full- and part-time workers was almost unchanged. Over the last five months, there has been little change in full-time employment whereas it accounted for almost all of the growth during the preceding year.
Youth employment increased by 25,000 in July, reversing most of the loss in June. The number of unemployed youths fell by 14,000, lowering the unemployment rate by 0.6 percentage points to 15.3%.
Among adults, employment was little changed in July.
Chart: Employment
From May to August, the Labour Force Survey collects data on youth aged 15 to 24 years who went to school full time in March and who intend to return to school in the fall.
The overall student employment rate in July was slightly higher than it was a year ago due to an improvement in the situation for 15 to 19 year olds. However, the job situation for older students 20 to 24 years of age has weakened somewhat.
Among students aged 15 to 19, 46.9% were employed, an increase of 2.4 percentage points over July 1997. The unemployment rate for this age group stood at 20.9%, a drop of 2.8 percentage points.
In contrast, 69.2% of the older students were employed, a drop of 1.1 percentage points from the same time last year. Despite the decline in employment for this age group, the unemployment rate fell 0.9 percentage points to 9.6% due to a drop in labour force participation.
The number of self-employed workers increased by 22,000 in July while the number of private and public sector employees was unchanged. Since April, the number of private sector employees has been little changed after contributing 91% of the overall employment growth in 1997 and early 1998.
Employment in the services sector increased by 56,000 in July, while employment in the goods-producing sector fell by 29,000. The gain in services was primarily concentrated in retail trade where employment increased by an estimated 35,000. This was the first significant increase in this industry in the last 12 months. The finance, insurance and real estate industry also posted a gain (+14,000) following four consecutive months of losses.
Manufacturing employment fell by 34,000. This drop was split about equally between the durable and non-durable goods sectors. The General Motors strike in the United States has led to approximately 15,000 temporary layoffs in manufacturing during the last two months in Ontario.
Employment increased by 19,000 in Quebec. However, an increase in labour force participation caused the unemployment rate to increase 0.3 percentage points to 10.9%.
In Manitoba, employment increased by 7,000 jobs, the first significant increase since August 1997. The provincial unemployment rate now stands at 5.3%.
In Newfoundland, following three consecutive monthly increases, employment fell by 5,000 in July. This was the first significant drop in employment since October 1996.
Following a strong increase in employment in 1997 and in the early months of 1998, Ontario has experienced three consecutive months without growth. The unemployment rate in Ontario remains the same as it was in April (7.2%) after falling 1.8 percentage points when employment was increasing.
Employment was little changed in the other provinces.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 3450-3471, 3483-3502 and table 00799999.
Available at 7 a.m. on the Internet @ www.statcan.ca under "Daily news".
For a summary, Labour force information, for the week ending July 18, 1998 (71-001-PPB, $11/$103) is available today. See How to order publications.
The next release of the Labour Force Survey will be on Friday September 4, 1998.
For further information on this release, contact Deborah Sunter (613-951-4740), Vincent Ferrao (613-951-4750), Household Surveys Division.
Table: Labour force characteristics for both sexes, aged 15 and over
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June 1998 July 1998 June to July
1998
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seasonally adjusted
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Labour force
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'000 % change
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Canada 15,544.8 15,580.0 0.2
Newfoundland 242.6 239.3 -1.4
Prince Edward Island 71.5 71.2 -0.4
Nova Scotia 450.3 448.7 -0.4
New Brunswick 364.9 358.7 -1.7
Quebec 3,681.5 3,716.3 0.9
Ontario 6,021.1 6,022.0 0.0
Manitoba 572.2 577.7 1.0
Saskatchewan 505.0 506.6 0.3
Alberta 1,594.3 1,599.6 0.3
British Columbia 2,041.4 2,040.0 -0.1
Employment
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'000 % change
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Canada 14,243.0 14,269.6 0.2
Newfoundland 202.4 197.4 -2.5
Prince Edward Island 62.1 62.4 0.5
Nova Scotia 403.2 401.3 -0.5
New Brunswick 320.1 318.4 -0.5
Quebec 3,291.7 3,310.3 0.6
Ontario 5,593.2 5,590.0 -0.1
Manitoba 539.7 547.1 1.4
Saskatchewan 474.7 476.0 0.3
Alberta 1,506.7 1,513.2 0.4
British Columbia 1,849.2 1,853.5 0.2
Unemployment
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'000 % change
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Canada 1,301.9 1,310.5 0.7
Newfoundland 40.3 41.9 4.0
Prince Edward Island 9.4 8.8 -6.4
Nova Scotia 47.1 47.5 0.8
New Brunswick 44.8 40.3 -10.0
