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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
March 6, 2017
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.8 PER CENT, JANUARY 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 265.9 229.3 36.6 13.8 down 1.1
Prince Edward Island 80.7 72.7 7.9 9.8 down 0.9
Nova Scotia 490.5 452.7 37.9 7.7 down 0.6
New Brunswick 386.6 351.9 34.6 8.9 down 0.5
Quebec 4,482.1 4,202.6 279.5 6.2 down 0.4
Ontario 7,559.9 7,075.2 484.8 6.4 unchanged
Manitoba 675.6 634.3 41.3 6.1 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 606.3 567.5 38.8 6.4 down 0.1
Alberta 2,487.8 2,267.6 220.1 8.8 up 0.3
British Columbia 2,562.3 2,419.4 142.9 5.6 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,819.4 2,444.8 374.6 13.3 up 0.6
25 to 54 12,729.4 12,019.5 710 5.6 down 0.2
55+ 4,048.9 3,809.1 239.9 5.9 down 0.3
25+, men 8,871.6 8,337.8 533.8 6 down 0.4
25+, women 7,906.7 7,490.7 416 5.3 down 0.1
Total 19,597.7 18,273.3 1,324.4 6.8 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.1 PER CENT, JANUARY 2017
(1992=100) 2016 (1992=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2017
January 150.9 154.1 126.8 129.5
February 151.3 127.1
March 152.2 127.9
April 152.7 128.3
May 153.3 128.8
June 153.7 129.1
July 153.4 128.9
August 153.2 128.7
September 153.3 128.8
October 153.7 129.1
November 153.1 128.6
December 152.8 128.1
Annual Average 150.9 126.8
Average Annual increase 0.9% 0.9%
Jan. 2016 to Jan. 2017 2.1% 2.1%
Jan. 2017 (1986=100) 234.9 197.4
Jan. 2017 (1981=100) 311.3 261.6
Jan. 2017 (1971=100) 737.3 619.6
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JANUARY 2017
Jan. 2017 (2002=100) % change from Jan. 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 135.3 4.7
Prince Edward Island 132.3 2.5
Nova Scotia 131.7 1.8
New Brunswick 130.1 3.3
Quebec 126.2 1.3
Ontario 130.8 2.3
Manitoba 129.6 2.1
Saskatchewan 133.1 1.6
Alberta 137 2.5
British Columbia 123.5 2.3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
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128.6
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197.4
261.6
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PROVINCES, JANUARY 2017
% change from Jan. 2016
