Investor Presentaiton
JOBS AND LABOUR MARKET
RESPONSIBLE PROGRESS | DECEMBER 2019
✓ Employment growing by 1.2% so far in 2019
✓ Unemployment rate is averaging 5.4% in 2019,
below Canada's 5.7% rate and down from 6.0% in
2018
✓ Number of unemployed persons has fallen by
10.4%, one of the largest reductions among
provinces (3rd best in Canada)
Private sector employment growing by 1.5% in
2019
✓ Manufacturing employment is up 5.6% this year,
the second strongest among provinces and much
higher than Canada's growth of 0.5%
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Manitoba Employment Level, Q1 2016 -Q2 2019
(12-month rolling total) (Thousands of Jobs)
655.0
650.0
645.0
640.0
635.0
630.0
625.0
620.0
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
Q2 2017
Q3 2017
Q4 2017
Q1 2018
Q2 2018
Q3 2018
Q4 2018
Q1 2019
Q2 2019
Q2 2016
Q1 2016
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