Quebec 389.8 406.1 4.2
Ontario 427.9 432.0 1.0
Manitoba 32.5 30.7 -5.5
Saskatchewan 30.3 30.5 0.7
Alberta 87.6 86.3 -1.5
British Columbia 192.2 186.5 -3.0
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June 1998 July 1998 June to July
1998
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seasonally adjusted
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Participation rate
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% change
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Canada 64.8 64.9 0.1
Newfoundland 54.4 53.8 -0.6
Prince Edward Island 66.8 66.5 -0.3
Nova Scotia 60.4 60.1 -0.3
New Brunswick 60.3 59.2 -1.1
Quebec 61.7 62.3 0.6
Ontario 66.1 66.0 -0.1
Manitoba 66.3 67.0 0.7
Saskatchewan 66.2 66.4 0.2
Alberta 71.7 71.8 0.1
British Columbia 64.8 64.7 -0.1
Employment rate
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% change
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Canada 59.4 59.4 0.0
Newfoundland 45.4 44.3 -1.1
Prince Edward Island 58.0 58.3 0.3
Nova Scotia 54.0 53.8 -0.2
New Brunswick 52.9 52.6 -0.3
Quebec 55.2 55.4 0.2
Ontario 61.4 61.3 -0.1
Manitoba 62.6 63.4 0.8
Saskatchewan 62.2 62.4 0.2
Alberta 67.8 67.9 0.1
British Columbia 58.7 58.8 0.1
Unemployment rate
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% change
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Canada 8.4 8.4 0.0
Newfoundland 16.6 17.5 0.9
Prince Edward Island 13.1 12.4 -0.7
Nova Scotia 10.5 10.6 0.1
New Brunswick 12.3 11.2 -1.1
Quebec 10.6 10.9 0.3
Ontario 7.1 7.2 0.1
Manitoba 5.7 5.3 -0.4
Saskatchewan 6.0 6.0 0.0
Alberta 5.5 5.4 -0.1
British Columbia 9.4 9.1 -0.3
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Note: Provincial estimates may differ from the national totals due to
independent seasonal adjustment.
Table: Labour force characteristics for both sexes, aged 15 and over
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July 1997 July 1998 July 1997 to
July 1998
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Unadjusted
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Labour force
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'000 % change
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Canada 15,849.7 16,084.2 1.5
Newfoundland 260.1 266.0 2.3
Prince Edward Island 76.5 76.0 -0.7
Nova Scotia 466.0 470.5 1.0
New Brunswick 387.9 383.2 -1.2
Quebec 3,789.9 3,841.4 1.4
Ontario 6,083.0 6,193.4 1.8
Manitoba 583.6 591.2 1.3
Saskatchewan 525.7 525.5 0.0
Alberta 1,592.5 1,642.9 3.2
British Columbia 2,084.6 2,094.1 0.5
Employment
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'000 % change
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Canada 14,418.5 14,725.0 2.1
Newfoundland 212.2 219.8 3.6
Prince Edward Island 67.1 68.3 1.8
Nova Scotia 412.8 421.3 2.1
New Brunswick 343.6 344.6 0.3
Quebec 3,392.5 3,442.8 1.5
Ontario 5,555.9 5,724.7 3.0
Manitoba 545.4 559.9 2.7
Saskatchewan 493.8 491.8 -0.4
Alberta 1,489.4 1,545.0 3.7
British Columbia 1,906.0 1,906.8 0.0
Unemployment
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'000 % change
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Canada 1,431.2 1,359.2 -5.0
Newfoundland 47.9 46.2 -3.5
Prince Edward Island 9.4 7.7 -18.1
Nova Scotia 53.2 49.2 -7.5
New Brunswick 44.4 38.6 -13.1
Quebec 397.4 398.5 0.3
Ontario 527.1 468.7 -11.1
Manitoba 38.2 31.3 -18.1
Saskatchewan 31.9 33.6 5.3
Alberta 103.1 97.9 -5.0
British Columbia 178.7 187.3 4.8
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July 1997 July 1998 July 1997 to
July 1998
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Unadjusted
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Participation rate
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% change
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Canada 66.9 67.0 0.1
Newfoundland 57.8 59.7 1.9
Prince Edward Island 71.3 71.0 -0.3
Nova Scotia 62.8 63.1 0.3
New Brunswick 64.3 63.3 -1.0
Quebec 63.9 64.3 0.4
Ontario 67.7 67.9 0.2
Manitoba 67.7 68.5 0.8
Saskatchewan 69.1 68.8 -0.3
Alberta 73.7 73.7 0.0
British Columbia 67.2 66.4 -0.8
Employment rate
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% change
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Canada 60.8 61.3 0.5
Newfoundland 47.2 49.4 2.2
Prince Edward Island 62.5 63.8 1.3
Nova Scotia 55.6 56.5 0.9
New Brunswick 56.9 56.9 0.0
Quebec 57.2 57.7 0.5
Ontario 61.8 62.7 0.9
Manitoba 63.3 64.9 1.6
Saskatchewan 64.9 64.4 -0.5
Alberta 68.9 69.3 0.4
British Columbia 61.4 60.5 -0.9
Unemployment rate
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% change
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Canada 9.0 8.5 -0.5
Newfoundland 18.4 17.4 -1.0
Prince Edward Island 12.3 10.1 -2.2
Nova Scotia 11.4 10.5 -0.9
New Brunswick 11.4 10.1 -1.3
Quebec 10.5 10.4 -0.1
Ontario 8.7 7.6 -1.1
Manitoba 6.5 5.3 -1.2
Saskatchewan 6.1 6.4 0.3
Alberta 6.5 6.0 -0.5
British Columbia 8.6 8.9 0.3
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Second quarter 1998 (preliminary)
Falling prices helped push the all-Canada Farm Input Price Index down 0.8% in the second quarter - a time when farmers normally face price increases. The last time farmers benefitted from lower prices during the second quarter was in 1991, when the annual index fell 1.8%.
