Canada Employment Situation

by Eduardo Petazze
In May the unemployment rate increased to 7.01%, from 6.94% in April 2014
StatCan has released the labor force survey, corresponding to May 2014 (pdf, 8 pages)
The evolution of the relevant data is summarized, and a comparison with the U.S. Data
(000)
Employ.
May-2003
May-2004
May-2005
May-2006
May-2007
May-2008
May-2009
May-2010
May-2011
May-2012
May-2013
Jun-2013
Jul-2013
Aug-2013
Sep-2013
Oct-2013
Nov-2013
Dec-2013
Jan-2014
Feb-2014
Mar-2014
Apr-2014
May-2014
Change

15,704.2
16,029.4
16,230.8
16,596.8
16,902.1
17,245.5
16,916.8
17,161.4
17,478.7
17,677.0
17,922.0
18,106.6
18,002.7
18,027.6
17,848.2
17,829.2
17,800.0
17,681.5
17,448.6
17,504.0
17,548.0
17,627.9
18,002.4
0.45%

NSA
Canada
USA
Canada /
Unempl.
Labor Unempl.
USA
Unempl.
rate
force
rate (%)
1,364.9 17,069.2
8.00
5.82 137.4%
1,268.2 17,297.6
7.33
5.31 138.0%
1,222.9 17,453.7
7.01
4.89 143.1%
1,092.9 17,689.7
6.18
4.42 139.9%
1,095.3 17,997.4
6.09
4.26 143.0%
1,144.0 18,389.4
6.22
5.24 118.6%
1,612.4 18,529.1
8.70
9.05
96.1%
1,563.8 18,725.2
8.35
9.34
89.4%
1,410.0 18,888.6
7.46
8.75
85.3%
1,420.3 19,097.4
7.44
7.92
93.9%
1,383.8 19,305.7
7.17
7.26
98.8%
1,287.4 19,393.9
6.64
7.80
85.1%
1,435.7 19,438.5
7.39
7.69
96.1%
1,489.3 19,516.9
7.63
7.35 103.8%
1,218.1 19,066.3
6.39
7.00
91.3%
1,237.2 19,066.4
6.49
6.95
93.3%
1,226.7 19,026.7
6.45
6.62
97.3%
1,268.8 18,950.3
6.70
6.47 103.5%
1,397.2 18,845.8
7.41
7.03 105.4%
1,390.1 18,894.1
7.36
7.03 104.7%
1,393.9 18,941.9
7.36
6.77 108.7%
1,373.3 19,001.1
7.23
5.86 123.3%
1,388.1 19,390.6
7.16
6.06 118.1%
0.31%
0.44%
-0.13% -16.51%

Employ.
15,580.7
15,916.1
16,068.2
16,430.0
16,735.7
17,094.9
16,780.0
17,026.4
17,287.1
17,495.9
17,744.6
17,748.4
17,705.6
17,770.1
17,775.1
17,786.8
17,811.9
17,767.9
17,797.3
17,790.3
17,833.2
17,804.3
17,830.1
0.14%

SA
Canada
USA
Canada /
Unempl.
Labor
Unempl.
USA
Unempl.
rate
force
rate (%)
1,328.4 16,909.2
7.86
6.11 128.5%
1,226.0 17,142.1
7.15
5.58 128.1%
1,190.4 17,258.7
6.90
5.13 134.6%
1,063.8 17,493.8
6.08
4.62 131.6%
1,062.0 17,797.7
5.97
4.43 134.6%
1,104.6 18,199.5
6.07
5.44 111.6%
1,554.2 18,334.3
8.48
9.37
90.5%
1,497.6 18,524.0
8.08
9.64
83.9%
1,376.8 18,664.0
7.38
9.04
81.6%
1,382.2 18,878.1
7.32
8.19
89.4%
1,347.0 19,091.6
7.06
7.51
93.9%
1,355.3 19,103.7
7.09
7.54
94.1%
1,370.0 19,075.6
7.18
7.33
98.0%
1,363.3 19,133.3
7.13
7.24
98.4%
1,325.4 19,100.5
6.94
7.21
96.3%
1,331.4 19,118.2
6.96
7.20
96.7%
1,326.2 19,138.1
6.93
6.98
99.3%
1,383.5 19,151.4
7.22
6.68 108.1%
1,333.2 19,130.5
6.97
6.58 105.8%
1,343.1 19,133.4
7.02
6.72 104.5%
1,325.4 19,158.6
6.92
6.71 103.1%
1,328.6 19,133.0
6.94
6.28 110.7%
1,343.8 19,173.9
7.01
6.30 111.3%
1.14%
0.21%
0.93%
0.35%

Also see:
BoC - Beyond the Unemployment: Assessing Canadian and US Labour Markets Since the Great Recession - pdf, 12 pages