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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
March 5, 2018
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.9 PER CENT, JANUARY 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 262.1 225.3 36.8 14 down 0.7
Prince Edward Island 83.8 74.9 8.9 10.6 up 0.8
Nova Scotia 494 453.5 40.5 8.2 up 0.2
New Brunswick 385.6 350.7 34.9 9.1 up 1.3
Quebec 4,508.6 4,266.5 242.1 5.4 up 0.5
Ontario 7,593.5 7,172.9 420.6 5.5 unchanged
Manitoba 680.4 642.7 37.8 5.6 down 0.1
Saskatchewan 602.3 569.4 32.8 5.4 down 1
Alberta 2,489.2 2,314.5 174.8 7 up 0.1
British Columbia 2,610.9 2,486.8 124.1 4.8 up 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,764.2 2,464 300.1 10.9 up 0.6
25 to 54 12,726.9 12,099.1 627.8 4.9 up 0.1
55+ 4,219.4 3,993.9 225.5 5.3 down 0.1
25+, men 8,945.9 8,478.9 467 5.2 unchanged
25+, women 8,000.4 7,614.1 386.3 4.8 unchanged
Total 19,710.5 18,557.1 1,153.4 5.9 up 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JANUARY 2018
January 2018 (2002=100) % change from January 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 136.2 1.7
Prince Edward Island 133.5 2
Nova Scotia 132.8 1.7
New Brunswick 132.1 2.9
Quebec 127.5 1.8
Ontario 132 1.5
Manitoba 131.5 2.9
Saskatchewan 135.9 3.4
Alberta 137.6 2
British Columbia 125.2 2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.7 PER CENT, JANUARY 2018
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2018
January 154.1 156.8 129.5 131.7
February 154.4 129.7
March 154.7 129.9
April 155.2 130.4
May 155.3 130.5
June 155.2 130.4
July 155.3 130.4
August 155.4 130.5
September 155.6 130.8
October 155.8 130.9
November 156.3 131.3
December 155.7 130.8
Annual Average 156.8 131.7
Average Annual increase 1.7% 1.7%
January 2017 to January 2018 1.8% 1.7%
January 2018 (1986=100) 239 200.8
January 2018 (1981=100) 316.8 266.1
January 2018 (1971=100) 750.2 630.1
PROVINCES, JANUARY 2018
% change from January 2017
130.5
130.4
130.4
130.5
130.8
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
1.7%
200.8
266.1
630.1
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