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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
August 27, 2018
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, JULY 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 266.1 225.2 40.9 15.4 up 0.4
Prince Edward Island 84.4 76.5 8 9.5 up 0.6
Nova Scotia 492.6 453.4 39.2 8 up 0.1
New Brunswick 383.1 354.1 28.9 7.5 unchanged
Quebec 4,505.7 4,255.6 250.1 5.6 up 0.2
Ontario 7,720.9 7,305 415.9 5.4 down 0.4
Manitoba 687.8 646.6 41.2 6 down 0.1
Saskatchewan 607.8 567.8 40 6.6 up 0.3
Alberta 2,491.3 2,324.6 166.7 6.7 up 0.2
British Columbia 2,602.7 2,473.2 129.4 5 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,772.6 2,464.3 308.3 11.1 down 0.6
25 to 54 12,819.4 12,183 636.4 5 down 0.1
55+ 4,250.5 4,034.8 215.7 5.1 down 0.1
25+, men 8,979.5 8,512.4 467.1 5.2 unchanged
25+, women 8,090.3 7,705.4 384.9 4.8 down 0.2
Total 19,842.5 18,682.1 1,160.4 5.8 down 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JULY 2018
July 2018 (2002=100) % change from July 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 139.1 2.7
Prince Edward Island 138 3.4
Nova Scotia 136 2.7
New Brunswick 134.8 2.7
Quebec 129.7 2.4
Ontario 136 3.1
Manitoba 134.4 3.3
Saskatchewan 138 3.1
Alberta 141.8 3.5
British Columbia 129.7 3.3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 3 PER CENT, JULY 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 154.7 158.2 129.9 132.9
April 155.2 158.6 130.4 133.3
May 155.3 158.8 130.5 133.4
June 155.2 159 130.4 133.6
July 155.3 159.9 130.4 134.3
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%
July 2017 to July 2018 3% 3%
July 2018 (1986=100) 243.8 204.7
July 2018 (1981=100) 323 271.3
July 2018 (1971=100) 765.1 642.6
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, JULY 2018
% change from July 2017
130.5 133.4
130.4 133.6
130.4 134.3
130.5
130.8
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
3%
204.7
271.3
642.6