Prices of farm inputs fell 2.4% in the East on a year-over-year basis, while prices in the West rose 0.5%. For Canada as a whole, farm inputs dropped a marginal 0.1% between the first and second quarters of 1998, but it was farmers in the East who again benefitted more from the lower prices.
Nationally, farmers paid less in 4 of the 7 input categories surveyed in the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier. The most significant decline occurred in the animal production component. Lower prices for feed, particularly prepared feed (-16.9%), contributed most to the year-over-year decline. Farmers also paid less for weanling pigs (-36.8%) and turkey poults (-0.4%). Although farmers continued to pay more in the second quarter for feeder cattle (+11.6%), this was significantly lower than the 21.2% annual increase recorded in the first quarter of 1998.
Lower prices for nitrogen fertilizer (-13.6%) and lower estimates for crop insurance (-4.2%) helped push the crop production index down. Farmers also paid less for heating fuel (-8.5%), which contributed to the annual decrease in supplies and services.
The preliminary interest figures indicate the cost of non-mortgage interest advanced 37.5% on an annual basis, which resulted in an increase in the overall cost of interest. Farmers also paid more for hired farm labour.
Although farmers in the East paid substantially more for feeder cattle (+15.3%) on a year-over-year basis, this was offset by lower prices for weanling pigs and turkey poults. Once again, farmers benefitted from lower prices for prepared feed (-18.2%) and grain feed (-5.8%).
Prices were down for supplies and services, such as heating fuel (-9.3%), compared with the second quarter of 1997. Farmers paid less for building and fencing - the result of lower prices for building materials (-2.2%).
On the other hand, farmers in the East paid more for hired farm labour (+3.2%) and for powered machinery (+2.8%), such as tractors and combines, and non-powered machinery (+3.3%), such as plows and cultivators. The increases in machinery, however, were partially offset by lower prices for gasoline (-9.6%) and diesel fuel (-9.5%). Farmers faced higher costs for non-mortgage loans, which helped push the annual cost of interest up 23.3%.
Farmers in the West benefitted from lower prices for weanling pigs, prepared feed, and grain feed but not to the same extent as their eastern counterparts. Lower prices for nitrogen fertilizer (-14.1%) contributed most to the annual decrease in the crop production index (-3.6%).
Once again, higher prices for powered and non-powered machinery were offset by lower prices for gasoline (-10.9%) and diesel fuel (-13.1%). Similar to their eastern counterparts, farmers in the West faced higher prices for hired farm labour and increased interest costs due to higher costs for non-mortgage loans.
Nationally, farm input prices fell 0.1% in the second quarter of 1998 compared with the previous quarter. A 0.5% quarterly decline in input prices in the East was offset by a 0.5% advance in the West.
Higher prices for fertilizers contributed most to the increase in the crop production index. Also, higher costs for non-mortgage loans (+8.1%) pushed the interest index up 5.6% from the first to the second quarter. Farmers paid less for inputs for animal production - the result of lower prices for feed (-8.0%). Lower heating fuel prices helped push the index for supplies and services down 0.8%.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 550-582 (level 7) and 2050-2063.
The second quarter 1998 issue of Farm input price indexes (62-004-XPB, $25/$83) will be available in September. See How to order publications .
For further information on this release, contact Vaclav Krabicka (613-951-3342; fax: 613-951-2848), Prices Division.
