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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019
April 1, 2019
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FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2019
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 261.9 231.1 30.8 11.8 up 0.4
Prince Edward Island 83.6 75 8.6 10.3 up 0.4
Nova Scotia 498.5 466.5 32.1 6.4 down 0.5
New Brunswick 389.5 356.5 33 8.5 up 0.3
Quebec 4,554.1 4,314.5 239.6 5.3 down 0.1
Ontario 7,821 7,378.8 442.2 5.7 unchanged
Manitoba 690.8 654.4 36.4 5.3 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 610 574.9 35.1 5.8 up 0.3
Alberta 2,512.6 2,330.2 182.5 7.3 up 0.5
British Columbia 2,668.9 2,547.8 121.1 4.5 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,796.6 2,493.8 302.7 10.8 down 0.3
25 to 54 12,971.4 12,350.8 620.6 4.8 down 0.1
55+ 4,323 4,085.1 237.9 5.5 up 0.4
25+, men 9,104.2 8,626.7 477.5 5.2 unchanged
25+, women 8,190.2 7,809.2 381.1 4.7 up 0.1
Total 20,091 18,929.8 1,161.3 5.8 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2019
February 2019 (2002=100) % change from February 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 138 0.5
Prince Edward Island 135.9 0.4
Nova Scotia 135.7 1
New Brunswick 134.7 0.9
Quebec 130.2 1.3
Ontario 136 1.5
Manitoba 135.2 2
Saskatchewan 138.5 1.3
Alberta 142 1.6
British Columbia 129.8 2.2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.5 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2019
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2019
January 154.1 156.8 131.7 133.6
February 154.4 157.7 132.5 134.5
March 154.7 158.2
April 155.2 158.6
May 155.3 158.8
June 155.2 159
July 155.3 159.9
August 155.4 159.8
September 155.6 159.1
October 155.8 159.6
November 156.3 158.9
December 155.7 158.8
Annual Average 158.8
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
Average Annual increase
Terminated by Statistics Canada
2.3%
February 2017 to February 2018 Terminated by Statistics Canada
1.5%
February 2018 (1986=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada
205
February 2018 (1981=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada
271.7
February 2018 (1971=100) Terminated by Statistics Canada
643.5
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019
PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2019
% change from February 2018
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
2.3%
1.5%
205
271.7
643.5
