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April 2, 2018

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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 April 2, 2018 8 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2018 Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month (%) Newfoundland and Labrador 260.3 223.9 36.4 14 unchanged Prince Edward Island 83.8 75.4 8.5 10.1 down 0.5 Nova Scotia 495.3 456.3 39 7.9 down 0.3 New Brunswick 387.7 355.8 31.9 8.2 down 0.9 Quebec 4,517.5 4,263.6 253.9 5.6 up 0.2 Ontario 7,603.1 7,188.6 414.5 5.5 unchanged Manitoba 682.2 642.2 40.1 5.9 up 0.3 Saskatchewan 600.1 566.5 33.6 5.6 up 0.2 Alberta 2,482.1 2,316.8 165.3 6.7 down 0.3 British Columbia 2,604.7 2,483.4 121.2 4.7 down 0.1 All Canada Age 15 to 24 2,761.0 2,455.1 305.9 11.1 up 0.2 25 to 54 12,766.5 12,140.2 626.2 4.9 unchanged 55+ 4,189.3 3,977.1 212.2 5.1 down 0.2 25+, men 8,946.3 8,491.7 454.6 5.1 down 0.1 25+, women 8,009.4 7,625.7 383.8 4.8 unchanged Total 19,716.8 18,572.5 1,144.3 5.8 down 0.1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2018 February 2018 (2002=100) % change from February 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador 137.3 1.7 Prince Edward Island 135.4 3 Nova Scotia 134.4 2.3 New Brunswick 133.5 2.7 Quebec 128.5 1.5 Ontario 134 2.1 Manitoba 132.6 2.4 Saskatchewan 136.7 2.9 Alberta 139.7 2.2 British Columbia 127 2.8 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.2 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2018 (1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2018 January 154.1 156.8 129.5 131.7 February 154.4 157.7 129.7 132.5 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% February 2017 to February 2018 2.2% 2.1% February 2018 (1986=100) 240.4 202 February 2018 (1981=100) 318.6 267.7 February 2018 (1971=100) 754.5 634 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2018 % change from February 2017 130.5 130.4 130.4 130.5 130.8 130.9 131.3 130.8 131.7 1.7% 2.1% 202 267.7 634 FACTS AND FIGURES

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