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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
October 30, 2017
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.2 PER CENT, SEPTEMBER 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 260.2 220.9 39.3 15.1 up 0.4
Prince Edward Island 80.8 73.1 7.7 9.5 up 0.7
Nova Scotia 491.2 446.9 44.3 9 up 0.1
New Brunswick 382.3 352.6 29.7 7.8 unchanged
Quebec 4,492.5 4,224.4 268.1 6 down 0.1
Ontario 7,601 7,172.1 428.9 5.6 down 0.1
Manitoba 681.7 643.9 37.8 5.5 up 0.6
Saskatchewan 605.7 568.1 37.6 6.2 down 0.2
Alberta 2,473.1 2,278.7 194.4 7.9 down 0.2
British Columbia 2,599.7 2,473.3 126.3 4.9 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,725.1 2,444 281.2 10.3 down 1.2
25 to 54 12,772.2 12,063.3 709 5.6 up 0.2
55+ 4,170.8 3,946.9 223.9 5.4 up 0.1
25+, men 8,923.3 8,402.4 520.9 5.8 up 0.3
25+, women 8,019.7 7,607.7 412 5.1 down 0.1
Total 19,668.1 18,454.1 1,214.1 6.2 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, SEPTEMBER 2017
September 2017 (2002=100) % change from September 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 136.4 1.4
Prince Edward Island 133.7 2.4
Nova Scotia 133.3 1.3
New Brunswick 131.6 1.7
Quebec 127.1 1
Ontario 132.3 1.7
Manitoba 130.9 1.5
Saskatchewan 134.9 1.9
Alberta 137 1.3
British Columbia 125.7 2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.6 PER CENT, SEPTEMBER 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 152.7 155.2 128.3 130.4
May 153.3 155.3 128.8 130.5
June 153.7 155.2 155.2 130.4
July 153.4 155.3 128.9 130.4
August 153.2 155.4 128.7 130.5
September 153.3 155.6 128.8 130.8
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%
September 2016 to September 2017 1.5% 1.6%
September 2017 (1986=100) 237.2 199.4
September 2017 (1981=100) 314.3 264.2
September 2017 (1971=100) 744.5 625.8
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
PROVINCES, SEPTEMBER 2017
% change from September 2016
128.8 130.5
155.2 130.4
128.9 130.4
128.7 130.5
128.8 130.8
129.1
128.6
128.1
126.8
2%
1.6%
199.4
264.2
625.8
FACTS AND FIGURES