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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
April 3, 2017
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.6 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 262.8 225.5 37.3 14.2 up 0.4
Prince Edward Island 81.1 73 8.1 10 up 0.2
Nova Scotia 485 445.9 39.1 8.1 up 0.4
New Brunswick 386.3 351.9 34.5 8.9 unchanged
Quebec 4,478.2 4,191.5 286.7 6.4 up 0.2
Ontario 7,549 7,079.8 469.2 6.2 down 0.2
Manitoba 677.2 637.7 39.5 5.8 down 0.3
Saskatchewan 612.5 575.5 36.9 6 down 0.4
Alberta 2,473.7 2,268.9 204.8 8.3 down 0.5
British Columbia 2,568.9 2,438.8 130.1 5.1 down 0.5
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,783.8 2,438.1 345.7 12.4 down 0.9
25 to 54 12,734.6 12,030.9 703.6 5.5 down 0.1
55+ 4,056.3 3,819.5 236.8 5.8 down 0.1
25+, men 8,869.5 8,344.7 524.8 5.9 down 0.1
25+, women 7,921.4 7,505.7 415.7 5.2 down 0.1
Total 19,574.7 18,288.6 1,286.1 6.6 down 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2017
(1992=100) 2016 (1992=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2017
January 150.9 154.1 126.8 129.5
February 151.3 154.4 127.1 129.7
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 2% 2%
Feb. 2016 to Feb. 2017 2% 2%
Feb. 2017 (1986=100) 235.4 197.7
Feb. 2017 (1981=100) 311.9 262
Feb. 2017 (1971=100) 738.8 620.6
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2017
Feb. 2017 (2002=100) % change from Feb. 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 135 4.2
Prince Edward Island 131.5 1.5
Nova Scotia 131.4 1.4
New Brunswick 130 2.8
Quebec 126.6 1.2
Ontario 131.2 2.3
Manitoba 129.5 2.3
Saskatchewan 132.9 1.4
Alberta 136.7 2.2
British Columbia 123.6 2.3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
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PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2017
% change from Feb. 2016
