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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
January 8, 2018
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.9 PER CENT, NOVEMBER 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 261.6 223.8 37.8 14.4 down 0.1
Prince Edward Island 81.1 74 7.1 8.8 down 1.5
Nova Scotia 492.2 448.9 43.3 8.8 up 0.1
New Brunswick 383.8 352.2 31.7 8.3 up 0.5
Quebec 4,499.9 4,259 240.9 5.4 down 0.5
Ontario 7,638.8 7,220.8 418 5.5 down 0.4
Manitoba 682.4 645.4 37 5.4 up 0.2
Saskatchewan 599.1 563.5 35.7 6 up 0.1
Alberta 2,475.6 2,296 179.6 7.3 down 0.5
British Columbia 2,610.7 2,485.4 125.3 4.8 down 0.1
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,793.3 2,491.7 301.7 10.8 down 0.3
25 to 54 12,720.5 12,095.7 624.7 4.9 down 0.5
55+ 4,211.6 3,981.5 230.1 5.5 down 0.2
25+, men 8,916.5 8,446.5 470 5.3 down 0.5
25+, women 8,015.6 7,630.7 384.9 4.8 down 0.3
Total 19,725.4 18,568.9 1,156.5 5.9 down 0.4
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, NOVEMBER 2017
November 2017 (2002=100) % change from November 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 136.7 2
Prince Edward Island 134.7 2.2
Nova Scotia 133.2 1.8
New Brunswick 132.4 2.7
Quebec 127.7 1.7
Ontario 132.7 1.9
Manitoba 132 3.2
Saskatchewan 136.6 3.7
Alberta 138.4 2.5
British Columbia 125.9 2.6
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.1 PER CENT, NOVEMBER 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 153.7 155.8 129.1 130.9
November 153.1 156.3 128.6 131.3
December 152.8 128.1
Annual Average 150.9 126.8
Average Annual increase 2% 2%
November 2016 to November 2017 2.1% 2.1%
November 2017 (1986=100) 238.3 200.2
November 2017 (1981=100) 315.8 265.3
November 2017 (1971=100) 747.8 628.2
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, NOVEMBER 2017
% change from November 2016
128.8 130.5
155.2 130.4
128.9 130.4
128.7 130.5
128.8 130.8
129.1 130.9
128.6 131.3
128.1
126.8
2%
2.1%
200.2
265.3
628.2
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