FACTS AND FIGURES
January 28, 2019
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.6 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 257.9 227.7 30.2 11.7 down 0.5
Prince Edward Island 83.6 75.5 8 9.6 up 1.1
Nova Scotia 494 459.1 34.9 7.1 up 0.1
New Brunswick 383.8 351.4 32.4 8.4 up 0.5
Quebec 4,534.1 4,283.6 250.5 5.5 up 0.1
Ontario 7,717.8 7,301.3 416.5 5.4 down 0.2
Manitoba 695.1 653.2 41.9 6 up 0.3
Saskatchewan 613.2 579.1 34.2 5.6 up 0.1
Alberta 2,501.8 2,342 159.8 6.4 up 0.1
British Columbia 2,652.3 2,535.6 116.7 4.4 unchanged
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,714.3 2,412.4 301.9 11.1 up 0.3
25 to 54 12,938.8 12,328.2 610.6 4.7 up 0.1
55+ 4,280.4 4,059 235.6 5.5 up 0.6
25+, men 9,042.9 8,595.5 447.4 4.9 down 0.1
25+, women 8,176.4 7,800.5 375.8 4.6 down 0.1
Total 19,933.5 18,808.4 1,125.1 5.6 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2018
December 2018 (2002=100) % change from December 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 136.9 0.5
Prince Edward Island 135.3 1.3
Nova Scotia 134.9 1.6
New Brunswick 133.3 0.9
Quebec 128.9 1.1
Ontario 135 2.3
Manitoba 134.3 2.1
Saskatchewan 137.4 1.1
Alberta 140.5 2.1
British Columbia 129 3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2018
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2018
January 154.1 156.8 129.5 131.7
February 154.4 157.7 129.7 132.5
March 154.7 158.2 129.9 132.9
April 155.2 158.6 130.4 133.3
May 155.3 158.8 130.5 133.4
June 155.2 159 130.4 133.6
July 155.3 159.9 130.4 134.3
August 155.4 159.8 130.5 134.2
September 155.6 159.1 130.8 133.7
October 155.8 159.6 130.9 134.1
November 156.3 158.9 131.3 133.5
December 155.7 158.8 130.8 133.4
Annual Average 158.8 133.4
Average Annual increase 2.3% 2.3%
December 2017 to December 2018 2% 2%
December 2018 (1986=100) 242.1 203.4
December 2018 (1981=100) 320.8 269.5
December 2018 (1971=100) 759.8 638.3
PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2018
% change from December 2017
130.5 133.4
130.4 133.6
130.4 134.3
130.5 134.2
130.8 133.7
130.9 134.1
131.3 133.5
130.8 133.4
133.4
2.3%
2%
203.4
269.5
638.3
