FACTS AND FIGURES
October 29, 2018
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.9 PER CENT, SEPTEMBER 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 262.7 227.1 35.6 13.6 down 0.8
Prince Edward Island 83.7 76.4 7.3 8.7 down 0.6
Nova Scotia 494.7 456.2 38.5 7.8 down 0.6
New Brunswick 384.9 354.6 30.3 7.9 down 0.4
Quebec 4,484.3 4,245 239.3 5.3 down 0.3
Ontario 7,713.9 7,261 452.9 5.9 up 0.2
Manitoba 687.8 648.1 39.7 5.8 unchanged
Saskatchewan 610.2 571 39.2 6.4 down 0.3
Alberta 2,515 2,337.9 177.1 7 up 0.3
British Columbia 2,627.7 2,516.4 111.3 4.2 down 0.9
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,764.9 2,461.4 303.5 11 up 0.2
25 to 54 12,881.5 12,231.6 649.8 5 down 0.2
55+ 4,218.6 4,000.8 217.8 5.2 down 0.2
25+, men 8,992.4 8,520.9 471.5 5.2 down 0.2
25+, women 8,107.6 7,711.4 396.1 4.9 down 0.2
Total 19,864.9 18,693.8 1,171.1 5.9 down 0.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, SEPTEMBER 2018
September 2018 (2002=100) % change from September 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 138.3 1.4
Prince Edward Island 136 1.7
Nova Scotia 135.5 1.7
New Brunswick 134.2 2
Quebec 129.3 1.7
Ontario 135.2 2.2
Manitoba 134 2.4
Saskatchewan 137.3 1.8
Alberta 141.1 3
British Columbia 128.9 2.5
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.2 PER CENT, SEPTEMBER 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 155.4 159.8 130.5 134.2
September 155.6 159.1 130.8 133.7
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%
September 2017 to September 2018 2.2% 2.2%
September 2018 (1986=100) 242.5 203.8
September 2018 (1981=100) 321.4 270.1
September 2018 (1971=100) 761.2 639.7
PROVINCES, SEPTEMBER 2018
% change from September 2017
130.5 133.4
130.4 133.6
130.4 134.3
130.5 134.2
130.8 133.7
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
2.2%
203.8
270.1
639.7
