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May 1, 2017

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8 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 May 1, 2017 FACTS AND FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.7 PER CENT, MARCH 2017 Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month (%) Newfoundland and Labrador 264.9 225.5 39.4 14.9 up 0.7 Prince Edward Island 80.9 72.7 8.2 10.1 up 0.1 Nova Scotia 493.2 450.5 42.6 8.6 up 0.5 New Brunswick 385.9 353.6 32.3 8.4 down 0.5 Quebec 4,479.4 4,193.9 285.5 6.4 unchanged Ontario 7,551.2 7,068.6 482.6 6.4 up 0.2 Manitoba 678 640.5 37.5 5.5 down 0.3 Saskatchewan 606.9 570.4 36.4 6 unchanged Alberta 2,498.6 2,289.3 209.3 8.4 up 0.1 British Columbia 2,582.8 2,443 139.8 5.4 up 0.3 All Canada Age 15 to 24 2,789.2 2,433.2 355.9 12.8 up 0.4 25 to 54 12,781.2 12,073.1 708.1 5.5 unchanged 55+ 4,051.4 3,801.7 249.6 6.2 up 0.4 25+, men 8,902.8 8,370.8 532 6 up 0.1 25+, women 7,929.8 7,504 425.8 5.4 up 0.2 Total 19,621.7 18,308 18,287.8 6.7 up 0.1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MARCH 2017 March 2017 (2002=100) % change from March 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador 135.3 3.8 Prince Edward Island 132.4 1.7 Nova Scotia 131.8 1.3 New Brunswick 130.5 2.8 Quebec 126.7 0.9 Ontario 131.4 1.9 Manitoba 129.9 1.6 Saskatchewan 133 0.6 Alberta 136.8 1.3 British Columbia 124.2 2 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.6 PER CENT, MARCH 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 152.2 154.7 127.9 129.9 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% March 2016 to March 2017 1.6% 1.6% March 2017 (1986=100) 235.8 198 March 2017 (1981=100) 312.5 262.4 March 2017 (1971=100) 740.2 621.5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 PROVINCES, MARCH 2017 % change from March 2016 128.8 129.1 128.9 128.7 128.8 129.1 128.6 128.1 126.8 2% 1.6% 198 262.4 621.5

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