Table: Farm input price indexes
(1986=100)
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2nd Qrt 1997 1st Qrt 1998 2nd Qrt 1998
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Canada, total farm
input 130.5 129.5 129.4
Building and fencing 136.3 134.4 133.7
Machinery and motor
vehicles 138.3 140.3 139.3
Crop production 128.7 124.2 125.8
Animal production 131.3 124.1 121.3
Supplies and services 131.3 130.6 129.6
Hired farm labour 146.2 148.1 151.0
Property taxes 150.8 148.6 148.6
Interest 88.9 104.2 110.0
Farm rent 136.3 131.7 131.7
Eastern Canada, total
farm input 134.4 131.9 131.2
Building and fencing 142.8 141.8 141.4
Machinery and motor
vehicles 144.3 146.3 146.0
Crop production 132.8 131.7 133.4
Animal production 133.3 121.3 119.4
Supplies and services 137.3 137.7 136.4
Hired farm labour 145.8 155.1 150.4
Property taxes 162.2 147.4 147.4
Interest 88.5 103.2 109.1
Farm rent 164.3 154.8 154.8
Western Canada, total
farm input 127.5 127.5 128.1
Building and fencing 128.9 126.0 125.1
Machinery and motor
vehicles 135.1 137.2 135.8
Crop production 126.4 120.1 121.8
Animal production 128.7 127.9 123.8
Supplies and services 125.4 123.5 122.8
Hired farm labour 148.4 138.9 153.7
Property taxes 147.8 149.0 149.0
Interest 89.3 104.8 110.6
Farm rent 126.9 123.9 123.9
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2nd Qrt/97 1st Qrt /98
to 2nd Qrt/98 to 2nd Qrt/98
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% change
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Canada, total farm
input -0.8 -0.1
Building and fencing -1.9 -0.5
Machinery and motor
vehicles 0.7 -0.7
Crop production -2.3 1.3
Animal production -7.6 -2.3
Supplies and services -1.3 -0.8
Hired farm labour 3.3 2.0
Property taxes -1.5 0.0
Interest 23.7 5.6
Farm rent -3.4 0.0
Eastern Canada, total
farm input -2.4 -0.5
Building and fencing -1.0 -0.3
Machinery and motor
vehicles 1.2 -0.2
Crop production 0.5 1.3
Animal production -10.4 -1.6
Supplies and services -0.7 -0.9
Hired farm labour 3.2 -3.0
Property taxes -9.1 0.0
Interest 23.3 5.7
Farm rent -5.8 0.0
Western Canada, total
farm input 0.5 0.5
Building and fencing -2.9 -0.7
Machinery and motor
vehicles 0.5 -1.0
Crop production -3.6 1.4
Animal production -3.8 -3.2
Supplies and services -2.1 -0.6
Hired farm labour 3.6 10.7
Property taxes 0.8 0.0
Interest 23.9 5.5
Farm rent -2.4 0.0
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Seven-day period ending July 21, 1998
Carloadings of freight (excluding intermodal traffic) during the seven-day period ending July 21, 1998, decreased 10.7% to 4.2 million metric tonnes from the same period last year. The number of cars loaded also fell 11.9%.
Intermodal traffic (piggyback) tonnage totalled 341 000 tonnes, a 3.5% increase from the same period last year. The year-to-date figures fell 3.3%.
Total traffic (carloadings of freight and intermodal traffic) decreased 9.8% during the period. This brought the year-to-date total to 142.4 million tonnes, down 0.4 from the previous year.
All year-to-date figures have been revised.
For further information on this release, contact Robert Larocque (613-951-2486; fax: 613-951-0009; laroque@statcan.gc.ca ), Transportation Division.
June 1998 (preliminary)
Egg production estimates for June 1998 are now available.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 1145, 1146 and 5689-5691.
To order Production of eggs (23-003-XPB, $110/year), contact Julie Gordon (613-951-5039), Agriculture Division.
For further information on this release, contact Sandy Gielfeldt (613-951-2505), Livestock and Animal Product Section, Agriculture Division.
Infomat - A weekly review, August 7, 1998
Catalogue number 11-002-XIE
(Canada: $3/$109; outside Canada: US$3/US$109).
Infomat - A weekly review, August 7, 1998
Catalogue number 11-002-XPE
(Canada: $4/$145; outside Canada: US$4/US$145).
Construction price statistics, First quarter 1998
Catalogue number 62-007-XPB
(Canada: $24/$79; outside Canada: US$24/US$79).
Building permits, June 1998
Catalogue number 64-001-XIB
(Canada: $19/$186; outside Canada: US$19/US$186).
All prices exclude sales tax.
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